Posts Tagged ‘ workshop ’

Learn embroidery from XQ, and for free! 

November 13, 2011
Learn embroidery from XQ, and for free! 

  Yvette Irvine learns how to embroider a silk picture at XQ Nha Trang Su Quan on October 28, 2011 Yvette Irvine heard about Vietnamese hand-embroidery before coming to this land, but like the rest of her party she only knew embroidering with a machine. She couldn’t imagine how Vietnamese women manually created those exquisite [...]

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Late diagnosis to blame for diabetes complications in Vietnam 

November 12, 2011
Late diagnosis to blame for diabetes complications in Vietnam 

  As many as 65 percent of around 4.5 million diabetes patients in Vietnam are unaware they have the chronic disease, the Vietnam Nutrition Association (Vinutas) said at a recent workshop. Vinutas said that those who do not detect the disease early for proper treatment can suffer dangerous complications, including kidney failure, high blood pressure, [...]

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Rhino’s gone. Who’s next? 

October 31, 2011
Rhino’s gone. Who’s next? 

  If the current state of zero accountability for wildlife protection continues, other species will follow the rhino to extinction Participants watch projected images including of smuggled rhino horns (R) seized during a press conference on the launch of a rhino population survey report in Vietnam in Hanoi on October 25. A critically endangered species [...]

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Pathologists trained to detect pandemic diseases 

October 21, 2011
Pathologists trained to detect pandemic diseases 

Pathologists from Vietnam, Laos and Cambodia attend a workshop on transmittable disease from animals to humans in Hanoi. Vietnamese, Lao and Cambodian pathologists are being trained to identify and respond early to dangerous pathogens so that they can better cope with the risk of emergence and spread of new pandemic diseases . During the October [...]

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US hip hop artists to offer workshop in Hanoi 

January 29, 2011
US hip hop artists to offer workshop in Hanoi 

Jurassic 5 will perform and teach a free workshop in Hanoi this Friday A founding member of one of the world’s greatest hip hop groups, Jurassic 5, will perform and teach a free workshop in Hanoi this Friday. With more than ten years and four albums under their belt, Jurassic 5 moved from the underground [...]

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Greenhorns 

December 24, 2010
Greenhorns 

  Urban youth turn out for foreign-run conservation competitions Hoang Thi Thanh Thuy (L) displays her award-winning photo at the British Council’s “How Green Is Your City?” photography contest Nguyen Thanh Bich wants you to leave your motorbike at home for just one day out of the week. Sunday is such good a day to [...]

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Vietnam plans to train 10,000 doctors overseas

January 15, 2010
Vietnam plans to train 10,000 doctors overseas

VietNamNet Bridge – Vietnam is putting in place plans to train over 10,000 doctors overseas. Participants at the workshopTo this end the Ministry of Education and Training is setting up a cooperative education program with a number of foreign countries according to Deputy Minister Pham Vu Luan. Luan stressed at a two-day workshop on building partnership [...]

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Procedure helps clubfoot children walk again

December 19, 2009
Procedure helps clubfoot children walk again

A group of doctors from the International Society of Prosthetics and Orthotics have instituted a new project that uses modern technology to treat children with clubfoot.   The boy’s leg before being treated.VietNamNet Bridge – A group of doctors from the International Society of Prosthetics and Orthotics have instituted a new project that uses modern [...]

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Teachers need merit-based support: experts

December 11, 2009
Teachers need merit-based support: experts

Vietnam’s efforts to renovate and globalize its education system must go together with better policies that make teaching a more rewarding job, experts say. Teachers need better remuneration and training opportunities so that the profession is more attractive and carries better prospects, they said at a two-day international workshop in Hanoi earlier this week.Titled “Policies [...]

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SOCIAL IN BRIEF 5/12

December 5, 2009
SOCIAL IN BRIEF 5/12

Remains of 33 fallen combatants found; Vietnam, Cambodia tighten anti-human trafficking ties; Solutions sought for sustainable craft village; Germany helps Vietnam reduce electric energy loss; PM orders general inspection of websites Remains of 33 fallen combatants found  Authorities in the central province of Quang Ngai have unearthed a mass grave, recovering the remains of 33 soldiers [...]

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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...