Calligraphy is no longer only a man''s occupation in Viet Nam, but the
image of a woman sitting and donating words to passersby is somehow
still unusual to many people.
After Remi Camus ended his six-month-long, 4,400-km swim along the
Mekong River in Viet Nam''s Tien Giang Province last year, he returned
six months later to seek partners for his initiative to collect rubbish
dumped in the world''s 10th-longest river.
A Vietnamese-American doctor of traditional medicine has never forgotten
what he missed most after his family left Viet Nam to move to the US 22
years ago.
Lately, a Japanese-style park in HCM City''s Hoc Mon District had been
receiving a lot of attention in the media, so I struck out for a visit
with a friend to see what the fuss was about.
Sprinter Vu Thi Huong assumed her dominance in short-distance races at
the Southeast Asian Games with a gold medal double, while martial
artists amassed a number of gold medals.
The life story of a former sex worker and drug addict who became a
tireless social worker in HCM City is set to be made into a 30-episode
television film.
