A community portal about Vietnam with blogs, videos, and photos. According to Wikipedia.org: Vietnam, officially the Socialist Republic of Vietnam is a nation in Southeast Asia. It borders the People's Republic of China to the north...
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A community portal about Vietnam with blogs, videos, and photos. According to Wikipedia.org: Vietnam, officially the Socialist Republic of Vietnam is a nation in Southeast Asia. It borders the People's Republic of China to the north, Laos to the northwest and Cambodia to the southwest. To the country's east lies the South China Sea. With a population of approximately 84 million, Vietnam is one of the most densely populated nations in Southeast Asia.
When her husband fell ill with AIDS, doctors turned him away from the hospital, fearing they would catch the virus. "They told him, `There's nothing we can do for you. Just go home and wait to die,'" said Do Thi Phuong. So when she too got AIDS, she did not seek help, fearing that she would also be shunned. Instead, like her husband, she went home to die. Then she heard about a little AIDS clinic in the Mekong Delta, in a place where the Americans used to train South Vietnamese soldiers... Read Full Story
When her husband fell ill with AIDS, doctors at the hospital turned him away, fearing they would catch the virus. "They told him, 'There's nothing we can do for you. Just go home and wait to die,'" said Do Thi Phuong. So when she too got AIDS, she didn't seek help, fearing that she would also be shunned. Instead, like her husband, she went home to die. Then she heard about a little AIDS clinic in the Mekong Delta, in a place where the Americans used to train South Vietnamese soldiers during... Read Full Story
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Rice co-op between Bangladesh Vietnam suggested
Kazi Aziul Islam
Vietnam, a major rice producing country, is ready to help Bangladesh both in augmenting rice production and its supply at times of crisis.
If Bangladesh government wants that actively, scopes are there to establish rice cooperation with Viet Nam, which is a top rice grower and exporter, Vietnamese ambassador in Dhaka said.
The cooperation can be utilised in sharing Viet... Read Full Story
ED NOTE: see my gallery/pictures of Sapa. Right side of this blog . Located 38km from Lao Cai City, Sapa is a mountainous district of Lao Cai Province 1,600m above sea level. With an average temperature of about 18 degree Celsius, Sapa lures tourists all year round with its splendid mountain landscapes, ethnic villages and terraced rice fields. A view of Sapa in misty winter.In the spring, Sapa is blanketed with flowers. In the summer, tourists can escape the heat for the endless green of... Read Full Story
On the day his side lost the Vietnam War, Hung Ba Le fled his homeland at the age of 5 in a fishing trawler crammed with 400 refugees. Thirty-four years , he makes an unlikely homecoming — as the commander of a U.S. Navy destroyer. Commander H.B. Le was scheduled Saturday to pilot the USS Lassen into Danang, home of China Beach, where U.S. troops frequently headed for R&R during the war, which ended on April 30, 1975, when the southern city of Saigon fell to communist troops from North... Read Full Story
VIET NAM - Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung has approved a plan to develop tra catfish production and consumption in the Cuu Long (Mekong) Delta over the next 10 years. Read Full Story
The age-old traditions of the Red Dao people, a hill tribe known for its medicinal culture and expert herbalists, infuse an all natural spa in the mountains. After a long day of hiking the steep hills and terraced rice paddies of the mountains around Sa Pa, an all-natural herbal steam bath was just what my aching muscles needed. At Red Dao Spa, I was led into a small bath full of fragrant steam wafting from the large wooden tub. First, I washed down with some herb-infused water, a dark... Read Full Story
Vietnam hosts its biggest-ever sporting event from Friday when thousands of regional athletes gather for the third Asian Indoor Games, and it has high hopes of putting on a successful show. Despite the challenge of finding sponsors during the global financial crisis, organisers said everything was in place for the opening ceremony at My Dinh National Stadium -- the only event taking place outdoors. "We have a chance to promote our country, our people," said Hoang Vinh Giang, secretary... Read Full Story
Vietnam hosts its biggest-ever sporting event from Friday when thousands of regional athletes gather for the third Asian Indoor Games, and it has high hopes of putting on a successful show. Despite the challenge of finding sponsors during the global financial crisis, organisers said everything was in place for the opening ceremony at My Dinh National Stadium -- the only event taking place outdoors. "We have a chance to promote our country, our people," said Hoang Vinh Giang, secretary... Read Full Story
