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Visiting the Dai Han broken rice shop at 113A Dang Dung Street, District 1, customers typically feel themselves transported back to the Vietnam war time (1955-1975). Before 1975, the shop, then named Do Phu cafe, was a secret base of the People's Army overseen by Tran Van Lai. The house had been assigned to Do Mien and his wife Su to sell broken rice and coffee, but in fact, served to store and transfer letters and confidential documents to the war zone. The Do Phu cafe, now Dai Han broken rice shop, in Saigon. Photo by VnExpress/Huynh Nhi. Tran Vu Binh, son of Lai and the current owner of the eatery, recalled the birth of the shop. Before opening the business, Su went with her husband to Phnom Penh, Cambodia on an undercover intelligence mission. After a few years in Phnom Penh, Su returned to the country with her husband and started selling broken rice. The shop sold meals for workers and gradually became popular among residents in the area, including many Korean … [Read more...] about The war-time secret behind Saigon eatery

Bank tickers will remain in the spotlight, with investors racing to capitalise on bright profit prospects. In its forecast for 2021, Hanoi-based VNDIRECT Securities Corporation said banks would be among the first corporate entities to take advantage of the economic rebound. The company also anticipates a sharp jump in banks’ profit this year in the wake of improved net income margin (NIM) and higher credit growth. Banks’ profit is forecast to be on a sharp rise in 2021 Agreeing with the forecast, the BIDV Securities Company (BSC) recently issued a report on the prospects of the banking sector, saying that commercial lenders would witness a sharp rise in profit thanks to the economic rebound and good control of asset quality post-pandemic. The BSC report assumed that the whole sector’s pre-tax profit could soar 28 per cent, chiefly attributable to 14 per cent credit growth in 2021, plus the interest rate going sideways and reduced pressure on making loan loss … [Read more...] about Bright prospects for bank stocks

Illustrative photo (Source: VNA) Hanoi (VNA) – A workshop on opportunities, challenges and solutions to promote the participation of people with disabilities in politics was held in Hanoi on April 15. Co-organised by the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) in Vietnam and the Centre for Education Promotion and Empowerment of Women ( CEPEW ), the event aimed at enhancing the right to political engagement of people with disabilities in Vietnam where is home to more than 6 million disabled persons. Speaking at the workshop, Diana Torres , UNDP Assistant Resident Representative in Vietnam, said there will be a political gap between non-disabled and disabled people unless the community joins hands to promote equality and empower people with disabilities on political platforms. Without their voices in agencies under the National Assembly and People’s Councils, the people with disabilities will find it difficult to really integrate into society, she added. Le … [Read more...] about Workshop talks ways to promote participation of disabled persons in political life

Vietnam posts increasingly unbalanced sex ratio at birth at 111.5 male births for every 100 female newborns compared to the world’s normal rate of 105. Harmful practices for women and girls like gender-biased sex selection and domestic violence continue to remain in Vietnam, requiring instant and persistent actions by the whole society and all stakeholders. Vietnam and UNFPA have made efforts to increase the value of the girl child. Photo: UNFPA Vietnam A benign tradition “son preference” which is anything but is a product of gender-biased systems that places higher social status to men and boys, and favors male over female children. The manifestation of gender biased sex selection can be directly measured through “sex ratio at birth (SRB)” and Vietnam’s rate is the third highest in the world, following China and India. According to the United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA), the unbalanced sex ratio at birth was first identified in Vietnam in 2004. Since … [Read more...] about Domestic violence, gender-biased sex selection: Roots of gender inequality in Vietnam

Violence against women in Vietnam remains very much hidden and more actions must be taken to change the situation. As many as 63% of Vietnamese married women have experienced one or more forms of physical, sexual, emotional and economic violence and controlling behaviors by their husbands in their lifetime, according to a newly-released study. As many as 63% of Vietnamese married women suffer at least one kind of violence in their lifetime It means that nearly two in three married women in Vietnam have suffered at least one kind of domestic violence, according to a study that is backed technically and financially by the United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) and Australia’s Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade (DFAT). This is the second study conducted in Vietnam, making it the only country in the world so far making a study that specifically uses cross-culturally validated methodology developed by the World Health Organization. Managed by Vietnam’s … [Read more...] about Two thirds of Vietnamese married women suffer domestic violence: Study