In 1996 Tran Manh Du had a lot on his plate. He had a wife and six-year-old son to feed. People were busy with farming and forestry following the country’s reunification in 1975 and the government’s creation of economic zones. But Du, now 51, was not as lucky as some of the others in making ends meet and became a garbage collector. He remains one now, and with his son Tran Manh Duy works from 2 to 5 p.m. every day, seven days a week, collecting waste from over 400 households in HCMC’s Binh Thanh District and taking them to the city garbage collection company’s trucks. He makes the collection agreements verbally with households without the involvement of the company or city. They pay him VND15 million ($645) a month. Sorting to sell Duy and Du would tear open trash bags and sort the garbage they collect into two categories: stuff they can sell and cannot sell. The former includes plastic and metal. The non-sellable things include organic waste, dead animals, … [Read more...] about One man’s trash is another man’s treasure
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One man’s trash is truly another man’s treasure
In 1996 Tran Manh Du had a lot on his plate. He had a wife and six-year-old son to feed. People were busy with farming and forestry following the country’s reunification in 1975 and the government’s creation of economic zones. But Du, now 51, was not as lucky as some of the others in making ends meet and became a garbage collector. He remains one now, and with his son Tran Manh Duy works from 2 to 5 p.m. every day, seven days a week, collecting waste from over 400 households in HCMC’s Binh Thanh District and taking them to the city garbage collection company’s trucks. He makes the collection agreements verbally with households without the involvement of the company or city. They pay him VND15 million ($645) a month. Sorting to sell Duy and Du would tear open trash bags and sort the garbage they collect into two categories: stuff they can sell and cannot sell. The former includes plastic and metal. The non-sellable things include organic waste, dead animals, … [Read more...] about One man’s trash is truly another man’s treasure
Palestinian man falls for Vietnam
VietNamNet Bridge – When asked why he decided to settle in Vietnam, Saleem Hammad said it was fate, or ‘duyên’ in Vietnamese. Hammad said he will release a new Youtube channel soon. The channel will focus on the Arabic and Vietnamese languages. — Courtesy Photos of Saleem Hammad For the past seven years, images of Saleem, a well-built handsome young man, have become familiar to Hanoians. He has appeared on TV shows, entertainment programmes and catwalks as an actor, MC, model, interpreter and tour guide. He has also impressed the local community with his fluent Vietnamese. He said he loves the word “duyên” in both meaning and sound. “I feel lucky to have the chance to come to your heroic country,” he said. “If Palestine is the place where I was born, Vietnam is the place I belong to.” Saleem Hammad in Hanoi. Born into a poor family in Palestine, Hammad passed the entrance exam to the … [Read more...] about Palestinian man falls for Vietnam
Palestinian man falls for Việt Nam
Hammad said he will release a new Youtube channel soon. The channel will focus on the Arabic and Vietnamese languages. — Courtesy Photos of Saleem HammadViet Nam News by Lê Hương When asked why he decided to settle in Việt Nam, Saleem Hammad said it was fate, or ‘duyên’ in Vietnamese. For the past seven years, images of Saleem, a well-built handsome young man, have become familiar to Hanoians. He has appeared on TV shows, entertainment programmes and catwalks as an actor, MC, model, interpreter and tour guide. He has also impressed the local community with his fluent Vietnamese. He said he loves the word “duyên” in both meaning and sound. “I feel lucky to have the chance to come to your heroic country,” he said. “If Palestine is the place where I was born, Việt Nam is the place I belong to.” Born into a poor family in Palestine, Hammad passed the entrance exam to the Al-Istiqlal Universtiy … [Read more...] about Palestinian man falls for Việt Nam
The man behind VN’s hockey revolution
Viet Nam News Singaporean James Chew was a town planner for 35 years before he arrived in Việt Nam back in 2005. Having been a professional hockey player in Singapore, he and like-minded expats decided to start promoting the sport across the country, and thanks to their efforts Việt Nam has made significant progress. Thanh Nga talks to him. Inner Sanctum: As manager of the Việt Nam national hockey squad and CEO of the Việt Nam Hockey Federation (VHF), you are leading the Việt Nam team at the ongoing Nantou International Men’s Hockey Tournament in Chinese Taipei. Can you evaluate the Vietnamese team and their rivals? In any evaluation, we have to compare light with light. Firstly, we have to take into account when each nation started playing hockey. Việt Nam started international hockey in 2013. Secondly, we have to consider the hockey infrastructure (the number of hockey pitches, hockey academies and hockey competions), and thirdly the … [Read more...] about The man behind VN’s hockey revolution