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Under this agreement, more friendly exchange programs will be held for youth union members, young workers of the power sector and Lao and Cambodian students studying in the city. These activities  aim to contribute to promoting the fine friendship and solidarity among youths of three neighboring countries. Local units will jointly carry out a youth project entitled “Safe, civilized and economical light source," visit and give Tet gifts as a source of encouragement to Lao and Cambodian students who have to live far away from home for a long time due to the impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic. On the occasion of the three countries' traditional New Year celebrations, the units will coordinate to organize numerous cultural, artistic, and sports activities for Vietnamese youths and Lao and Cambodian students. The coordination program will take place until this December. Translated by Song Anh … [Read more...] about Youths of Vietnam, Laos, Cambodia to boost exchange

Thousands of mourners congregated at a temple in Vietnam on Sunday morning to pay their last respects to Vietnamese monk Thich Nhat Hanh, one of the world's most influential Buddhist figures, who died at the same place on Saturday at the age of 95. The shrouding ceremony for Zen master Thich Nhat Hanh took place at Tu Hieu Temple in Hue City in central Vietnam. The ritual, which lasted for around 30 minutes, was part of a seven-day funeral to be conducted in silence at the late monk’s will. After the ritual, monks and disciples paid their tribute to the Zen master at the Trang Ram (Full Moon) meditation hall of the temple. As announced by the temple and the Plum Village, the monastic organization the late monk founded in France, his body will be cremated on January 29 and his remains will rest at Tu Hieu Pagoda and Plum Village monasteries around the world. Before his passing, the Venerable told his disciples not to build any tomb tower for him when he died as such building … [Read more...] about Thousands mourn Vietnamese Zen master Thich Nhat Hanh at funeral in Hue

Ho Ngoc Quang, a junior chemical engineering student at Drexel University in the U.S., awoke on Jan. 11 with a dry and sore throat. Two days earlier he had gone with a large group of Vietnamese friends to a restaurant in Philadelphia. A day later he had a fever of more than 38.5 degrees Celsius and headache. Eight of them tested positive for Covid-19, while the remaining four, including Quang, have not tested. But he was certain he had Covid since everyone in the group had fever and sore throat. He said: "My friends panicked at first but then tried to calm down since we all had at least two doses of Covid vaccines. We told each other not to be overly worried knowing that Omicron causes milder symptoms". Ho Ngoc Quang at a museum in New York City in December 2021. Photo courtesy of Quang Quang, who lives in a house with four foreign friends, isolated himself in his room during the day and only went out to cook at night when everyone was asleep. Whenever he felt … [Read more...] about Vietnamese international students unperturbed by Omicron