By the time we flag down a local taxi driver who is sleeping in the car by the side of the road, the sun is already going down. From Danang to Hoi An is about 20 kilometers and he looks disinterested. Timothy convinces him to follow us to the house where we are planning to take uncle Quý with us for a night in Hoi An. I am getting used to the metal cushion-less back seat of … [Read more...] about Hoi An: A mordernized abridgement of a lost culture
The Way to Film OneVietnam Network Commercial
11.09.09 - He anchored the mobile phone next to the side of his face while stumbling out of the car; we heard him whispered loudly, “Can you see me? I’m in Safeway’s parking lot… I’m the guy with the fro.” I have never met Mai, one of the models for the commercial that will be shooting in San Francisco that morning, but I thought, anyone in their right mindset would not come to … [Read more...] about The Way to Film OneVietnam Network Commercial
Door Opens to Health Claims Tied to Agent Orange
Under rules to be proposed this week, the Department of Veterans Affairs plans to add Parkinson’s disease, ischemic heart disease and hairy-cell leukemia to the growing list of illnesses presumed to have been caused by Agent Orange, the toxic defoliant used widely in Vietnam. The proposal will make it substantially easier for thousands of veterans to claim that those ailments … [Read more...] about Door Opens to Health Claims Tied to Agent Orange
UN to Review Vietnam’s Human Rights Report
Vietnam’s human rights record is scheduled to be reviewed for official approval at a Thursday plenary session of the United Nations’ Human Rights Council in Switzerland. The review is part of a regular process it conducts every four years. The Southeast Asian nation is one of 192 member states of the UN to go through the Universal Periodic Review which is a new mechanism of … [Read more...] about UN to Review Vietnam’s Human Rights Report