Reports Of Child Abuse A Wake-up Call For Parents, Gov't (Mar 11)
HO CHI MINH CITY, Vietnam, Mar 11, 2010 (IPS) - Vietnamese parents think of day care centres and kindergartens as safe, happy places to leave their children in, given the pressures of work and harder ...


Indochina: Drying up of Mekong River (Mar 11)
Andrew Walker, writing for the New Mandala, blogs about the drying up of Mekong River in Indochina.


The boats of Hanoi, Vietnam (intheboatshed.net) (Mar 11)
Small boats of North Vietnam Just back from a business trip to Hanoi, my brother Matt Atkin has sent me these photos from the country. He reports that North Vietnam is an astonishing place where goods are still moved using carts and oxen, and from these photos it’s a place where traditional [...]Source : intheboatshed.net (subscribe)Explore : Vietnam


Vietnam's stelae declared Unesco World Heritage Site (Mar 10)
The UN Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organisation (Unesco) has declared the 82 stelae of the Temple of Literature in Vietnam as a World Heritage Site, Prensa Latina reported.


Drought ravages famed Philippine rice terraces (Mar 10)

A worsening drought is exacting a terrible toll on the world-famous mountain rice terraces of the northern Philippines, local officials said Tuesday.


Burma refugees 'starving to death' in Bangladesh (Mar 10)

Bangladesh is waging a campaign of arbitrary arrest, illegal expulsion, forced internment and starvation against Muslim refugees from neighbouring Myanmar, according to a report released Tuesday.


Japanese bug to wage war on weeds in Britain (Mar 10)

A Japanese insect is to be introduced on a trial basis in Britain to tackle a damaging super-weed, the government announced Tuesday.


60 Years of German Cinema: 1959-1968 (Mar 10)
15 - 21 Mar - Goethe - A look back at German's 60s movies ----- 15 - 21/03 - Viện Goethe - Những bộ phim đặc trưng cho cuộc sống và phong cách điện ảnh Đức những năm 60


French Film Festival (Mar 10)
12, 15 & 16 Mar - 3 French films, 3 days at L'Espace ----- 12, 15 & 16/03 - 3 phim tiếng Pháp, 3 ngày tại L'Espace


Vietnam Business Council Conference held in Hanoi (Vietnam Business Finance) (Mar 10)
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