Posts Tagged ‘ Vietnamese Youth ’

Disaffected youth? 

January 2, 2012
Disaffected youth? 

  Outpouring of frustration and disappointment among youth indicates a need to strengthen pride and confidence in the nation, experts say Young people at an enlistment ceremony in Ho Chi Minh City last September. A national enlistment program this year saw thousands of youth voluntarily join the army. Experts say the sense of national pride [...]

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Vietnamese youth bike to Cambodia in anti-human trafficking campaign 

August 3, 2011
Vietnamese youth bike to Cambodia in anti-human trafficking campaign 

Vietnamese youth on a bicycle trip to promote environment protection. Ten Vietnamese youth have registered to participate in a bicycle tour from Ho Chi Minh City to Cambodia in a campaign against human trafficking that is increasingly taking place in border areas. The Rainbow Campaign is the first bicycle trip in Vietnam that aims to [...]

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Spreading the love 

July 2, 2011
Spreading the love 

  Free course seeks to awaken, nurture passion for traditional Vietnamese music Tuyet Mai says was happily surprised and greatly saddened at the same time. “Many foreigners who have come to my house to watch our shows have surprised me with their profound knowledge of Vietnamese folk music and musical instruments,” Mai told Thanh Nien [...]

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Youngsters make ‘simple choice’ to protect environment

October 17, 2009
Youngsters make ‘simple choice’ to protect environment

Vietnamese youth in Hanoi holding candles during a ceremony celebrating Earth Hour in March this year. Vietnam’s youth embrace the green movement with enthusiasm and creativity. Two years ago, a TV ad instructing viewers how to sort trash for recycling caught the attention of 18-year-old Dang Lan Ngoc.Out of curiosity, she signed up for Hanoi-3R [...]

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Ceremonies held nationwide to commemorate war martyrs

July 27, 2009
Ceremonies held nationwide to commemorate war martyrs

Overseas Vietnamese youth burn incense for war martyrs at the Road 9 Cemetery in Quang Tri Province. The famous poem war veteran Le Ba Duong wrote about his fallen comrades in the Vietnam War moved thousands in Quang Tri Province yesterday during a ceremony commemorating the 62nd War Invalids and Martyrs Day: Boats on the [...]

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Student nurtures Vietnamese community awareness in Japan

July 14, 2009
Student nurtures Vietnamese community awareness in Japan

Vietnamese Youth and Students Association members participate in a Tet (Lunar New Year) Festival in Tokyo. When he first left Vietnam to study in Japan as a university student, Nguyen Binh Khiem was shocked by the differences between the two countries. In particular, he noticed a distinct lack of anything close to Vietnamese culture.“If you [...]

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SOCIAL IN BRIEF 1/6

June 2, 2009
SOCIAL IN BRIEF 1/6

Australia helps children with HIV/AIDS; Grand procession of Lord Buddha’s relics to be held; Da Nang breaks ground on 1,000 homes for poor; Walk raises funds for workers with fatal diseases; Vietnamese students in France makes contributions to homeland The Australian Embassy in Vietnam and the Bright Future Group on June 1 co-organised activities of [...]

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HCM City launches “Tree Planting Day” to commemorate President Ho

May 18, 2009
HCM City launches “Tree Planting Day” to commemorate President Ho

A tree planting ceremony in memory of President Ho Chi Minh was held on May 17 at the Hung Kings Memorial in the National History and Culture Park in Long Binh, Ho Chi Minh City, to celebrate the 119th anniversary of his birth. HCM City Party Committee Secretary Le Thanh Hai (C) plants a tree [...]

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Historian promotes Vietnam’s sovereignty over islands

April 13, 2009
Historian promotes Vietnam’s sovereignty over islands

Dr. Nguyen Nha at the Hoang Sa and Truong Sa Bookshelf, a library he set up in HCMC’s Phu Nhuan District to give Vietnamese youth easier access to books on the issue There is one man whose name invariably crops up in any discussion about the Hoang Sa and Truong Sa archipelagoes – Nguyen Nha. [...]

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Vietnam, Cuba foreign ministries to bolster ties

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Vietnam’s top diplomat has affirmed that the Foreign Ministry will closely cooperate with its Cuban counterpart to implement the agreements reached by the two...