November 19, 2011
Workers in Ho Chi Minh City struggle with unstable jobs, abuse at work, and bosses who flee to avoid paying employees Workers from Miso Vina Company stay at the company yard around the clock awaiting payment after the South Korean director fled to avoid paying their salaries Binh burns leaves and sticks at night [...]
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October 16, 2011
With paltry incomes hardly enough to scrape by on, poor and desperate workers are being brutalized by thieves, loan sharks, swindlers and other criminals Factory workers change shifts at an industrial park in Vietnam. Many workers at industrial parks in Binh Duong Province’s Ben Cat District have fallen victims to a variety of crimes [...]
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September 8, 2011
The baby saved from a live burial is fed by a local medical station worker in the central province of Quang Nam A medical station worker in the central province of Quang Nam has saved an infant from being buried alive with his mother, who died giving birth to him, local newspapers reported Wednesday.  Ho Thi Hieu, a [...]
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September 3, 2011
Used syringes at a factory in Binh Duong, which are recycled for plastic products. Medical waste such as syringes or equipment from blood and fluid transfusions are being recycled in Vietnam southern region untreated. At Toan Thinh factory in Binh Duong Province neighboring Ho Chi Minh City, syringes are simply put into a grinder after [...]
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August 30, 2011
Workers at a company in Ho Chi Minh City being treated for food poisoning on June 30. Many factory workers have joined in recent strikes to fight low quality meals. The lack of regulations governing factory meals and high food prices have led to increasing rates of food poisoning among workers, many of whom are [...]
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August 20, 2011
Nguyen Thi Thanh Tuyen holds a photo of her husband, Nguyen Cong Nhut, who died at the Ben Cat District Police Station in Binh Duong Province on April 25 during an interrogation related to crimes at a local tire factory where he worked. After nearly four months of investigation, Binh Duong Province detectives have yet [...]
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August 4, 2011
Public health experts argue that criminalizing prostitution has only lead to violence A male sex worker soliciting a client on a street in Ho Chi Minh City’s District 1. Vietnam has been hailed for its “friendlier” approach to mitigating the harmful consequences of prostitution but experts argue that legalizing the practice could help bring [...]
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July 24, 2011
Drunken workers die refusing to abide by safety standards; contractors flout regulations and pay off families and officials to stay quiet Two workers walk along a sky-scraping crane without a safety strap at a construction site in Ho Chi Minh City’s District 1 Bui Van Vinh is lucky to be alive. Last month, the [...]
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May 9, 2011
33-year-old tin mine worker Lu Van Toi is being treated at the Northwestern Nghe An Hospital for severe injures on his back, buttock, and legs. Toi was allegedly tortured for three hours by an illegal tin-mine operator and his accomplices. Police in the central province of Nghe An said Sunday they have arrested six men [...]
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January 24, 2010
Health insurance holders at An Binh Hospital in Ho Chi Minh Cityâs District 5 on Thursday. Policyholders no longer enjoy full payment and pay up to 20 percent instead. Tran Van Hoang says he might not be able to pay his bills at An Binh Hospital after being admitted last Thursday for urolithiasis and asthma.Although [...]
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