Open policies Vu Van Tri, Director of the Drug Rehab Facility 7 said that in the past admission time was fixed but now the facility admits drug-users 24/7. After being admitted, the drug-users are classified for treatment, medical care, and consultation. After medical treatment period, they are shifted to management areas where they enjoy consultation, education, vocational training, labor activities, refreshment…To achieve the best results during the time at the facility, the participants are managed in a way that they can learn, play, and work (therapist labor). For “therapist labor” at this facility, the participant can work in welding or electronic sections in a spacious workshop nearby a lake, an ideal environment for them to recover their health. Photo for illustration Vu Van Tri said that the participants are allowed to work and learn new jobs at the workshop, the final stage before they are discharged and reintegrate into the community. This kind of labor is within the treatment methodology, helping the participants get rid of drugs and increase their income. Fixing a fuse and some switches, Dinh Xuan Hoanh, 44, a participant from Hanoi, said that the staffs based on age, knowledge, ability, and health condition to assign jobs for each participant. “I only work half a day, the rest time I play billiards, ping-pong, and relax. We are well cared,” said Hoanh. The participants who work are paid openly. At the end of the month, they will receive a labor log which shows how much time they work…. [Read full story]
The entire real estate market suffers, but the second home segment retains potential According to the evaluation from real estate experts, Vietnam has many advantages in second home development. One of the biggest advantages is that the country has plenty of tourism destinations and a stable increase of tourists both inside and outside the country every year. Kenneth Atkinson, managing director of Grant Thornton Vietnam said Vietnam received an increasing number of domestic and international tourists. Therefore, in the long term, the real estate market in general and the second home segment in particular still has great potential for development.…... [read more]
CB Richard Ellis (CBRE), a property consultant that is very active in Vietnam says that according to its market research, there are a number of people that live in Vietnam's biggest cities that are, in spite of this economic downturn, doing so well that they are considering buying a second home. Property specialists say that this could very well be the beginning of a new investment trend that follows hints that the economy has hit bottom and will soon begin to rise. In fact, the Vietnam securities market did rise in the first half of 2009 and there was a…... [read more]
A collection of poems about Vietnam, named ‘Giong Nhu Ban Vua Cham Vao’ (It just looks like you touch things now), written by Dutch poet Dick Gebuys has been published Since 2004, poet Dick Gebuys has gone to Vietnam, where the poet expressed his love through his collection of poems.The conversation between popular Vietnamese author, Di Li, and the poet may offer readers clear insight his collection of poems.All the foreigners I met when I go abroad usually considered Vietnam as a country of war. I could also see your similar feeling when I read the poem “The American war”.…... [read more]
The concept 'second home' is clearer in Vietnam's property market as tourism property project developers are launching their products regardless of the current quiet property market. Land plots for villas, with a promised vision seen on master plans of the tourism property projects dotting the country's coastline, have been offered to potential buyers and investors making the young market noisy recently. Marc Townsend, managing director of CB Richard Ellis (CBRE), in a recent meeting said compared to neighboring countries, the 'second home' market was quite new in Vietnam, and several years ago when talking about it, one might have thought…... [read more]
Second-home buying has become the new investment wave on Vietnam's property market as new signs of life in the global economy herald forthcoming growth, according to CB Richard Ellis International Property Consultancy Co. on July 9. Real estate developers have seen potential opportunities in an emerging market like Vietnam and they are paying great attention to the second-home market, which might be part of a hotel, resort, or a golf club in a beachfront resort or in the mountains, CBRE said in its press release. Vietnam's property market has received a significant amount of good news as investment has been…... [read more]
