A Vietnamese woman has always taken a positive outlook on life although she has lived with many diseases for nearly two decades. Nguyen Thi Nhu Y, 32, in Quang Nam Province, central Vietnam, has received medical treatment at Da Nang Hospital in the adjacent city for 18 years. At 14, she menstruated only twice and the menses never occurred to this girl merely beginning to reach her puberty. “At that time, I was waiting for the period to recur but in vain,” Y recalled smilingly. Nguyen Thi Nhu Y prepares medicine to take at the beginning of the day. Photo: Tuoi Tre As a portent for looming gloomy days, she always vomited repeatedly after eating – a condition that has lasted until now with no sign of cessation and necessitated her undergoing a prolonged cure. “At first the doctor told me I had stomach ulcers, then acid reflux and some other illnesses I can’t remember. I’ve taken a lot of medicine but the diseases aren’t over. I vomit as soon as I eat,” Y said. She was admitted to a local hospital for half a year before stopping her education to be referred to Da Nang Hospital, where she has been a patient of all departments, except for the geriatric one, in its building for internal medicine. She has ten different diseases, which she said she can endure, and only anemia forces her to find treatment. Nguyen Thi Nhu Y looks through a window of Da Nang Hospital in the… [Read full story]
A poor woman in northern Nam Dinh province is struggling to raise three ill children while her husband and relatives blame her for the children's bad health. Sang is blamed for the children's bad health and beaten That is the case of Nguyen Thi Sang in Nghia Lam Commune, Nghia Hung District. When she married, people said the groom was so lucky to be able to have such a good and hard-working girl. Yet her life has made a turn for the worse. Her five-member family all live in a 10 square meter house. One rickety bed, a small wardrobe…... [read more]
Hoa Thi Cham, 71, from Thanh Hoa Province, has been struggling to support her daughter who suffers from metal illness and her fatherless grandchild. Cham lives with her daughter and her grandchild in a makeshift home in Thai Hoa Hamlet, Hung Loc Commune. They do not have any valuable assets except for an old, broken television, which was given to them by a relative. "I have had a hard life with two husbands, but now I just want to take care of an ill daughter and her daughter," Cham said. She had her daughter, Tran Thi Duyen, now 46 with…... [read more]
- Nguyen Thi Ngoc Mai, 28, who used to have the face of a 70-yearold woman, appeared in HCM City on May 16, with a much younger face after one month of medical treatment in Taiwan. “I was completely surprised when I saw myself in a mirror after surgery. Though my face is still swollen, I’m satisfied with my current face. Now, I look like I’m in my 30s,” Mai said. Mai said that a charity organization took her to Taiwan in late March for treatment. Doctors told her that it was highly possible to resume her face but she…... [read more]
Not all Vietnamese brides marry South Korean men solely for the purpose of getting money. The 'golden daughter-in-law' Pham Thi Huynh Nga, who comes from Cho Moi District in An Giang Province in the Mekong Delta Photo: Tuoi Tre Part 1: Viet brides' nightmares in the land of kimchi Part 2: When money ruins dreams of marital happiness Part 3: Smile on their face, steel in their spine Part 4: Finding opportunities on the rough road ahead It’s possible to find happy couples of Korean husbands and Vietnamese wives who have joined their hands -- and hearts – to build…... [read more]
Hanoi (VNA) - Popular French photographer Rehahn Croquevielle on March 8 donated his famous photo of an elderly woman in the central city of Hoi An to the Vietnamese Women Museum. He took the portrait of Bui Thi Xong during one of his visits to the ancient city in 2011, when he was taking photos for his Hidden Smiles collection. The photograph features the 73-year-old boat woman on the Hoi An River, focusing on her wrinkled skin, bright eyes and her hands covering her mouth and forehead. Of the 50,000 photos he took in Vietnam, this photo ranks among his…... [read more]
