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  Outdoor classical music concerts reach out to the man on the street A Luala outdoor Concert on 61 Ly Thai To Street, Hanoi on a Saturday morning is a rare sight in the city, and the artists have gathered a curious crowd that soon swells into more than a hundred people Week 1: 3...

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  Retired stage artists are happy to be among their own in the autumn of their lives Then and now: Doan Thien Kim with a photograph taken during her heydays as a cai luong artist in HCMC several decades ago Former cai luong (reformed theater) artist Doan Thien Kim, 77, looks sad...

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  The French Consulate in Ho Chi Minh City will help organize the biggest French food event in the city next week. After the success last year with more than 1,600 visitors, the second edition of “Balade en France” (Jaunt in France) by Sopexa Company is expected to offer a culinary walk through seven...

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  Four years after a real estate boom that saw investors camp out on the streets waiting to pay cash for unbuilt apartments, Vietnam’s once-hot property market has caught a chill. High inflation and interest rates along with a government-imposed credit squeeze have led to a fall in prices and other incentives...

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Anti-Gaddafi fighters flash the victory sign in the front line north of the besieged city of Bani Walid October 2, 2011. People wounded in fighting in Libya’s besieged city of Sirte are dying on the operating table because fuel for the hospital generator has run out, medical workers fleeing the city said Sunday. The...

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A Ho Chi Minh City street packed during rush hour The government has asked the Transport Ministry to draft a plan restricting the circulation of motorcycles in major cities to curb the country’s worsening traffic problem. The ministry has been ordered to submit the plan to the government by the end of 2012.  In another...

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  Experts argue that the plan is not feasible and ignores broader initiatives needed to eliminate the gap between haves and have nots A homeless man sleeps on Nguyen Tri Phuong Bridge connecting districts 5 and 8 in Ho Chi Minh City. The municipal authorities are considering a plan...

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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 now fighting...

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Workers at An Nhien cuddly toy factory in HCMC stuff garment waste into the toys. Many teddy bears in Ho Chi Minh City are stuffed with garment waste, discharged mattress, and old spongy materials, which doctors blamed as a major cause of respiratory diseases in children.   The products target workers and low-income earners,...

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  An impoverished graveyard community clings to its meager livelihood as city authorities plan redevelopment Huynh Van Hai, 67, at his house adjoining a cemetery in Ho Chi Minh City’s Binh Hung Hoa A Ward. His wife (L) washes and dries scavenged plastic bags on the graves that...

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