Tieng Viet lovers club

[Hurricane88]

Điều khốn nạn nhất trong cuộc đời người đàn ông có lẽ là vì đàn bà mà trở nên ngu dại… Điều ngu dại nhất trong cuộc đời người đàn bà đó là biết người đàn ông đó khốn nạn mà vẫn yêu

[jackbl]

Originally Posted by Hurricane88

Hạnh phúc vẫn luôn ở phía trước

means "Happiness is always in front (future)"

Sorry. the whole para I meant

[jackbl]

Street robbers use blood-stained needles as menace
================================================== ==================

Bus commuters in Ho Chi Minh City and surrounding localities have been threatened and robbed by gangs in recent months.

Their evil trick is simple: holding out a blood-stained syringe, hinting that the needle is HIV/AIDS-infected and threatening to attack victims with it in order to steal their money and assets.

This sometimes follows another common trick, in which thieves sell herbal medicine on buses at dirt-cheap prices and then attack those who take out big sums of money from their pockets for payment. The sale of the medicine is meant to choose whom to rob.

Some victims who refuse to give the thieves money are physically attacked by the gangsters in the absence of help from bus drivers and other passengers for fear of injury.

Keeping watch on the gangs

Tuoi Tre journalists followed members of the mugging gangs on buses in the city.

On March 20, three robbers were prowling the Phu Lam Roundabout in District 6, which is the center of many different bus routes in the city.

A guy called Vinh ‘den’ (black) got on a bus numbered 62L-3082 plying the Cho Lon – Long An route. He immediately took out a syringe with a blood-stained needle and pointed at a passenger, who was a student. He muffled his voice, “Hey, do you want a shot with this? Money.”

The student was embarrassed and mumbled in whiny voice, “I have only this. I am on the way home from school. I don't have money.” Vinh ‘den’ grabbed it and stepped towards the front door to get out with an order, “Let me get out, driver.”

He quickly left the bus as it was speeding down and got on a motorbike driven by one of the culprits in his gang. They rode back to the bus stop for another theft.

Five minutes later, they got on the bus numbered 62L-3223 and Vinh ‘den’ told passengers that he was a sales agent of the herbal chemist Thien Chi distributing medicine free of charge.

After delivery, he begged each recipient for 1,000 dong. Glancing at the passengers' pockets to determine who had the most money, he jutted out a syringe kept in his shirt pocket and began robbing the passengers.

Pointing at a woman, he scowled, “Are you tired of living? Money.” She stuttered something and gave him VND200,000 (US$9.6). He took it and snatched another VND100,000 from her purse.

Then, he turned the syringe on another woman sitting next to the previous victim and got 200,000 dong more with the same trick.

The following day, Vinh ‘den’ got on bus 62L-5128 and advertised a herb for the treatment of malaria, diabetes and stomachaches for just 1,000 dong a dose.

Vinh ‘den’ and a culprit called Khang turned up as robbers, taking a total of VND1.7 million ($82) from passengers on the bus.

Besides the gang of Vinh ‘den’, bus passengers have been threatened by a gang in An Lac, Binh Chanh District, and the area near the Western Bus Station.

The gangs may move to other bus routes if they feel they are traced.

After robbing five to ten buses a day, members of the gangs of Vinh ‘den’ and Hung return to Hoang Phung Hotel in the area to share their loot.

Fear

A bus driver assistant, Tran Dinh Long, told Tuoi Tre, “Most buses plying this route are mugged by the gangs, but we drivers dare not to report or resist them for fear of revenge. What we can do is warn passengers before they get on.”.

They robbed passengers in broad daylight long ago, but few victims reported the cases to local police.

Tuoi Tre reported the situation to the Binh Tan District police department and Tran Van Hien, vice chief of an investigative police team in the district said, “We have been collecting information about the gangs and will raid them soon.”

[KangTuo]

Originally Posted by jackbl

Wow so chim.... use google translate also no hieu

use long hair dictionary you sure hieu

[Hurricane88]

- Con gái luôn muốn mình dễ thương nhất trong mắt con trai
- Con trai luôn tỏ ra là người mạnh mẽ trong mắt con gái
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
Kết quả là 1 con giả nai gặp 1 thằng khốn nạn =)))

[jackbl]

Local stores discriminates against Vietnamese customers
================================================== ===========================

VietNamNet Bridge – The story about a woman who was differentiated by a fashion shop on Hanoi’s Hang Be Street has caused a stir in the online community.

According to this woman’s words shared on her Facebook, at around 6:30 pm on March 18, she caught a xe om (motorcycle taxi) from Trang Tien Street to Yen Phu Road to see her friend. On the way, she saw a pretty nice white shirt hanging in a fashion store on Hang Be Street. She asked the xe om driver to stop and entered the shop.

Barely nodding her head and smiling like a hello to the seller, who was enthusiastically introducing products to two foreign customers, she just touched the shirt for several seconds when she was “dismissed” from the shop.

She recounted that the salesman, around 40, said curtly: "We do not sell anything here. Please get out."

It is very strange that the salesman had just served the two foreign customers very thoughtful but within only a minute he completely changed his attitude to a Vietnamese customer.

When she asked: "Why don’t you sell?" The man continued with an imperious tone: "This shop does not sell goods. That’s the instruction of the shop owner. I do not know. Please go out immediately!"

The woman asked for a card of the shop owner, but was refused. When she took her phone out to take photo of the card, the salesman aggressively shouted: "What are you doing? I’ve told you that we do not sell goods here. You are not allowed to take photo the card…" He then spoke a lot of rude words.

This Facebook account owner said that day she dressed properly and it is clear that the salesman previously sold goods to two foreign customers. When she told her friends about the incident, it turned out that some of her friends were also treated similarly at that shop.

After the woman posted her story on Facebook, it immediately drew hundreds of comments and caused a stir in the online community. Many people criticized the stigma of that Vietnamese store.

Member Tuan Tuong commented below the article: "Three years ago I and a group of my friends were also treated badly at that store. We were cast out because that shop did not sell goods to Vietnamese customers."

Another member, with nickname Chi Mac, wrote: "Heh, is that the store facing the DTH kindergarten, at the Hang Be-Hang Bac intersection? That day I picked up a shirt to see. I loved the shirt that was hung in the shop and was also kicked out just like you one year ago. But it was at noon so I thought perhaps the store closed at noon."

Member with nickname Luong Thien commented: "It is true that we should not use the word uncultured but emotionless and extremely ignorant! Are they Vietnamese? I propose to make comments on it on the websites in English to inform foreign visitors about it."

Meanwhile, member with nickname Hana Hanhhan called to boycott that shop.

In early March, the Golden Sand Restaurant in Phan Thiet City, Binh Thuan Province was also criticized to refuse serving Vietnamese customers.

Mrs. Dinh Thi Thu Hau, from Binh Thanh District, HCM City said the Golden Sand Restaurant on 81 Nguyen Dinh Chieu Street in Phan Thiet Town did not serve her family who had gone there during their vacation to Phan Thiet on Lunar January 11 because they were Vietnamese.

After receiving this feedback, Ngo Minh Chinh, director of the Department of Culture, Sports and Tourism of Binh Thuan Province, along with staff and police approached the restaurant owner, Nghiem Phuc, for refusing to serve Vietnamese people for the last two years.

The Department of Culture, Sports and Tourism promised a harsh penalty on the restaurant, so as to prevent similar acts of discrimination from taking place.

Na Son

[jackbl]

Bachelors remain redundant, unskilled workers much in demand
================================================== =========================================

VietNamNet Bridge – While universities and junior colleges report the high percentages of graduates who can find jobs, job centers and local labor departments have reported the increasingly high unemployment rate.



Unemployment rates high

The latest report of the Ministry of Education and Training (MOET) showed that 70 percent of the graduates from state owned schools can find jobs within one year after the graduation, while the percentage is lower for non-state owned schools.

Meanwhile, schools all report high percentages, above 90 percent, of the graduates who can find jobs. Especially, the Lac Hong University and Hai Phong Medical University have reported that 100 percent of their graduates have found jobs.

The state owned Diplomatic Academy has reported that 97-98 percent of its graduates can find jobs within one year. The percentages are 60-85 percent for the Hanoi National University and 75 percent for the Hanoi Economics University.

However, job centers have reported much lower figures about the employment rate. A research work by the HCM City Job Center conducted in August 2012 showed that only 50 percent of new graduates can find jobs within one year.

Also according to the center, 60 percent of employers want the candidates with at least one-year experiences, while 70 percent of candidates don’t have experiences.

The high percentages of employed graduates reported by schools have raised the doubt that schools deliberately “fabricate” the figures in order to attract more learners, when they are thirsty for learners.

Thanh Hoa leads the country in unemployment rate

A report by the Thanh Hoa provincial Education and Training Department showed that 24,965 graduates had not found jobs by February 20, 2013. These included 45 people with post-university education level, 5,674 university graduates and 6,845 junior college graduates.

Especially, the highest unemployment rate has been reported for the graduates of pedagogical schools (3.762). It’s quite a surprise that information technology majoring graduates (3,650) also cannot find jobs, though this has been considered as the key industry of Vietnam.

The high redundancy rates have also been reported for economics, business administration, agriculture - forestry – fisheries graduates.

The unemployed graduates have been found as mostly coming from the poor districts of Hoang Hoa, Quang Xuong, Trieu Son and Quan Son.

It is estimated that 20,000 students in Thanh Hoa province pass the entrance exams to universities, junior colleges and vocational schools every year. However, Thanh Hoa is leading the country in the unemployment rate.



Unskilled workers in high demand

According to Lao Dong newspaper, in Dong Nai province, enterprises have been thirsty for blue collar workers. Of the 1,124 job opportunities offered at the Dong Nai Job Center, 70 percent are reserved for unskilled workers, while only 8 percent of university graduates are needed.

In Dong Nai, where there are many industrial zones with production factories, the demand for workers with high technique skills is very high. Technique majoring engineers are welcomed there, who can enjoy the monthly salaries 2-3 times higher than normal workers’. However, the enterprises in industrial zones only accept the candidates with 2-3-year experience.

Especially, 50 percent of the candidates, applying for simple jobs which just need workers finishing high schools, have bachelor degrees.

The HCM City labor department has also reported that 57.7 percent of job opportunities have been reserved for unskilled workers, while enterprises only need 20 percent of the workers with university degrees.

Nguyen Thao

[jackbl]

Teachers still shy of sex education
================================================== ===

VietNamNet Bridge – Many parents have left sex education to teachers despite education authorities struggling on how to discuss the topic.

Teacher reluctance

Nguyen Thi Binh, a biology teacher at a secondary school in HCM City said sex education is mainly provided by biology teachers. Many young and unmarried teachers opted to provide cursory teaching and forced students to study themselves as they were embarrassed to talk about sensitive body parts.

“Several teachers become shy when students smile during their sex education classes. Many teachers admitted that they’re not confident enough to discuss such issues with their students,” Binh commented.

Even though grade 5th students are provided with sex education, many of them are still confused about such issues due to poor teaching.

A lot of primary schoolgirls remained unaware of the changes their body was experiencing in early puberty. In several cases, rushed and cursory teaching methods have resulted in misunderstanding.

“I know a case where a grade 5th student asked her teacher how a sperm can meet an ovum. It would be a good idea if the teacher took this chance to give a clear explanation but she opted to avoid answering, instead telling the student to ask her mother,” a psychologist in HCM City said.



An effective teaching method needed

Nguyen Thi Hong Van, a student at Pham Van Sang High School in HCM City’s Hoc Mon District said that students now have to deal with rapid physical changes in their body, along with potential difficulties. Many students are still confused about gender issues due to cursory lectures.

“We often get information about sex education via leaflets, online sites and information sharing with friends. Sometimes, we really find it difficult to get good sources of information,” Nguyen Van Toan, a secondary student in HCM City’s District 8 admitted.

Doctor Dang Phi Yen from the municipal Population and Family Planning Office said that students often experienced early puberty. This means that some students at the ages of nine or ten even could be pregnant if they have sexual relations.

“It’s necessary to provide early sex education for students to help them protect themselves. In many developed countries, parents often prepare condoms for their adolescent children when they go to a picnic or go camping. However, several school leaders in Vietnam have turned down our proposal to introduce condom use to students. Abortion among schoolgirls in Vietnam is at an alarm rate,” Yen noted.

Nguyen Tran Diem Linh, principal at Le Ngoc Han Primary School in District 1 said it was important to pay attention to teaching methods and teachers’ attitude to gender education.

One expert from HCM City University of Medicine and Pharmacy said that Vietnamese people still found it difficult to talk about the issue and avoided the subject. Several teachers lacked knowledge about the issues while others are busy with their main responsibilities and don’t have time to care about their students’ concerns.

Several experts suggested providing sex education for students as soon as possible. They however warned that half-hearted education would result in unexpected consequences.

Source: DTriNews

[jackbl]

‘Culture of safety’ absent from Vietnam roads
================================================== ========================

Editor’s Note: Greig Craft is the American founder and chairman of Asia Injury Prevention Foundation, a nonprofit founded to combat the growing traffic crisis in Southeast Asia. Craft has lived in Vietnam for 25 years. Tuoitrenews recently talked to him about road accidents in Vietnam and the use of crash helmets on the road.

Vietnam has yet to develop a so-called “culture of safety” because many people still opt for substandard helmets, the man complained.

He suggested that those who use fake protective headgear, along with its producers and dealers, should be fined as they are committing “a crime against the nation,” whereas Vietnamese authorities have just overturned a law that punished passengers for wearing substandard helmets.

The country should teach children on road safety from a very early age and make it an inherent part of the school curriculum if road accidents are to be tackled.

Vietnam ranks 13th worldwide by population (with 87 million people). It is a country of young people with a third of its population aged ten to 24 (according to UNFPA in 2011). Thirty million people use motorcycles for daily transportation. How important are helmets to a young country like this?

Road casualties are preventable by the simple act of wearing a helmet. Certified helmets are proven to reduce the risk of death by 42 percent and severe injury by 69% in the event of a crash. From a human perspective, it is a great tragedy of personal loss and heartbreak when a loved one is lost in the blink of an eye because they did not wear a helmet. The economic cost is alarming, with Vietnam losing 2.9% of GDP every year due to road traffic crashes. This affects everything from poverty reduction to public health and to the overall well-being of the whole country. So protecting our citizens and family must be the highest priority.

Wearing a helmet is a good way to ensure safety; however, Vietnamese people still underestimate its role and tend to buy cheap headwear, which does not protect them well. What do you think about this?

As Vietnam has become increasingly modern and motorized, it has not developed a corresponding ‘culture of safety,’ knowledge and values which must be taught from the youngest ages. Not wearing helmets, driving aggressively, not paying respect to pedestrians, drinking and driving, and reckless driving are considered unacceptable in most nations. By incorporating road safety education into the school curriculum, beginning with the youngest students, we will see Vietnam adopt customs and habits that contribute to a ‘culture of safety.’

The average cost of a certified helmet in Vietnam is about VND150,000-300,000 (US$7-15). Do you think this price is suitable for the people here? What is the average price of helmets in other developed countries?

This price is very affordable and reasonable. Similar quality helmets in other countries can be two to three times more expensive. Considering that most people invest millions of dong in their motorcycle, a 200,000 dong helmet is a cheap “vaccine” to save your life.

The Vietnamese government suggested punishing those using fake helmets. This rule had triggered an outburst of anger before it was nullified. In your opinion, is this rule reasonable?

This rule is very reasonable and the public anger was misdirected. The government planned to launch a multi-faced approach to regulate helmet standards and to punish importers, dealers, and manufacturers of substandard helmets. It is reasonable to also punish those who do not follow the law. Wearing a fake helmet has the same dangerous implications as wearing no helmet. What if people knowingly buy fake medicine and give it to their children? What if their children die as a result? They, and the sellers, and manufacturers should be seriously punished. I see victims of road traffic crashes all the time in hospitals; I understand the consequences of not wearing helmets. It is especially heartbreaking to see the youngest among us suffering from this ultimately preventable ill. More people should visit a hospital emergency room for one hour and see the horror, the blood, and the wasted lives.

Vietnam’s traffic infrastructure has been deteriorated, with some seriously downgraded without any fixing. Moreover, highways in Vietnam have only two lanes (while in Western countries there are four lanes) which are too narrow for vehicles. Last but not least, ‘nail traps’ are the biggest fear for local people. Many have died because of the above reasons. Do you have any comment on this? How does your country manage this?

The issue of appropriate road infrastructure is a global problem, not only in Vietnam. With rapid modernization, and the resulting exploding motorization, it is imperative that proper roads be constructed, as well as existing ones to be carefully maintained. The use of fake and substandard materials must be stopped. This is a crime against the nation, and such companies must be severely punished. We must also accept the limitations of 2-lane roads, and authorities should take stronger action to keep sidewalks cleared, while better monitoring traffic flows on such streets. Progressive ideas such as making some roads ‘one way’ are often used, even in developed countries. These provide substantial improvements. Along with construction and maintenance, there must also be adequate funding allocated to road safety education in the school system, as well as professional Public Awareness Campaigns aired regularly in all forms of media.

The matter of scattering nails is a typical problem that shows the lack of a ‘safety culture’ in Vietnam. It is no more dangerous than running red lights, colliding into pedestrians, drinking and driving, speeding, and not wearing helmets it is symptomatic of a society that does not have good priorities. The answer in the West that has proven most successful? Strict enforcement of all rules and regulations, and severe penalties and fines. Scattering nails, for example, would be a criminal offence in any developed nation, and it should be the same here.

Some long-distance bus drivers in Vietnam prove to be drug addicts, their health and awareness of traffic safety are not inspected carefully. Does this happen in your country?

Inspections, licensing, frequent and random testing, and education and training could quickly help moderate this growing crisis. There is no other magic ‘cure’. Even in the West there are exceptions, where a driver is guilty of drug use or alcohol abuse, but it is rare. And the penalties are swift and severe for offenders, often involving long prison sentences. Along with a culture of safety, Vietnam must also enhance its regulatory system, especially licensing and special training for bus and truck drivers, as well as enhanced inspections of all vehicles. This can be accomplished in a relatively short period of time if proper resources can be allocated to the problem. To my knowledge, most of these regulations already exist in Vietnam, but the question that must be raised is how seriously are they regulated, implemented and enforced?

What is the responsibility of the government and the citizens themselves in using helmets? How did your country educate/encourage people to use helmets?

All societies, no matter how developed, have a basic obligation to ensure that people are well taken of. If the system fails, then all of society suffers the consequences. Protecting ourselves is a moral and ethical obligation each of us has. Why should only part of society obey laws and some not?

In countries where helmet compliance is high, success is always built on two essential initiatives: education and public awareness, teaching people why a law is necessary; and the enforcement of laws. Sadly, not everyone will comply except when they understand helmets’ importance, so it is necessary to punish those who do not obey the law.

[Honey Boon]

recently he prefers short hair type

Originally Posted by KangTuo

use long hair dictionary you sure hieu

[jf66312]

Originally Posted by Honey Boon

recently he prefers short hair type

who prefer short hair? i prefer shaved...

[jackbl]

Originally Posted by jf66312

who prefer short hair? i prefer shaved...

Since after u away from sgp for so long, your taster also change drastically. Now u prefer NUN ????!!! OMG!!!

[xiaojian]

Hi, can any bro tellme what does "zk", means?

[Hurricane88]

Originally Posted by xiaojian

Hi, can any bro tellme what does "zk", means?

can really stand for many things...only knew between the 2 person talking...

let me give you an example...a friend asked me why his gf keyed in "mk" instead of his name in her phone...told friend to ask his gf...his gf said means love ones...we are all blurred...

[xiaojian]

Wth, thanks for enlightening