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Ho Chi Minh City, Apr 30 (EFE/EPA).- Forty-five years after the end of Vietnam War (1955-1975), hundreds of Vietnamese veterans from the defeated side who were injured in the conflict are still without any entitlement to a disability pension and are forced to work till the end to survive.Nguyen Huu, 66, still remembers Apr. 30, 1975 with bitterness as the day the National Liberation Front of South Vietnam and North Vietnamese army took Saigon – now known as Ho Chi Minh City – and sealed South Vietnam's defeat. For him it was the day "we lost our country." FOOTAGE SHOWS THE FO.LLOWING SOUNDBITES IN VIETNAMESE:MR. HUU NGUYEN (00:12 – 1:01) " April 30th, to Communists, it’s their Victory day, a day of happiness. But to we Nationalists, the people of Republic of Vietnam, this is the day we lost our country, the “National Day of Hate”. This is the day when fathers were separated from their children, wives lost their husbands, some people lost their life, some others went to jail. The grief, the misery will always stay inside me whenever I recall that day"(1:04 – 01:46) "If only there were no Communist, I would have not been a beggar but had a shelter for myself instead. And I would not have had to wander from provinces to provinces to beg for food and slept on the street.MR CHAU HONG (1:46 a 1:58) " After finishing my vocational program, I was allocated by the Department of Veteran Affairs to work at Cho Quan Hospital. "(2:22 - 3:0) "After 1975, they sacked me. I became a homeless man, then had to make brushes to earn my living and took my shelter at Thi Nghe Nursing Home. After a few months, I was taken to Song Be (Binh Duong province at present). Then I left and rented a room on Ky Dong Street to continue my craft. "(3:08 - 3:24) "Liberation came and I lost my home. They sealed a sign and locked my front door. I could not enter and that was it. "(3:37 - 3:45) "I became a homeless man in Saigon, sleep wherever I can. "
Ho Chi Minh City, Jul 26 (EFE/EPA).- Vietnamese authorities on Monday imposed a curfew after 6 pm in Ho Chi Minh City, the biggest metro in the country with a population of over 12 million, as it has become the epicenter of the worst Covid wave in Vietnam.Mayor Nguyen Thanh Phong announced on Sunday night that after 6 pm on Monday, nobody would be allowed to go out except for medical emergencies, activities related to the fight against Covid-19 and essential work.The decision was taken after more than a month of restrictions on movement failed to control infections, with the city witnessing record daily caseloads for many days and the total number of infections since April going past 60,000. (Camera: ARCHIVE).ARCHIVE FOOTAGE OF DAILY LIFE IN HO CHI MINH CITY, VIETNAM, AMID THE CORONAVIRUS PANDEMIC.
Ho Chi Minh City, Jun 12 (EFE).- Nguyen Van Thai, 71, is used to watching the waters rise on an almost daily basis during the rainy season, especially between August and October. But in recent years, he has noticed it getting worse, despite the constant efforts to improve Ho Chi Minh City’s drainage systems.(Imagen: ERIC SAN JUAN HERNÁNDEZ/GIANG PHAM). SOUNDBITES: NGUYEN VAN THAI, BARBERO (IN VIETNAMESE). TRANSLATIONS:"The street used to be about 2 meters lower than it is now. Now they've raised the road, but every time it rains and the stream rises, the water still cannot subside quickly.""The tidal cycle is now more infrequent than it used to be. High tides used to come generally for 3 consecutive days on the 15th, 16th, 17th and 30th, 1st and 2nd day of a lunar month. Now they come at any time in any way . It's unpredictable and it depends on the tide, maybe sooner or later. But, on average, high tides come twice a month and stay for 3-4 days. ""I increased the height of the wall because daily currents flood the street many times. A higher wall will prevent water from overflowing in my barber shop.""At first, the wall was only 2 bricks high. But then the water level increased and every time a vehicle passed, water splashed onto the shop. So I had to add another layer - twice and a half bricks higher - to avoid water. ""In the past, the flood used to not be that high. But gradually, people build houses and block the canals which make it hard for water to go out. So, the water fills the lower streets. The lower the street is, the more flooded it becomes. ""The water level has been higher in recent years."
Hundreds of Gazans rush towards aid trucks carrying flour and canned food in Gaza City. Ten trucks have crossed into the Gaza Strip transporting aid from several countries, including Saudi Arabia, the United Arab Emirates and Egypt as well as the World Food Programme. But as fighting enters its fourth month, the World Health Organization has warned that its ability to provide aid and support hospitals was "shrinking". IMAGES
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