The rainbow colours, a widely-recognized symbol of LGBT people, have become popular among Vietnamese and it is not uncommon to see rainbow flags pinned to shirts and on car bumpers in the country. Rainbow colours have been popular among Vietnamese. (Photo: iSEE) It showed a tolerant attitude towards the once extremely sensitive issue in Vietnam -- sexual orientation as years ago, LGBT people wishing to come out always faced prejudice and discrimination from the public and even from their families. Rainbow, not only in sky Civil organizations have played a diverse role in the LGBT movement in Vietnam, helping it achieve remarkable advances in social acceptance. The Institute for Studies of Society, Economy and Environment (iSEE) is among the pioneers. “Toi dong y” (I agree) campaign was the first large-scale event mobilising rights for LGBT people in Vietnam,” Director of the Institute for Studies of Society, Economy and Environment (iSEE) Luong Minh Ngoc told … [Read more...] about Rainbow flag movements make inroads in Vietnamese
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Twenty-seven more communes and wards this year join family medical practice A health staff member takes blood for testing at An Hòa ward health station in Cần Thơ City’s Ninh Kiều District. Source http://soytecantho.vn The Department of Health in the Mekong Delta city of Cần Thơ this year plans to expand a model of family medical practice clinics to 27 more communes and wards. Family medical practice clinics aim to provide comprehensive and continuous health care services to each local individual and family in order to reduce overcrowding of patients at city or central-level hospitals. These clinics are located at health stations in communes and wards. Each commune or ward has one health station. Cần Thơ aims to equip more than 80 per cent of its 85 health stations with these clinics by 2020. According to Dr Bùi Thị Lệ Phi, the department’s head, the city now has 18 commune-based health stations with family … [Read more...] about Social News 5/4 (Hourly Updated)