Vietnam April Newsletter
Century Debt
With the cost of living on the rise, a monthly salary of 1 million VND (£32) for a factory worker doesn’t cover rent and utilities, much less petrol and food. Many choose to sleep all day in order to abstain from food, and then work at night. After all, with newspapers and radios far exceeding their budgets, sleep is the cheapest form of recreation.
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Orphans in the pagoda
Over 50 children live in the Bo De pagoda in Hanoi. All are orphans, many abandoned as babies by teenage, drug-addicted or divorced mothers.
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Ambitious Goals
By 2020, 80% of Vietnamese graduates will be qualified to live and work in an English-speaking environment.
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3,300,000 VND for the sins of the world
250 mL of her blood donated at the Hanoi Central Haematology and Blood Transfusion Hospital earns 150,000 VND for Nguyen Thi N, a professional blood seller.
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“And the nominees are …”
Dubbed Vietnam’s Oscars, the Golden Kite Awards has the look of the Oscars without its quality: nominees featured on big screens, glued envelopes to create suspense, and VIP guests to award prizes.