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The 2020 high school examination: It never rains but it pours

Khoa-Thu

Jun 1, 20206 min read

The 2020 high school examination: It never rains but it pours

Final-year students and their parents experienced three weeks of turbulence stirred up by constant changes of the national high school exam.

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Khoa-Thu is currently an MA student in journalism at Studio 20 - New York University funded by the Fulbright Program. She worked as a Hanoi-based reporter for Tuoi tre – Vietnam's largest print newspaper, covering Vietnam's foreign affairs and international issues.

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Limitations for limitless: Karolis and his five things

Sep 16, 20214 min read

Limitations for limitless: Karolis and his five things

Karolis talks about limitations and breakthroughs via five objects closely attached to him, personally and professionally.

Common production hub may solve noodle-making village's waste problem

Aug 14, 20203 min read

Common production hub may solve noodle-making village's waste problem

For more than 100 years, vermicelli-making workshops have been located in each family’s house.

Determination needed to end the scourge of mobile karaoke

Aug 14, 20203 min read

Determination needed to end the scourge of mobile karaoke

Tensions over noisy speakers sometimes escalate into fighting and even murder.

Cleaners' lives turned upside down by COVID-19

Aug 14, 20204 min read

Cleaners' lives turned upside down by COVID-19

Up to 77 per cent of Vietnamese enterprises estimated the effects of the COVID-19 on their business to be either serious or severe.

Disabled people struggle to access medical services due to COVID-19

Aug 14, 20204 min read

Disabled people struggle to access medical services due to COVID-19

When COVID-19 hit Vietnam’s capital Hanoi in early March, Nguyen Thi Van locked herself up inside her home.

Tracing waste a new approach for communities

Aug 14, 20204 min read

Tracing waste a new approach for communities

Once a bag of garbage is thrown away, what actually happens to it is a mystery to many.

Legal limbo pushes trans people to unsafe medical services

Jun 1, 20202 min read

Legal limbo pushes trans people to unsafe medical services

Transgender people in Vietnam have struggled to access hormone treatment, psychological consulting and sex reassignment surgery.

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