At dawn of June 11, Hoa Hiep Nam Border Guards received the girl named N.T.Q.A (7 year old) from Kainz (20 years old, a German citizen who was travelling in Vietnam for tourism). According to Major Do Trong Dai, head of the Hoa Hiep Border Guard Station, Kainz informed him that he caught the girl at midnight of June 10 while riding on a motorbike on the road from Da Lat City (Lam Dong Province) to Quy Nhon City (Binh Dinh Province). At that time he saw the girl alone running and crying on the No 1 National road at Ca pass. Kainz then stopped to pick up the girl and intended to go to the nearest police station for help. Kainz had to block many automobiles on the road, as he could not speak Vietnamese, he had to use the "Google Translate" app on the smart phone to tell a driver go to the nearest police station. . Then, the driver carrying seafood in Dong Hoa district agreed to help Kainz to take the girl to the fishing port and hand over to the … [Read more...] about German tourist saves Vietnamese 7-year-old girl at midnight
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Traffickers getting high-tech using phones to lure girls
Viet Nam News HÀ NỘI — Human traffickers are getting more sophisticated – using high tech methods such as mobile phones and social media accounts to target young girls in remote mountainous areas leaving enforcements agencies with a mountain to climb to keep the girls safe. Colonel Tống Chính Phúc, head of the Lào Cai Province Border Guard’s Department of Drug and Crime Prevention and Control told Thanh Niên (Young People) newspaper that human traffickers targeted teen girls between 15-16 years old who were not well-educated and had limited social awareness or under disadvantaged circumstances. They developed new techniques such as using mobile phones or social networks to approach the victims. As a result, victims were found in new areas such as Yên Bái, Hà Giang, Sơn La and Điện Biên and many were secondary and high school students, he said. Châu Thị Dung (not her real name), 17, … [Read more...] about Traffickers getting high-tech using phones to lure girls
Vietnamese singer detained over girl’s death after ‘exorcism’
Police in Hanoi have arrested a pop singer for a criminal investigation into the death of a 20-year-old girl whom he allegedly killed in an ‘exorcism’ ritual while both were under the influence of narcotics. The 40-year-old singer Chau Viet Cuong, whose real name is Nguyen Viet Cuong, told police he had arrived at a friend’s house in Ba Dinh District at around 3:30 am on Monday for a party. Joining him was his friend Doan Quy Nguyen, who is also a singer going by the stage name of Nam Khang, and two girls H. and A, both in their early twenties. The group reportedly consumed narcotics over the night, which led Cuong to start having hallucinations at around 8:00 am. Convinced that H. was possessed by an ‘evil spirit,’ Cuong went to buy a large amount of fresh garlic for ‘exorcism.’ After scattering garlic around the house, Cuong and H. started putting garlic cloves into their mouths. Cuong reportedly held H. down by one hand and … [Read more...] about Vietnamese singer detained over girl’s death after ‘exorcism’
‘105 girls missing’ in NE Nigeria after Boko Haram school attack
Hassana Mohammed, 13, seen outside her Dapchi home, scaled a fence to escape an alleged Boko Haram attack on her technical college which left more than 100 girls reported missing. (Photo: AFP/Aminu Abubakar) But locals in the remote town of Dapchi, in Yobe state, said they had been left vulnerable to attack because soldiers had been withdrawn in the last few weeks. Nigeria's government has been scrambling to contain a growing crisis that has revived memories of the 2014 mass abduction of more than 200 schoolgirls from Chibok that shocked the world. The attack has also raised questions about the military's repeated claims that the Islamist militants are on the verge of defeat, after nearly nine years of bitter fighting. Terrified pupils fled the boarding school on Monday night when heavily armed fighters in military fatigues and turbans stormed the town, shouting "Allahu Akbar" ("God is greatest"). The authorities initially denied that any student had been kidnapped but fears have … [Read more...] about ‘105 girls missing’ in NE Nigeria after Boko Haram school attack
Gov’t chief greets Indian leading CEOs
PM Nguyen Xuan Phuc hosts receptions for top executives of several leading Indian businesses, namely Tata, Larsen & Toubro (L&T), ONGC, and vDoIT, New Delhi, January 24, 2018 - Photo: VGP/Quang Hieu The enterprises have had cooperative projects in Viet Nam and hope to broaden operation in the country.At the receptions, PM Phuc stressed that the bilateral ties have flourished especially in economics, trade, and investment. Receiving Managing Director of Tata Power Anil Sardana, PM Phuc said the Vietnamese Government will create favorable conditions for the two countries’ enterprises to bring investment and business activities on par with the sound political and diplomatic ties. He asked Tata to increase investment in Viet Nam on the basis of Vietnam’s legal regulations on environmental protection. Sardana affirmed his group’s commitment to expanding production and business projects in Viet Nam in a long-term and … [Read more...] about Gov’t chief greets Indian leading CEOs
At Saigon orphanage, babies are left with no names and lots of questions
It was a cold winter night and the stray dogs were barking endlessly. It wasn't unusual for the dogs in this rural village on the outskirts of Saigon to be noisy, but there was something about their tone that night that prompted a guard to go and check. He flashed his torch at the window of a nearby orphanage and spotted a small plastic basket. Inside was a screaming baby, a little bit bigger than an ear of corn and wrapped in an old towel. The umbilical cord was still hanging from her belly, and she was bruised, wrinkled and cold. The watchful guard quickly woke the staff inside the house, and they attempted to warm the tiny baby up by hugging and massaging her, but to no avail. Eventually, they had to drive the baby more than 20 kilometers (12.4 miles) to a major hospital, where she was treated for pneumonia. She’s a healthy two-year-old now, and lives with more than 60 other children who have been left at the orphanage over the past seven years. The orphanage is named … [Read more...] about At Saigon orphanage, babies are left with no names and lots of questions
Finding their voice, trafficked Indian girls testify against abusers
This year, Pinki, the lead singer of a rock band in southern India, wants to learn to play the guitar. She wants to "strum the guitar like a boy" on stage and use music to forget her journey from a brothel to the band that is hired to perform at weddings and parties, the 19-year-old said. Her new year's resolution comes a year after an Indian court convicted 40 people of buying and selling girls in the southern state of Karnataka - among them Pinki's own abusers. Thanks to her testimony, the woman who trafficked her from her home into prostitution and the man who owned the brothel in the town of Ballari where she worked for eight months before she was rescued were found guilty. "They should have got life instead of the 10 years imprisonment," she said, sitting on her bed, guitar in hand and a teddy bear beside her, in her village home in Andhra Pradesh. "But I don't want to think about it. I want to think about music instead and my boyfriend, who I hope to marry later this year." A … [Read more...] about Finding their voice, trafficked Indian girls testify against abusers
Indian Taro: Vietnam’s best lacquer painting
“Doc Mung” (Indian Taro) by late well-known artist Nguyen Gia Tri, which is considered the most beautiful lacquer painting in Vietnam, is housed at the Hanoi-based Vietnam Museum of Art.The painting is an unforgettable memory for sculptor Nguyen Thien, who brought the painting from Da Lat to Hanoi after the country’s unification in 1975.It is little known that after Vietnam’s unification on April 30, 1975, late painter and art critic Nguyen Do Cung, the first Director of the Vietnam Art Institute, instructed his coworker, sculptor Nguyen Thien, to go to Da Lat in the Central Highlands province of Lam Dong to find and bring the famous “Doc Mung” to Hanoi.In his small apartment in Thanh Xuan Bac, Hanoi, artist Nguyen Thien, 80, recalled: “After the country’s unification in 1975, I, at that time the chief of the Restoration, Decoration and Exhibition Division of the Vietnam Art Museum, was assigned by the museum’s Director, Mr. Nguyen … [Read more...] about Indian Taro: Vietnam’s best lacquer painting
Vietnamese girl introduces Vietnam on Japanese TV
In early March, a lovely Vietnamese girl appeared on a tourism program broadcast on Kansai TV (KTV), Japan as a tour guide to introduce Vietnam to international friends.The girl named Nguyen Hong Nhi, born in 1991, is a student from Hue Academy of Music.In the program, Hong Nhi acts as a local tour guide. She took visitors to famous places of the ancient capital of Hue and invited them to enjoy well-known specialities such as Ba My beef noodle soup, com hen cay (rice mixed with mussels and spices) and royal foods. She also introduced the meticulous process to create these dishes.In addition to the images of the ancient capital of Hue, the more than 20 minute clip on KTV also took tourists to other famous landscapes of Vietnam such as Hoi An ancient town and Phong Nha cave in Quang Binh province.Source: CPV Nguyen Hong Nhi - Photo: dantri.com.vn … [Read more...] about Vietnamese girl introduces Vietnam on Japanese TV
Girl feels deja vu in new Buddhist flick
A new feature film which draws liberally from the teachings of the Buddha moved nearly 500 viewers to tears at its premiere in HCM City last weekend.Duyen Tran Thoat Tuc (Leave Love of Dust), made at a cost of US$250,000 by Sena, a private studio based in the city, with financial support from Buddhists at home and abroad, narrates the life and love of Le Quyen, a young girl who discovers about a previous life of hers during a visit to India.An Indian monk tells her she was a princess who had been ill-fated in life and love.Through Quyen’s story, director Le Cung Bac focuses on Buddhism’s central tenets like compassion and detachment from material life, exhorting people to strive for a better world."Buddhism is popular not only in Viet Nam but around the world," Bac said at the premiere held at Galaxy Cinema.Bac shot in India, the birthplace of Buddhism, to provide authentic locales for Duyen Tran Thoat Tuc."We spent days travelling around India, capturing beautiful images … [Read more...] about Girl feels deja vu in new Buddhist flick