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Springtime of loveBy staff writers A couple expressing love at a Lunar New Year celebration - PHOTO: TRUONG THANH TUNG Tet, the Lunar New Year, provides a chance for love to blossom Vietnam boasts a coast of more than 3,200 kilometers in length. The overland distance between its two biggest metropolises, Hanoi and HCMC, is over 1,700 kilometers. It is not a surprise therefore that the weather in Vietnam is diverse. As the country is in the tropics, Vietnam has a tropical climate remarkably influenced by monsoon. In the north, there are four seasons—spring, summer, fall and winter. Meanwhile, the southern part of the country has only two seasons, the dry one and the wet one. That’s how Vietnam’s climate is like. When it comes to life, however, Tet—the Lunar New Year—is often associated with spring. In the Vietnamese language, the phrase “đón Xuân” (literally, welcoming spring) actually means Tet is coming and we are … [Read more...] about Springtime of love

Australian experts support Vietnamese new-graduate speech therapistsThe Saigon Times Daily Speech therapy expert Lorie Koll from Trinh Foundation Australia supports her mentee Hoang Thi Van Anh at the Lotus Therapy Center in Hue City during a speech therapy session with a client - PHOTO: COURTESY OF TRINH FOUNDATION AUSTRALIA HCMC - New-graduate speech therapists in Vietnam are now able to meet their professional development goals thanks to their engagement with the Beyond Borders Mentoring Program, developed and coordinated by Australian speech pathology advisor Sarah Day in collaboration with her Australian partner organization Trinh Foundation Australia (TFA). Nearly 30 Vietnamese speech therapists have been matched with 21 experienced mentors from Australia and across the world in an endeavor to support these motivated new-graduate health professionals to continue to improve their clinical and professional skills after graduation. Each mentoring partnership was supported … [Read more...] about Australian experts support Vietnamese new-graduate speech therapists