Child labor muckrakers

On the morning of January 31, in a house surrounded by a peach garden in Ta De village in the northern Son La Province's Van Ho District, the 14-year-old looked in the mirror, combed her long hair, put on lipstick, and then ventured out. That day her cousin on the other side of the village was getting married, and Mai and a friend put on their best clothes and headed to the wedding. While they were on the way they were stopped by seven young men on three motorcycles. The tallest person flirted with Mai and said: "You look stunning today. Want to go to Hang Kia Commune and hang with us?" The friend sitting behind her was terrified and clinging to Mai's shirt. Both of them stayed silent. One of the motorbikes sped up and blocked the road, causing Mai and her friend to fall off their motorbike. Three of them grabbed her friend and the other four dragged Mai to a car waiting nearby with the door open. Mai could only scream "Help!" but the door slammed shut. It all happened in … [Read more...] about Where children opt for marriage over school

At some public hospitals in Vietnam, modern medical equipment, whose procurement was covered by the state budget or private firms, has been left idle, while patients are waiting for treatment. The situation will affect such patients and put them at a disadvantage if it lingers. The healthcare sector is facing difficulties as multiple healthcare officials, including the health minister , have faced criminal charges and been in detention for their wrongdoing in medical equipment procurement, suspending the purchase of medical equipment and medicines. Equipment has no fault As a case in point, two robots, named Mako and Rosa, had been used for joint and cranio-cerebral surgeries at Bach Mai Hospital in Hanoi since 2017. However, the two robots have been suspended and when they will be put to use again is unknown. These two robots are related to a price gouging case at the hospital whose former director was arrested along with many leaders and employees of the robot … [Read more...] about Modern equipment left idle at public hospitals in Vietnam

Your browser does not support the audio element. A Vietnamese eleventh grader has completed creating an electric vehicle that has basic parts of an ordinary car and can carry two people at the maximum speed of 40 kilometers per hour. The 400-kilogram automobile, which harks back to the vintage Volkswagen Beetle design, was made by Ngo Viet Cuong, a student at Tong Van Tran High School in Nam Dinh Province, near Hanoi. Cuong has been interested in playing with engines and mechanical equipment since he was a little kid. His father, Ngo Van Ngoc, said the son had fun with new toys only for a few days before taking them apart and putting them back together. The child also tried fitting machine parts into tools he found in his father’s automobile repair shop. When Cuong grew older, he learned the basic workings of automobile engines while helping his father with sundry jobs in the garage. In grade ten, the student told his parents that he wanted to make a car of his own but … [Read more...] about Vietnamese eleventh grader builds VW Beetle-style electric car