July 17, 2011
Occupational therapist goes native to help special children in Vietnam Takao Maiko, 27, plays with children at the Daycare class of the Ho Chi Minh City’s Orthopedic and Rehabilitation Center for physical disabled children “Open it, baby,” Takao Maiko tells the seven- year-old polio-stricken boy in slow, but clear Vietnamese. Nothing happens. The little [...]
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July 12, 2011
A customer uses an automated teller machine (ATM) in Ho Chi Minh City. It can be said without exaggeration that delaying deadlines has become a chronic disease in Vietnam, especially at the administrative level. Whether it is an important thing like a new regulation or something less so like a new academic program, everything can [...]
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June 22, 2011
A five-year study found that Vietnam spends up to 3 percent of its gross domestic product on mitigating the effects of environmental pollution A woman skims rubbish out of a polluted river in Hanoi. A national environmental report has warned that increasing environmental pollution will hinder Vietnam’s economic growth. Dang Thi Thanh Loan’s sore [...]
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June 2, 2011
Quinn Mattingly and his “brothers” from Mai Am Tre Xanh, a boys shelter for street children in Ho Chi Minh City. “Quinn Mattingly is a hero for what he has been doing for kids,” said Jimmy Siegel, a volunteer at Mai Am Tre Xanh (Green Bamboo Warm Shelter), a charity home for street boys. After [...]
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May 10, 2011
File photo shows a truck pulling a trailer loaded with a China Shipping container at the Port of Oakland in California. China urged Washington to lift export and investment controls directed against Beijing, saying such a move could go a long way towards conquering the steep trade imbalance between the two powers. But in their [...]
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April 7, 2011
Students at the Saigon Cooking Class learning Vietnamese cuisine Saigon is chock-full of cheap, fresh and easy dining options. It’s no surprise that most expats living here feel little need to cook. Even those with the best intentions find crowded markets daunting: little is labeled in English, haggling is a necessity, and buying enough for [...]
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March 12, 2011
A necklace studded with “artificial diamonds” claimed to be wrought from something called “nano gold” – a special metal that had been discovered following three years of research A Thanh Nien investigation finds unscrupulous entrepreneurs peddling fake junk over the airwaves while government regulators twiddle their thumbs Minh, a Ho Chi Minh City housewife, purchased [...]
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January 22, 2011
Le Van Liem, a member of HCMC's first-ever wildlife investigation team. The ranger squad was founded more than three years ago and has helped tackle wildlife trafficking rings in the city Founded more than three years ago with just three members, Ho Chi Minh City’s first forest ranger team devoted to wildlife has proven to [...]
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February 7, 2010
At the age of 15, Pham Thi Binh first followed her father to cemeteries where he was paid to exhume bodies. Now she has taken on the role herself. Binh always uses bared hands at work. Binh, 37, said that her life has always been closely attached to tombs and remains. People in Dai Cau [...]
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January 26, 2010
The World Trade Organisation (WTO) is willing to lend Vietnam a helping hand in designing roadmap for each specific phase of its integration into the world economy. WTO Director General Pascal Lamy met with Vietnamese Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung in Geneva , Switzerland , on January 25.The WTO chief urged Vietnam to continue to [...]
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