The Veterans Administration organized a nationwide function on the 29th of March this year. The purpose was to recognize and “welcome home” all Vietnam veterans. It was pretty low-key, but events were being held in 5388 locations around the country. I saw an announcement of it in the local paper. It was to be held […]
FORE School collaborates with Vietnam for management education and training.
FORE School of Management, New Delhi based premium B-School signs MOU, with University of Economics, Ho Chi Minh City and other top universities of Vietnam to promote academic collaboration and training. Last year a learned group of experts in diverse fields of management and economics comprising of Faculty, Director and President, Board of Directors of […]
Vietnamese Authorities Attack Christians at Worship Center
The Police in Vietnam in a renewed attack on Christians in that country have along with “armed thugs” ransacked a a Mennonite center and arrested Christians for not having identity papers which the Officials had confiscated previously. This is contained in a statement by Release International (www.releaseinternational.org), United Kingdom (UK), adding that the Officials and […]
Vietnam survey reveals rhino horn (sung te giac) gifting trend
Buyers and users of rhino horn primarily consider it a status symbol that is often used as a gift to business colleagues or people in positions of authority, a survey in Hanoi and Ho Chi Minh City has found. The research also shows there is a large group of people beyond the current buyers who […]
Saigon Horn: A TCM doctor’s perspective of sung te giac
Early this year on a visit to Vietnam I interviewed a university trained Traditional Medicine Doctor at a respected clinic in HCMC. Though he shares the same medical views on rhino horn as the generations of doctors in Vietnam and China that have practiced before him, he says rhino poaching is stupid and should stop. […]
The Tao of Saigon Horn: Part One
‘Rhino horn has the medicinal benefit of chewing your fingernails’. The phrase is meant to be off-putting, a layman’s interpretation of the results of scientific tests. It is a key statement being echoed in the West to discredit the medicinal use of rhino horn in Vietnam, but it doesn’t work. Instead demand for […]
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