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Central region floods unearth Vietnam War-era bomb
Soldiers load a 450 kg bomb onto a car in Ha Tinh Province, October 27, 2020. Photo by VnExpress/Duc Hung.
A 450-kg wartime bomb that emerged from the soil following floods and erosion in the central Ha Tinh Province was removed on Tuesday by the army.
The 1.8-meter-long MK-83 bomb was found by local man Nguyen Khac Dung while going to his field to work in Loc Ha District. It had been unearthed by the recent floods and erosion, local authorities said.
The site where it was found has been cordoned off, and the military took it to a shooting range in Thach Ha District to defuse it, they said.
Several districts in the province, including Loc Ha, were sites where thousands of bombs were dropped during the war.
While the war ended more than 40 years ago, around 800,000 tons of unexploded ordnance remain scattered across the country, according to government data.
Ha Tinh and several other central provinces suffered from heavy rains this month, and the resultant flooding and landslips killed at least 130 people and damaged roads and buildings.
Bron: Central region floods unearth Vietnam War-era bomb - VnExpress International
“The site where it was found has been cordoned off, and the military took it to a shooting range in Thach Ha District to defuse it, they said.”
Dit leek me wel een geschikte voor de maandagmorgen.
Een niet gedemonteerde bom achterop een vrachtwagen gooien en zo vervoeren. Ach ja, waarom ook niet. Boem is ho.
Nu snap ik waarom in Vietnam het gebruik van vuurwerk verboden is.
Nog twijfels waarom ik af en toe de term “dom” gebruik?
Toch nog steeds twijfels?
Onderstaande foto is uit Flooding washes up Vietnam War bombs, grenades - VnExpress International met als onderschrift: “Bomb disposal experts approach a MK82 bomb unearthed by recent floods in Quang Tri Province, October 2020. Photo by VnExpress/Quang Ha.”
Waarschijnlijk hebben deze experts met één oogopslag gezien dat deze –in mijn ogen trouwens onbeschadigde (en dus nog steeds op scherp staande???)- bom veilig is en dus rustig opgemeten kan worden. Zou de sigaret in de hand van de rechter expert misschien dan toch tegen de zenuwen zijn?
Bij mij komt het woord “knullig” naar boven. Dom heb ik hiervoor al gebruikt.
Soldiers load a 450 kg bomb onto a car in Ha Tinh Province, October 27, 2020. Photo by VnExpress/Duc Hung.
A 450-kg wartime bomb that emerged from the soil following floods and erosion in the central Ha Tinh Province was removed on Tuesday by the army.
The 1.8-meter-long MK-83 bomb was found by local man Nguyen Khac Dung while going to his field to work in Loc Ha District. It had been unearthed by the recent floods and erosion, local authorities said.
The site where it was found has been cordoned off, and the military took it to a shooting range in Thach Ha District to defuse it, they said.
Several districts in the province, including Loc Ha, were sites where thousands of bombs were dropped during the war.
While the war ended more than 40 years ago, around 800,000 tons of unexploded ordnance remain scattered across the country, according to government data.
Ha Tinh and several other central provinces suffered from heavy rains this month, and the resultant flooding and landslips killed at least 130 people and damaged roads and buildings.
Bron: Central region floods unearth Vietnam War-era bomb - VnExpress International
“The site where it was found has been cordoned off, and the military took it to a shooting range in Thach Ha District to defuse it, they said.”
Dit leek me wel een geschikte voor de maandagmorgen.
Een niet gedemonteerde bom achterop een vrachtwagen gooien en zo vervoeren. Ach ja, waarom ook niet. Boem is ho.
Nu snap ik waarom in Vietnam het gebruik van vuurwerk verboden is.
Nog twijfels waarom ik af en toe de term “dom” gebruik?
Toch nog steeds twijfels?
Onderstaande foto is uit Flooding washes up Vietnam War bombs, grenades - VnExpress International met als onderschrift: “Bomb disposal experts approach a MK82 bomb unearthed by recent floods in Quang Tri Province, October 2020. Photo by VnExpress/Quang Ha.”
Waarschijnlijk hebben deze experts met één oogopslag gezien dat deze –in mijn ogen trouwens onbeschadigde (en dus nog steeds op scherp staande???)- bom veilig is en dus rustig opgemeten kan worden. Zou de sigaret in de hand van de rechter expert misschien dan toch tegen de zenuwen zijn?
Bij mij komt het woord “knullig” naar boven. Dom heb ik hiervoor al gebruikt.
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Sheer rock faces offer a new high in northern Vietnam
The mountain scenery at Huu Lung District, Lang Son Province. Photo courtesy of VietClimb.
Intrepid travelers seeking adrenaline pumping thrill can choose to conquer virtually vertical mountain slopes in Lang Son Province.
Yen Thinh Commune in Lang Son's Huu Lung District has a network of big mountains, many of them with vertical slopes. Provincial authorities are now looking to tap the commune's adventure tourism potential as a signature product, and a new rock climbing tour has been launched.
There are five main climbing spots now, with more than 110 climbing paths at many different levels. Two tours are offered every month for travelers to try and scale the tough slopes.
The price for a two-day-one-night tour is VND2.7 million ($116), and a one-day tour is VND1.3 million. The cost includes catering services, sleeping spot, climbing equipment, guide and transportation. Visitors who do not have specialized climbing shoes can rent a pair for VND100,000 a day.
The tours will have a technical assistant to help people climb to the top safely. As another safety measure, a maximum of 20 people are allowed to climb at one spot.
Members of a rock climbing tour prepare for their adventure in Yen Thinh Commune, Lang Son Province. Photo acquired by VnExpress.
These tours, run by sports and entertainment company VietClimb, have been drawing many adventurous Vietnamese and foreigners interested in rock climbing.
Duc Thanh, a visitor from Ho Chi Minh City, said: "The terrain here is very suitable for the development of this sport. I want to come back here many times because there are still many places that have not been fully explored. The scenery is beautiful and the people here are very friendly and enthusiastic."
In addition to the rock climbing tours, the province has recently recognized two new community tourism destinations: Yen Thinh Commune and Huu Lien Commune in Huu Lung District.
Here, visitors can enjoy the unique cuisines of the Nung, Tay and Dao ethnic minorities, work in the field alongside the real farmers, transplanting rice, picking custard apples and ploughing. They can also participate in the annual Tro Ngo Festival on the lunar January 10 which has been recognized as a national intangible cultural heritage.
Bron: Sheer rock faces offer a new high in northern Vietnam - VnExpress International
The mountain scenery at Huu Lung District, Lang Son Province. Photo courtesy of VietClimb.
Intrepid travelers seeking adrenaline pumping thrill can choose to conquer virtually vertical mountain slopes in Lang Son Province.
Yen Thinh Commune in Lang Son's Huu Lung District has a network of big mountains, many of them with vertical slopes. Provincial authorities are now looking to tap the commune's adventure tourism potential as a signature product, and a new rock climbing tour has been launched.
There are five main climbing spots now, with more than 110 climbing paths at many different levels. Two tours are offered every month for travelers to try and scale the tough slopes.
The price for a two-day-one-night tour is VND2.7 million ($116), and a one-day tour is VND1.3 million. The cost includes catering services, sleeping spot, climbing equipment, guide and transportation. Visitors who do not have specialized climbing shoes can rent a pair for VND100,000 a day.
The tours will have a technical assistant to help people climb to the top safely. As another safety measure, a maximum of 20 people are allowed to climb at one spot.
Members of a rock climbing tour prepare for their adventure in Yen Thinh Commune, Lang Son Province. Photo acquired by VnExpress.
These tours, run by sports and entertainment company VietClimb, have been drawing many adventurous Vietnamese and foreigners interested in rock climbing.
Duc Thanh, a visitor from Ho Chi Minh City, said: "The terrain here is very suitable for the development of this sport. I want to come back here many times because there are still many places that have not been fully explored. The scenery is beautiful and the people here are very friendly and enthusiastic."
In addition to the rock climbing tours, the province has recently recognized two new community tourism destinations: Yen Thinh Commune and Huu Lien Commune in Huu Lung District.
Here, visitors can enjoy the unique cuisines of the Nung, Tay and Dao ethnic minorities, work in the field alongside the real farmers, transplanting rice, picking custard apples and ploughing. They can also participate in the annual Tro Ngo Festival on the lunar January 10 which has been recognized as a national intangible cultural heritage.
Bron: Sheer rock faces offer a new high in northern Vietnam - VnExpress International
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Of het al dan niet zo werkt hangt mede van de uitvoering af. Als zo’n vlieggewicht Vietnammeesje beneden zelf los staat, over het lichaam en wat losjes zekert via een acht en er gaat een stuk zwaarder persoon de wand uit ziet hij er aan de voorkant toch meteen een stuk minder uit. Want dat houdt hij echt niet.
Zo’n klap tegen de wand is echt niet leuk, maar wel heel reëel in een dergelijke situatie..
Zo’n klap tegen de wand is echt niet leuk, maar wel heel reëel in een dergelijke situatie..
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Vietnam makes major push for children to learn swimming
Children swim at a Hanoi river in July 2020. Photo by VnExpress/Giang Huy.
Half of all Vietnamese children should be able to be swim by 2025 under a draft program announced by the Ministry of Labor, Invalids and Social Affairs.
The proposal is part of a 10-year (2021-2030) draft program prepared by the ministry for submission to the government by the end of this year.
By 2025, 90 percent of Vietnamese children should have the knowledge and skills they need to prevent accidents and be safe amidst traffic, the program targets. In the same period, 50 percent of all Vietnamese children should learn how to swim and 90 percent of parents should acquire accident prevention skills.
All localities need to have plans and swimming pools designated for children’s lessons, the draft says. Other goals mentioned include more houses and schools meeting safety standards. The program’s estimated budget for the 2021-2025 period is VND600 billion ($25.8 million) and VND720 billion ($31.08 million) for the 2026-2030 period.
Child drowning is not uncommon in Vietnam, taking the lives of nearly 3,000 children in Vietnam every year, according to the Health Ministry. It is also the leading cause of death among children under 19 years old, deputy health minister Nguyen Truong Son had noted at a conference last year.
Since 2018, the Global Health Advocacy Incubator has helped over 13,300 children in Vietnam learn how to swim, and it plans to help around 20,000 more in the next two years.
Bron: Vietnam makes major push for children to learn swimming - VnExpress International
Goh, na decennia van duizenden verdrinkingsgevallen per jaar… (WHO highlights Vietnam's unresolved drowning epidemic ).
Daar was ik hier ruim 5 jaar geleden al mee bezig n.a.v. artikelen zoals https
/tuoitrenews.vn/news/society/20130806/student-drowns-in-restaurant’s-swimming-pool/4953.html Dit kreeg een extra push na een artikel over goedkope zwembaden. Zie Men build three swimming pools for $3,600 in central Vietnam - Tuoi Tre News
Ik heb zelf ca. 10 jaar bij de Rotterdamse Reddingsbrigade gezwommen. Mede daarom was ik voor de in het artikel genoemde bedragen bereid om onder een aantal harde voorwaarden dit zelf te sponsoren. Ik stopte met het projectplan toen de eerste en nog steeds grootste aso met de pestherrie begon en ook nog eens mensen bedreigde die daar wat over zeiden (waaronder mijn buurvrouw, terwijl ik de dader was)..
Een deel van het projectplan heb ik ooit in het Vietnamees vertaald en aan de dorpshoofden gestuurd. Geen enkele reactie op ontvangen.
Nu maar zien wat er van dit plan terecht komt. Gezien het “grenzeloze enthousiasme” voor mijn plan hou ik mijn hart weer vast.
Zeker als je leest dat:
“Many countries with high drowning deaths, such as China, India, Bangladesh, Pakistan, Nigeria, and Vietnam, did not submit mortality data to the WHO; therefore, these countries were not included in this study.”
Bron: https/bmcpublichealth.biomedcentral.com/articles/10.1186/s12889-019-7749-2
Dit lijkt weer sprekend op “je ziet het niet dus het is goed”. Struisvogelpolitiek.
Children swim at a Hanoi river in July 2020. Photo by VnExpress/Giang Huy.
Half of all Vietnamese children should be able to be swim by 2025 under a draft program announced by the Ministry of Labor, Invalids and Social Affairs.
The proposal is part of a 10-year (2021-2030) draft program prepared by the ministry for submission to the government by the end of this year.
By 2025, 90 percent of Vietnamese children should have the knowledge and skills they need to prevent accidents and be safe amidst traffic, the program targets. In the same period, 50 percent of all Vietnamese children should learn how to swim and 90 percent of parents should acquire accident prevention skills.
All localities need to have plans and swimming pools designated for children’s lessons, the draft says. Other goals mentioned include more houses and schools meeting safety standards. The program’s estimated budget for the 2021-2025 period is VND600 billion ($25.8 million) and VND720 billion ($31.08 million) for the 2026-2030 period.
Child drowning is not uncommon in Vietnam, taking the lives of nearly 3,000 children in Vietnam every year, according to the Health Ministry. It is also the leading cause of death among children under 19 years old, deputy health minister Nguyen Truong Son had noted at a conference last year.
Since 2018, the Global Health Advocacy Incubator has helped over 13,300 children in Vietnam learn how to swim, and it plans to help around 20,000 more in the next two years.
Bron: Vietnam makes major push for children to learn swimming - VnExpress International
Goh, na decennia van duizenden verdrinkingsgevallen per jaar… (WHO highlights Vietnam's unresolved drowning epidemic ).
Daar was ik hier ruim 5 jaar geleden al mee bezig n.a.v. artikelen zoals https
/tuoitrenews.vn/news/society/20130806/student-drowns-in-restaurant’s-swimming-pool/4953.html Dit kreeg een extra push na een artikel over goedkope zwembaden. Zie Men build three swimming pools for $3,600 in central Vietnam - Tuoi Tre NewsIk heb zelf ca. 10 jaar bij de Rotterdamse Reddingsbrigade gezwommen. Mede daarom was ik voor de in het artikel genoemde bedragen bereid om onder een aantal harde voorwaarden dit zelf te sponsoren. Ik stopte met het projectplan toen de eerste en nog steeds grootste aso met de pestherrie begon en ook nog eens mensen bedreigde die daar wat over zeiden (waaronder mijn buurvrouw, terwijl ik de dader was)..
Een deel van het projectplan heb ik ooit in het Vietnamees vertaald en aan de dorpshoofden gestuurd. Geen enkele reactie op ontvangen.
Nu maar zien wat er van dit plan terecht komt. Gezien het “grenzeloze enthousiasme” voor mijn plan hou ik mijn hart weer vast.
Zeker als je leest dat:
“Many countries with high drowning deaths, such as China, India, Bangladesh, Pakistan, Nigeria, and Vietnam, did not submit mortality data to the WHO; therefore, these countries were not included in this study.”
Bron: https
/bmcpublichealth.biomedcentral.com/articles/10.1186/s12889-019-7749-2 Dit lijkt weer sprekend op “je ziet het niet dus het is goed”. Struisvogelpolitiek.
FredVN
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Aanvulling
Dit hoort eigenlijk nog bij bovenstaand verhaal.
Toen ik aan sponsoring dacht, was ik nog enigszins naïef. En dacht dus dat ik de zaak zo zou kunnen regelen met een aantal harde voorwaarden, dat dit goed zou gaan.
Inmiddels weet ik dat dit een illusie is. Denk maar aan het ophalen van geld voor verlichting van de weg, die er na ruim een jaar nog niet is. Er zijn nog een aantal hardere argumenten die ik o.a. de afgelopen periode heb gehoord. Vertel ik binnenkort nog wel een keer.
Dit hoort eigenlijk nog bij bovenstaand verhaal.
Toen ik aan sponsoring dacht, was ik nog enigszins naïef. En dacht dus dat ik de zaak zo zou kunnen regelen met een aantal harde voorwaarden, dat dit goed zou gaan.
Inmiddels weet ik dat dit een illusie is. Denk maar aan het ophalen van geld voor verlichting van de weg, die er na ruim een jaar nog niet is. Er zijn nog een aantal hardere argumenten die ik o.a. de afgelopen periode heb gehoord. Vertel ik binnenkort nog wel een keer.
FredVN
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Naar de kloten…
En ja hoor, waar ik al een tijdje bang voor was, werd gisterenmorgen de trieste en vooral luidruchtige werkelijkheid. De speakers op de vlakbij gelegen birdnestfabriek begonnen hun artificiële vogelgekrijs uit te braken. Het is in het hele huis te horen, alleen als ik de deur van mijn eigen kamer dicht doe, is het stil.
Inmiddels is dus ook het laatste beetje rust verdwenen en is dus werkelijk alles nu naar de kloten. Ik ben er heilig van overtuigd dat zeker 90% van de mensen uit de omgeving hier ook de pest aan hebben. Maar niemand doet of zegt iets, of omdat ze bang zijn en waarschijnlijk ook omdat het zinloos is. Je hebt hier maar gewoon alles van het geteisem te accepteren. Zij zijn de baas. Zij bepalen wat er gebeurt.
Want klagen hier is per definitie altijd zinloos. Het zooitje incompetente xxxxxxx (veiligheidshalve verwijderd, verzin zelf maar iets toepasselijks), die hier wat aan zouden moeten doen, zijn niet aanspreekbaar. Als ze dat wel zouden zijn zou er ongetwijfeld iets komen als “ze doen het op hun eigen terrein”. Besturen? Dat kunnen ze hun eigen motor nog niet eens. Vandaar die 10.000 doden per jaar.
Ik had een vertrek hier wat naar achteren geschoven in verband met de tweede COVID-golf. Inmiddels lijken de consequenties daarvan verre te prefereren boven alle continue pestherrie van een stel asociale klootzakken met een grote bek, twee linker klauwen en geen enkel vorm van ook maar enig niveau van beschaving. Om over werkende hersencellen maar te zwijgen. Ik heb in de loop der tijd ruim voldoende voorbeelden gegeven.
In https://www.motor-forum.nl/threads/...met-een-knipoog.408394/page-215#post-29941365 van gisteren staan twee zinnen die mijn aandacht trokken:
“It’s just me who gave up the fight. I’m just not strong enough to fight this unreasonable and incompetent system”
Volledig mee eens. Hoewel je “Strong” ook kan vervangen door “Stupid”.
Alleen het plaatje klopt niet voor mij. Dat moet zijn: “I never can win this, I lose and I learn”.
Die “lessons learned” komen ook nog we een keerl.
Gelukkig is mijn plan vrijwel klaar en doorgerekend en is een vertrek mogelijk. Over de grote financiële en emotionele schade hebben we het maar niet, die hou ik voor mijzelf. Maar geloof me, het hakt er gigantisch in. Veertig jaar hard werken naar de kloten.
Van mij mag in een aantal huizen de bliksem inslaan. En dat is mijn meest milde idee.
En ja hoor, waar ik al een tijdje bang voor was, werd gisterenmorgen de trieste en vooral luidruchtige werkelijkheid. De speakers op de vlakbij gelegen birdnestfabriek begonnen hun artificiële vogelgekrijs uit te braken. Het is in het hele huis te horen, alleen als ik de deur van mijn eigen kamer dicht doe, is het stil.
Inmiddels is dus ook het laatste beetje rust verdwenen en is dus werkelijk alles nu naar de kloten. Ik ben er heilig van overtuigd dat zeker 90% van de mensen uit de omgeving hier ook de pest aan hebben. Maar niemand doet of zegt iets, of omdat ze bang zijn en waarschijnlijk ook omdat het zinloos is. Je hebt hier maar gewoon alles van het geteisem te accepteren. Zij zijn de baas. Zij bepalen wat er gebeurt.
Want klagen hier is per definitie altijd zinloos. Het zooitje incompetente xxxxxxx (veiligheidshalve verwijderd, verzin zelf maar iets toepasselijks), die hier wat aan zouden moeten doen, zijn niet aanspreekbaar. Als ze dat wel zouden zijn zou er ongetwijfeld iets komen als “ze doen het op hun eigen terrein”. Besturen? Dat kunnen ze hun eigen motor nog niet eens. Vandaar die 10.000 doden per jaar.
Ik had een vertrek hier wat naar achteren geschoven in verband met de tweede COVID-golf. Inmiddels lijken de consequenties daarvan verre te prefereren boven alle continue pestherrie van een stel asociale klootzakken met een grote bek, twee linker klauwen en geen enkel vorm van ook maar enig niveau van beschaving. Om over werkende hersencellen maar te zwijgen. Ik heb in de loop der tijd ruim voldoende voorbeelden gegeven.
In https://www.motor-forum.nl/threads/...met-een-knipoog.408394/page-215#post-29941365 van gisteren staan twee zinnen die mijn aandacht trokken:
“It’s just me who gave up the fight. I’m just not strong enough to fight this unreasonable and incompetent system”
Volledig mee eens. Hoewel je “Strong” ook kan vervangen door “Stupid”.
Alleen het plaatje klopt niet voor mij. Dat moet zijn: “I never can win this, I lose and I learn”.
Die “lessons learned” komen ook nog we een keerl.
Gelukkig is mijn plan vrijwel klaar en doorgerekend en is een vertrek mogelijk. Over de grote financiële en emotionele schade hebben we het maar niet, die hou ik voor mijzelf. Maar geloof me, het hakt er gigantisch in. Veertig jaar hard werken naar de kloten.
Van mij mag in een aantal huizen de bliksem inslaan. En dat is mijn meest milde idee.
jaap43
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Fred,
Jij met je toch redelijke electronica-kennis kan om te beginnen terug pesten. Bouw een ultrasoon generator van voldoende vermogen en laat dat een paar luidsprekers aansturen. Richt dat op die nest-fabriek. Gegarandeerd dat de vogels vertrekken en niet meer terug komen.
Jij met je toch redelijke electronica-kennis kan om te beginnen terug pesten. Bouw een ultrasoon generator van voldoende vermogen en laat dat een paar luidsprekers aansturen. Richt dat op die nest-fabriek. Gegarandeerd dat de vogels vertrekken en niet meer terug komen.
FredVN
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Mijn eerste reactie was: “dan zetten ze het volume stukken harder om de vogels op grotere afstand te lokken”. En zou het dus averechts werken.
Ik heb trouwens geen flauw idee of dat vogelgekrijs wel helpt. Ik sluit niet uit dat, als bij zoveel zaken hier, iemand ermee is begonnen en iedereen kopieert het omdat ze denken dat het geld oplevert…
Maar na wat googelen bleek, dat je kleine versies gewoon bij Bol etc. kunt kopen. Hmmm, dus toch misschien een optie. Het enige probleem is, dat ik vrees, dat ook onze honden dit kunnen horen en helemaal gek worden.
Doet me trouwens denken aan één van de boeken van Dick Francis, waar ze een hondenfluitje gebruikten in combinatie met conditionering m.b.v. vuur om paarden sneller te laten lopen: zo snel mogelijk weg van het geluid. Soort mechanische doping.
Binnenkort nog eens wat verder googelen.
Ik heb trouwens geen flauw idee of dat vogelgekrijs wel helpt. Ik sluit niet uit dat, als bij zoveel zaken hier, iemand ermee is begonnen en iedereen kopieert het omdat ze denken dat het geld oplevert…
Maar na wat googelen bleek, dat je kleine versies gewoon bij Bol etc. kunt kopen. Hmmm, dus toch misschien een optie. Het enige probleem is, dat ik vrees, dat ook onze honden dit kunnen horen en helemaal gek worden.
Doet me trouwens denken aan één van de boeken van Dick Francis, waar ze een hondenfluitje gebruikten in combinatie met conditionering m.b.v. vuur om paarden sneller te laten lopen: zo snel mogelijk weg van het geluid. Soort mechanische doping.
Binnenkort nog eens wat verder googelen.
Deanevo
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Dat had ik dan allang ingezet. Je kan bij een aangifte bij de politie toch gewoon een kleine schenking doen?Goh, ik heb in mijn rek nog een toon-generator staan voor blok-, driehoek- en sinusgolven. Een dezer dagen toch eens een snoertje opzoeken, koppelen aan een versterker (300 w.) en kijken hoe gek de honden worden...
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jaap43
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Als je de luidsprekers op het dak zet en naar dat gebouw richt zullen je honden nergens last van hebben.Goh, ik heb in mijn rek nog een toon-generator staan voor blok-, driehoek- en sinusgolven. Een dezer dagen toch eens een snoertje opzoeken, koppelen aan een versterker (300 w.
FredVN
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In Ho Chi Minh City, professional rat hunters rid businesses of pesky rodents
Three rats are seen caught on a sticky rat board overnight. The rat hunter removes and disposes of them properly. Photo: Tuoi Tre
Upon the call of household and business owners, professional rat hunters quickly respond by running a complete scan of the place and providing proper services.
Thanks to them, rodents are kept under tight control in Ho Chi Minh City. Rat hunters are contacted as soon as the rodents begin to mess around. Restaurants, supermarkets, office buildings, and factories are places where they are most often needed.
Catching them the professional way
Nguyen Van Nghia has 12 years of experience in pest control. Currently he is the founder of Green House Pest Control, a 10-year-old company based in Go Vap District, Ho Chi Minh City.
According to Nghia, this city “might seem so splendid, but there are lots of rats.” He set up his business to cater for different people and businesses. During its infancy, his business went through immense financial difficulty due to a serious lack of customers. Only those wealthy enough had the means to use his service.
Over the years, however, his clientele has become larger because the professional pest control service proved more effective than people catching them on their own. The rats, according to Nghia, are “really smart." It is really hard to stay pest-controlled without professional help.
Pham Lam Vu is a 33-year-old staff member at Green House Pest Control. He and his partner came to a diner on Pham Van Dong Street in Thu Duc District for a business trip one afternoon. It was not a spacious place, but the amount of food and stuff appealed to the rats.
Once he had performed a thorough scan of the whole area, Vu put on his rubber gloves and took out his toolkit, in which there were wooden rat traps with very powerful snapping force. “These snap traps are for big city rats so they are very powerful. We often put them in places where rats move around frequently, like the kitchen, below a wardrobe, inside the ceiling or near the trash bins,” he said. “Just one loud thud and you’ll know a rat has gone dead.”
He arranaged a total of six snap traps around his client’s restaurant. According to Vu, snap traps are enough for use with indoor rodents. However, it takes candy-shaped bait soaked with legal drugs to catch rats on the outside. He explained that rats which have taken the rodenticide will die after three to four days, so if they perish somewhere indoors, that will leave a horrible stench. After snap traps come the sticky traps, which are basically small, flat boards of wood with a special glue covering the upper surface.
The bait in this case can be merely a single peanut, one for each sticky board. Vu said that if one rat gets trapped, others tend to come to its rescue, so at the same time up to ten rats can get caught. To figure out where rats are most active, Vu said look for rat droppings or their footprint.
An experienced rat hunter will make initial analysis to point out what kinds of rats are being active. Insights into the habits of different types of rats will then help hunters decide on proper pest control measures.
As rats are mostly active during the night and hide themselves pretty well during the day, rat hunters often place their traps overnight, then collect their catch and dispose of them the next morning.
Vu came back to his client’s restaurant the next day to find three tiny rats stuck on his sticky rat boards. With rubber gloves on, he pulled them out and placed them carefully inside a large black plastic bag. His other sticky boards kept catching more rats the following days, but the snap traps stayed intact. That meant, he explained, there were no big city rats.
A rat hunter is carefully placing a series of sticky flat board traps on the floor where rats are supposed to move around frequently inside a restaurant in District 5, Ho Chi Minh City. Photo: Tuoi Tre
Rodenticides as offerings to the gods
Five years ago, Nghia was hired to catch one big rat in a household business located in District 5, Ho Chi Minh City. Before seeking professional aid, the house owner tried all kinds of tricks but in vain. His traps remained untouched, but the food offerings made to the god of the land were bearing rat bites on them. Despite Nghia’s experience, the rat still eluded his attempts for days.
He then asked the house owner for access to footage from the internal CCTV system. As he studied the ‘smart rat’ from the screen, he noticed that it jumped over the traps into the foods instead of running across them. He decided to lace the food offerings with rodenticides. The hungry rodent got itself killed after several days. “The owner was really glad that the rat got caught. I got VND2 million [US$87] according to the contract, and one more million as a bonus,” said Nghia.
A snap trap has a more powerful grip and is used to deal with large city rats. Photo: Tuoi Tre
Bounty hunters – a rat race
Nguyen Quoc Tuan – head of sales at the Tam Phat pest control company – recalled his favorite rat hunt. It was a contract he signed with a large industrial zone in Ho Chi Minh City. The extensive grounds made it a really tough job for the first 15 days. Changing traps and bait did not work.
Finally, Tuan and his men found the rat hole and took out over a hundred rats of all sizes. The need for rat hunters in Ho Chi Minh City is on the rise, leading to the establishment of more rat hunting services and pest control companies.
Tuan says that upon a customer’s contact, his men will do a thorough check of the area and provide proper consultancy before signing a legal contract. He provides monthly, quarterly and other types of bundle services. His team deals with rats and insects. “Our rat service is often for every 6 or 12 months, depending on the number of rats,” he said.
Inspection takes 4-5 days for a common household and up to 10-15 days for a restaurant or an industrial zone. “Once a contract has ended, clients will receive an ‘insurance’ of 1-3 months depending on the number of rats,” he further explained.
Prices for this pest control service vary on the total size of the place.
A rat hunt package for a household costs VND1.5-3 million ($65-130), while that for a restaurant fetches VND4-5 million ($172-215). The cost for an industrial zone is VND8-10 million ($345-430).
However, pest control companies can only reduce the number of rats by 80-90 percent. They cannot guarantee the removal of all the rats as these rodents are fast breeders. Only when their cave is found and blocked from the outside will they be all killed.
With four years of experience in this line of work, Vu from Green House Pest Control thinks this job is quite fun.
He helps his customers keep the rats off, and it seems like he is aiding the society in controlling the annoying rodents.
He also cautions that rat hunters have to be extra careful.
A rat bite may transmit serious diseases, and rat traps might badly hurt if misused.
Bron: In Ho Chi Minh City, professional rat hunters rid businesses of pesky rodents - Tuoi Tre News
Bij ons zijn het de twee honden, die zich actief bezig houden met de ratenvangst. Ze zitten vaak heel lang bv. onze stalen garagedeuren in de gaten te houden. De ratten kunnen langs de buitenkant omhoog kruipen en lopen er dan boven overheen. Vaak probeer ik ze met een lange stok naar beneden te jagen. Soms lukt dat maar de honden zijn dan vaak zo gretig dat ze de rat al tussen de spijlen proberen te pakken. En die beesten zijn akelig snel, dus vaak kunnen ze toch ontsnappen, meestal weer achter het dichte deel. Maar ik heb zelf één keer een rat vanaf ca. 2 meter hoogte een sprong over de hond zien maken en ergens in de garage achter wat dozen zien verdwijnen. Bizar.
Een rattenval zoals getoond in het artikel is niet mogelijk met onze twee honden. We hebben wel ooit wat gedaan met een soort rattengif, maar het was moeilijk na te gaan of de ratten er echt aan dood gingen.
Er staat nu ook een video op de site:
Rat hunting service in Ho Chi Minh City - Tuoi Tre News
Three rats are seen caught on a sticky rat board overnight. The rat hunter removes and disposes of them properly. Photo: Tuoi Tre
Upon the call of household and business owners, professional rat hunters quickly respond by running a complete scan of the place and providing proper services.
Thanks to them, rodents are kept under tight control in Ho Chi Minh City. Rat hunters are contacted as soon as the rodents begin to mess around. Restaurants, supermarkets, office buildings, and factories are places where they are most often needed.
Catching them the professional way
Nguyen Van Nghia has 12 years of experience in pest control. Currently he is the founder of Green House Pest Control, a 10-year-old company based in Go Vap District, Ho Chi Minh City.
According to Nghia, this city “might seem so splendid, but there are lots of rats.” He set up his business to cater for different people and businesses. During its infancy, his business went through immense financial difficulty due to a serious lack of customers. Only those wealthy enough had the means to use his service.
Over the years, however, his clientele has become larger because the professional pest control service proved more effective than people catching them on their own. The rats, according to Nghia, are “really smart." It is really hard to stay pest-controlled without professional help.
Pham Lam Vu is a 33-year-old staff member at Green House Pest Control. He and his partner came to a diner on Pham Van Dong Street in Thu Duc District for a business trip one afternoon. It was not a spacious place, but the amount of food and stuff appealed to the rats.
Once he had performed a thorough scan of the whole area, Vu put on his rubber gloves and took out his toolkit, in which there were wooden rat traps with very powerful snapping force. “These snap traps are for big city rats so they are very powerful. We often put them in places where rats move around frequently, like the kitchen, below a wardrobe, inside the ceiling or near the trash bins,” he said. “Just one loud thud and you’ll know a rat has gone dead.”
He arranaged a total of six snap traps around his client’s restaurant. According to Vu, snap traps are enough for use with indoor rodents. However, it takes candy-shaped bait soaked with legal drugs to catch rats on the outside. He explained that rats which have taken the rodenticide will die after three to four days, so if they perish somewhere indoors, that will leave a horrible stench. After snap traps come the sticky traps, which are basically small, flat boards of wood with a special glue covering the upper surface.
The bait in this case can be merely a single peanut, one for each sticky board. Vu said that if one rat gets trapped, others tend to come to its rescue, so at the same time up to ten rats can get caught. To figure out where rats are most active, Vu said look for rat droppings or their footprint.
An experienced rat hunter will make initial analysis to point out what kinds of rats are being active. Insights into the habits of different types of rats will then help hunters decide on proper pest control measures.
As rats are mostly active during the night and hide themselves pretty well during the day, rat hunters often place their traps overnight, then collect their catch and dispose of them the next morning.
Vu came back to his client’s restaurant the next day to find three tiny rats stuck on his sticky rat boards. With rubber gloves on, he pulled them out and placed them carefully inside a large black plastic bag. His other sticky boards kept catching more rats the following days, but the snap traps stayed intact. That meant, he explained, there were no big city rats.
A rat hunter is carefully placing a series of sticky flat board traps on the floor where rats are supposed to move around frequently inside a restaurant in District 5, Ho Chi Minh City. Photo: Tuoi Tre
Rodenticides as offerings to the gods
Five years ago, Nghia was hired to catch one big rat in a household business located in District 5, Ho Chi Minh City. Before seeking professional aid, the house owner tried all kinds of tricks but in vain. His traps remained untouched, but the food offerings made to the god of the land were bearing rat bites on them. Despite Nghia’s experience, the rat still eluded his attempts for days.
He then asked the house owner for access to footage from the internal CCTV system. As he studied the ‘smart rat’ from the screen, he noticed that it jumped over the traps into the foods instead of running across them. He decided to lace the food offerings with rodenticides. The hungry rodent got itself killed after several days. “The owner was really glad that the rat got caught. I got VND2 million [US$87] according to the contract, and one more million as a bonus,” said Nghia.
A snap trap has a more powerful grip and is used to deal with large city rats. Photo: Tuoi Tre
Bounty hunters – a rat race
Nguyen Quoc Tuan – head of sales at the Tam Phat pest control company – recalled his favorite rat hunt. It was a contract he signed with a large industrial zone in Ho Chi Minh City. The extensive grounds made it a really tough job for the first 15 days. Changing traps and bait did not work.
Finally, Tuan and his men found the rat hole and took out over a hundred rats of all sizes. The need for rat hunters in Ho Chi Minh City is on the rise, leading to the establishment of more rat hunting services and pest control companies.
Tuan says that upon a customer’s contact, his men will do a thorough check of the area and provide proper consultancy before signing a legal contract. He provides monthly, quarterly and other types of bundle services. His team deals with rats and insects. “Our rat service is often for every 6 or 12 months, depending on the number of rats,” he said.
Inspection takes 4-5 days for a common household and up to 10-15 days for a restaurant or an industrial zone. “Once a contract has ended, clients will receive an ‘insurance’ of 1-3 months depending on the number of rats,” he further explained.
Prices for this pest control service vary on the total size of the place.
A rat hunt package for a household costs VND1.5-3 million ($65-130), while that for a restaurant fetches VND4-5 million ($172-215). The cost for an industrial zone is VND8-10 million ($345-430).
However, pest control companies can only reduce the number of rats by 80-90 percent. They cannot guarantee the removal of all the rats as these rodents are fast breeders. Only when their cave is found and blocked from the outside will they be all killed.
With four years of experience in this line of work, Vu from Green House Pest Control thinks this job is quite fun.
He helps his customers keep the rats off, and it seems like he is aiding the society in controlling the annoying rodents.
He also cautions that rat hunters have to be extra careful.
A rat bite may transmit serious diseases, and rat traps might badly hurt if misused.
Bron: In Ho Chi Minh City, professional rat hunters rid businesses of pesky rodents - Tuoi Tre News
Bij ons zijn het de twee honden, die zich actief bezig houden met de ratenvangst. Ze zitten vaak heel lang bv. onze stalen garagedeuren in de gaten te houden. De ratten kunnen langs de buitenkant omhoog kruipen en lopen er dan boven overheen. Vaak probeer ik ze met een lange stok naar beneden te jagen. Soms lukt dat maar de honden zijn dan vaak zo gretig dat ze de rat al tussen de spijlen proberen te pakken. En die beesten zijn akelig snel, dus vaak kunnen ze toch ontsnappen, meestal weer achter het dichte deel. Maar ik heb zelf één keer een rat vanaf ca. 2 meter hoogte een sprong over de hond zien maken en ergens in de garage achter wat dozen zien verdwijnen. Bizar.
Een rattenval zoals getoond in het artikel is niet mogelijk met onze twee honden. We hebben wel ooit wat gedaan met een soort rattengif, maar het was moeilijk na te gaan of de ratten er echt aan dood gingen.
Er staat nu ook een video op de site:
Rat hunting service in Ho Chi Minh City - Tuoi Tre News
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Five pools that swim against the tide in Vietnam (1)
Five swimming pools across Vietnam stand out with unique features that could deliver a memorable experience.
The longest
The FLC Grand Hotel Quy Nhon in the central province of Binh Dinh will have the longest pool in Vietnam when it opens on November 28. The pool, with an area of one hectare, is a kilometer long, offering a panoramic view of Nhon Ly Beach.
A bird’s eye view of the hotel and its pool.
The pool will host several attractions including water games for different ages. An aquarium with natural stones and aquatic plants will add to the special setting.
On the clouds
Facing the Hoang Lien Son mountain range, the Topas Ecolodge in the northern province of Lao Cai has an infinity pool with views of mountains and terraced rice fields that can be enjoyed while soaking in its warm waters.
The Forbes magazine called it "the swimming pool on the clouds" and guests can get high on the unusual proximity with nature.
The pool uses saltwater and is heated by an eco-friendly system that reportedly consumes 85 percent less energy than standard technology while ensuring warm water all year round.
Morgen deel 2.
Five swimming pools across Vietnam stand out with unique features that could deliver a memorable experience.
The longest
The FLC Grand Hotel Quy Nhon in the central province of Binh Dinh will have the longest pool in Vietnam when it opens on November 28. The pool, with an area of one hectare, is a kilometer long, offering a panoramic view of Nhon Ly Beach.
A bird’s eye view of the hotel and its pool.
The pool will host several attractions including water games for different ages. An aquarium with natural stones and aquatic plants will add to the special setting.
On the clouds
Facing the Hoang Lien Son mountain range, the Topas Ecolodge in the northern province of Lao Cai has an infinity pool with views of mountains and terraced rice fields that can be enjoyed while soaking in its warm waters.
The Forbes magazine called it "the swimming pool on the clouds" and guests can get high on the unusual proximity with nature.
The pool uses saltwater and is heated by an eco-friendly system that reportedly consumes 85 percent less energy than standard technology while ensuring warm water all year round.
Morgen deel 2.
F2ride2001
MF veteraan
Ziet er prachtig uit in ieder geval. Zal wel niet goedkoop zijn (we blijven Hollander he 
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FredVN
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Goh, heb je niet eens $150-200 per nacht over voor een beetje leuk zwembad? Armoedzaaier.
Zoals ik al in de post over de hotels bij het vliegveld heb aangegeven, ben ik ook voor de pool-hotels nieuwsgierig naar de bezettingsgraad. Hoe bij die vijf de prijzen liggen weet ik niet. Ik heb voor de eerste (FLC Grand Hotel Quy Nhon) even gezocht naar prijzen, maar welke datum ik ook opgaf, altijd kwam de melding dat er geen kamers beschikbaar waren.
Heel november en december volgeboekt?
Een bezettingsgraad van 100%?
In deze toeristisch barre tijden?
Kan het me niet voorstellen.
De genoemde $150-200/.nacht voor de hotels bij het vliegveld is inside-information. Ik blijf nieuwsgierig wat dat daar gaat worden, zowel prijzen als bezettingsgraad.
Maar dat dit niet voor het gewone plebs zoals ik haalbaar is lijkt me duidelijk.
Zoals ik al in de post over de hotels bij het vliegveld heb aangegeven, ben ik ook voor de pool-hotels nieuwsgierig naar de bezettingsgraad. Hoe bij die vijf de prijzen liggen weet ik niet. Ik heb voor de eerste (FLC Grand Hotel Quy Nhon) even gezocht naar prijzen, maar welke datum ik ook opgaf, altijd kwam de melding dat er geen kamers beschikbaar waren.
Heel november en december volgeboekt?
Een bezettingsgraad van 100%?
In deze toeristisch barre tijden?
Kan het me niet voorstellen.
De genoemde $150-200/.nacht voor de hotels bij het vliegveld is inside-information. Ik blijf nieuwsgierig wat dat daar gaat worden, zowel prijzen als bezettingsgraad.
Maar dat dit niet voor het gewone plebs zoals ik haalbaar is lijkt me duidelijk.
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FredVN
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Five pools that swim against the tide in Vietnam (2)
The largest saltwater pool
The FLC Luxury Hotel Samson, another FLC Group's property in Sam Son Town, the central province of Thanh Hoa, sets a record as the largest saltwater swimming pool in the country with an area of around 5,100 square meters. It offers direct views of the Sam Son sea.
The pool deploys modern drainage technology to bring in purified and processed seawater from a depth of 10 m. The mineral and salt content of the water is said to be therapeutic for the skin.
In tropical forest
The Fushion Maia Da Nang in Da Nang City is also on the list of unique swimming pools with an infinity pool located near the My Khe coast, but hidden amidst a lush green forest.
Watching the dawn or sunset from the pool can be a great experience. The quiet, refreshing space lends itself easily to sunbathing, practicing yoga or simply lazing, enjoying a drink.
In addition to the main pool, each villa in this resort has a private swimming pool surrounded by lush tropical gardens, waterfalls and great ocean views.
Connected to the ocean
Located on Ha My Beach in the central province of Quang Nam, the swimming pool at Four Seasons The Nam Hai has been mentioned by British magazine Condé Nast Traveler as one of the top 140 most beautiful resort swimming pools in the world.
The property has three large infinity swimming pools in the main area, stretching more than 500 m and putting the ocean within “touching distance.”
The temperature of the pool near the reception can be adjusted to suit the weather conditions. The main swimming pools are adjacent to each other with ivory-green water that seems to extend to the sea.
A landscape highlight of the pools is the row of coconut palms that are reflected in its waters.
This treats guests to the most relaxing sounds of wind rustling the leaves and waves caressing the beach.
Bron: Five pools that swim against the tide in Vietnam
Wie de foto’s en bijbehorende tekst soms wat onlogisch vindt, je bent niet de enige.
Oh, en zo te zien op de eerste foto is de bus met Nederlanders al gearriveerd: op elke ligstoel ligt al een handdoek.
The largest saltwater pool
The FLC Luxury Hotel Samson, another FLC Group's property in Sam Son Town, the central province of Thanh Hoa, sets a record as the largest saltwater swimming pool in the country with an area of around 5,100 square meters. It offers direct views of the Sam Son sea.
The pool deploys modern drainage technology to bring in purified and processed seawater from a depth of 10 m. The mineral and salt content of the water is said to be therapeutic for the skin.
In tropical forest
The Fushion Maia Da Nang in Da Nang City is also on the list of unique swimming pools with an infinity pool located near the My Khe coast, but hidden amidst a lush green forest.
Watching the dawn or sunset from the pool can be a great experience. The quiet, refreshing space lends itself easily to sunbathing, practicing yoga or simply lazing, enjoying a drink.
In addition to the main pool, each villa in this resort has a private swimming pool surrounded by lush tropical gardens, waterfalls and great ocean views.
Connected to the ocean
Located on Ha My Beach in the central province of Quang Nam, the swimming pool at Four Seasons The Nam Hai has been mentioned by British magazine Condé Nast Traveler as one of the top 140 most beautiful resort swimming pools in the world.
The property has three large infinity swimming pools in the main area, stretching more than 500 m and putting the ocean within “touching distance.”
The temperature of the pool near the reception can be adjusted to suit the weather conditions. The main swimming pools are adjacent to each other with ivory-green water that seems to extend to the sea.
A landscape highlight of the pools is the row of coconut palms that are reflected in its waters.
This treats guests to the most relaxing sounds of wind rustling the leaves and waves caressing the beach.
Bron: Five pools that swim against the tide in Vietnam
Wie de foto’s en bijbehorende tekst soms wat onlogisch vindt, je bent niet de enige.
Oh, en zo te zien op de eerste foto is de bus met Nederlanders al gearriveerd: op elke ligstoel ligt al een handdoek.
FredVN
MF veteraan
- Onderwerp starter
- #2.570
In Vietnam, women find arduous tech-based delivery job rewarding
Truong Thi Hai Duong, 57, is on her way to pick up an order from an eatery in Hanoi, Vietnam. Photo: Mai Thuong / Tuoi Tre
It is not really a challenge of gender stereotypes but a number of women in Hanoi and Ho Chi Minh City have excelled as delivery workers, at the expense of their looks, and even take pleasure in their job despite facing grueling hustle on a daily basis.
Lured by tempting offers and a low barrier to entry, 'shippers' — the localized term for motorbike delivery workers in Vietnam — are scrambling to work for food and package delivery apps.
The physically demanding job, which involves hours of riding a motorbike through dense traffic and even making haste for several kilometers for a timely delivery, has been traditionally the domain of men, but it is no longer the case now.
Livelihood at the expense of health and looks
During a persistent morning rain, Tran Thi Thu Ngan was parking her bike opposite a bubble milk tea shop at a corner of Nguyen Thi Minh Khai and Mac Dinh Chi Streets in District 1 while checking her phone for new orders. The corner, located near beloved diners and coffee shops, is one of the shippers’ hotspots.
Ngan was the only woman among nearly 10 delivery workers waiting there that morning. The 21-year-old girl, who left her hometown in the south-central province of Phu Yen for Ho Chi Minh City two years ago, worked as a food attendant at a restaurant before being made redundant as the novel coronavirus pandemic (COVID-19) hit Vietnam in March.
Responding to the surging coronavirus-era consumer demand which has stoked orders, Ngan switched to delivering food for an app-based platform to make ends meet. “I opt for food delivery over being a motorbike taxi driver for safety reasons. Besides, people tend not to trust female drivers,” she shared, adding she would not waste a minute if a new order pops up.
Ngan’s daily grind begins at 10:00 am with turning on an app, via which delivery jobs are offered to riders like her, and waiting along streets lined with eateries and coffee shops. Her deliveries are restricted to inner-city areas, mostly District 1 and District 3. “I can call it a day early if I meet my order target, otherwise I won’t get home until 9:00 or 10:00 pm,” Ngan added. By “the order target,” she meant the platform’s bonus scheme based on shippers’ number of daily deliveries, set at 9 - 11 - 22 - 28 - 34.
Small as her build is, Ngan tries to reach somewhere between 22 and 28 deliveries, which earns her more than VND400,000 (US$17) each day. “I always try to reach the targets, or I cannot support myself and provide for my younger sibling at home. I’m so happy when I sometimes receive tips of VND5,000-10,000 [$0.4] from clients,” Ngan said, noting the influx of new riders who are workers in different sectors driven to unemployment by the country’s COVID-19 outbreaks brings about fiercer competition.
She revealed shippers’ most hectic time are noons and evenings.
There are downsides, however.
Like most other shippers, Ngan is not exempt from encounters with grumpy customers when she arrives late after pushing her way through the heavy traffic during rush hours or getting lost. “I always cover myself with masks and jackets so that no one knows who I am. It is indeed arduous for girls being exposed to the weather, my complexion has greatly darkened these days,” she shared, having her fingers crossed she will settle down with a more stable job after the pandemic is over.
Le Ngoc Lan (L), 44, picks up two glasses of bubble milk tea from a shop in Binh Thanh District before delivering them to a client in District 2 in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam. Photo: Dieu Qui / Tuoi Tre
Like a backpacker
Rain or shine, Le Ngoc Lan, originally from Hanoi, exerts herself to deliver 22 orders per day to different areas of Ho Chi Minh City since she took on the job more than one year ago after quitting her market research work at the age of 43.
Unlike Ngan and many female colleagues, Lan does not find the job grueling. “There’s nothing to feel ashamed of if one works as a shipper. I opted for the job partly because I love hitting the road just as a backpacker does. The schedule is also flexible and there is less pressure than a 9-5 job,” she said. “As long as you can endure and put in the work, the job will earn you money."
There are occupational health hazards, however.
Lan’s complaints include occasional backache, shoulder pain, and fading looks. The middle-aged woman was involved in an accident on her way to deliver an order a few months ago, which kept her off the road for four months. Once back on track, she wasted no time resuming the job to survive in the city and indulge her backpacking preference.
The rainy spell is her favorite time, as she can secure more orders after many other shippers call it a day. “The number of my hourly orders almost doubles to three or four orders in the rainy weather compared to an average of two. I try to look on the bright side, there are times I’m even hooked on it,” Lan confided.
Lan also shared her heart-warming moments, saying most of her clients had acted nicely so far. “Once when I was on my way to make a delivery, a customer texted me, saying there was no rush and I should take shelter from the torrential rain. They also gave me a small tip when I arrived,” she recalled. “I was overjoyed then, I felt I got their appreciation and sympathy."
Middle-aged ‘warrior’
Tran Thi Thu Ngan, 21, is spotted waiting opposite a bubble milk tea shop in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam for new orders on her phone. Photo: Dieu Qui / Tuoi Tre
At noon one day, Truong Thi Hai Duong, 57, took shelter from a torrential rain in a curbside on Ba Trieu Street, located in Hoan Kiem District, Hanoi. As soon as she gulped down a piece of bread bought in the morning for a quick meal, her phone sent a notification for a new order: her 13th of the day. She quickly put on her raincoat and vanished into the traffic to reach a broken rice eatery two kilometers away. Only after she handed the serving of broken rice to her customer did she spare some minutes to open up about the job.
Duong, who began working as a food delivery worker last year, manages to reach 20 deliveries and 28-30 ones a day on rainy days in inner-city areas. She revealed many of her customers were quite surprised receiving the food from a senior shipper.
The woman shared the job not only helps her cover daily expenses instead of relying on her grown-up children’s allowances but also relieves her grief over the death of her husband. “Seeing many young food delivery workers at work, I just decided to give it a try,” Duong said, adding her employer initially showed reluctance in hiring her as a contractor. To her great delight, she got her first-ever order.
The joy was short-lived, however, as she soon found herself a victim of a no-show customer. “I covered more than 10 kilometers from a shop to a client’s house and made 20 phone calls only to receive no answer. I froze and cried,” she recalled.
Apart from no-shows, the woman faces other risks: traffic accidents. She was lucky to survive a car crash but suffered serious damage to her bike. Despite the occupational hazards, Duong was positive she will pursue the job for as long as her health permits. “The job allows me to get around and meet many people. People on the app call us ‘warriors’ instead of ‘shippers’," the 57-year-old said. “Every time I turn on the app, I feel as if I were a real warrior.
"I’m sometimes amazed at the extent I can exert myself to.
"The job keeps me mentally strong and bouncy,”
Bron: In Vietnam, women find arduous tech-based delivery job rewarding - Tuoi Tre News
Truong Thi Hai Duong, 57, is on her way to pick up an order from an eatery in Hanoi, Vietnam. Photo: Mai Thuong / Tuoi Tre
It is not really a challenge of gender stereotypes but a number of women in Hanoi and Ho Chi Minh City have excelled as delivery workers, at the expense of their looks, and even take pleasure in their job despite facing grueling hustle on a daily basis.
Lured by tempting offers and a low barrier to entry, 'shippers' — the localized term for motorbike delivery workers in Vietnam — are scrambling to work for food and package delivery apps.
The physically demanding job, which involves hours of riding a motorbike through dense traffic and even making haste for several kilometers for a timely delivery, has been traditionally the domain of men, but it is no longer the case now.
Livelihood at the expense of health and looks
During a persistent morning rain, Tran Thi Thu Ngan was parking her bike opposite a bubble milk tea shop at a corner of Nguyen Thi Minh Khai and Mac Dinh Chi Streets in District 1 while checking her phone for new orders. The corner, located near beloved diners and coffee shops, is one of the shippers’ hotspots.
Ngan was the only woman among nearly 10 delivery workers waiting there that morning. The 21-year-old girl, who left her hometown in the south-central province of Phu Yen for Ho Chi Minh City two years ago, worked as a food attendant at a restaurant before being made redundant as the novel coronavirus pandemic (COVID-19) hit Vietnam in March.
Responding to the surging coronavirus-era consumer demand which has stoked orders, Ngan switched to delivering food for an app-based platform to make ends meet. “I opt for food delivery over being a motorbike taxi driver for safety reasons. Besides, people tend not to trust female drivers,” she shared, adding she would not waste a minute if a new order pops up.
Ngan’s daily grind begins at 10:00 am with turning on an app, via which delivery jobs are offered to riders like her, and waiting along streets lined with eateries and coffee shops. Her deliveries are restricted to inner-city areas, mostly District 1 and District 3. “I can call it a day early if I meet my order target, otherwise I won’t get home until 9:00 or 10:00 pm,” Ngan added. By “the order target,” she meant the platform’s bonus scheme based on shippers’ number of daily deliveries, set at 9 - 11 - 22 - 28 - 34.
Small as her build is, Ngan tries to reach somewhere between 22 and 28 deliveries, which earns her more than VND400,000 (US$17) each day. “I always try to reach the targets, or I cannot support myself and provide for my younger sibling at home. I’m so happy when I sometimes receive tips of VND5,000-10,000 [$0.4] from clients,” Ngan said, noting the influx of new riders who are workers in different sectors driven to unemployment by the country’s COVID-19 outbreaks brings about fiercer competition.
She revealed shippers’ most hectic time are noons and evenings.
There are downsides, however.
Like most other shippers, Ngan is not exempt from encounters with grumpy customers when she arrives late after pushing her way through the heavy traffic during rush hours or getting lost. “I always cover myself with masks and jackets so that no one knows who I am. It is indeed arduous for girls being exposed to the weather, my complexion has greatly darkened these days,” she shared, having her fingers crossed she will settle down with a more stable job after the pandemic is over.
Le Ngoc Lan (L), 44, picks up two glasses of bubble milk tea from a shop in Binh Thanh District before delivering them to a client in District 2 in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam. Photo: Dieu Qui / Tuoi Tre
Like a backpacker
Rain or shine, Le Ngoc Lan, originally from Hanoi, exerts herself to deliver 22 orders per day to different areas of Ho Chi Minh City since she took on the job more than one year ago after quitting her market research work at the age of 43.
Unlike Ngan and many female colleagues, Lan does not find the job grueling. “There’s nothing to feel ashamed of if one works as a shipper. I opted for the job partly because I love hitting the road just as a backpacker does. The schedule is also flexible and there is less pressure than a 9-5 job,” she said. “As long as you can endure and put in the work, the job will earn you money."
There are occupational health hazards, however.
Lan’s complaints include occasional backache, shoulder pain, and fading looks. The middle-aged woman was involved in an accident on her way to deliver an order a few months ago, which kept her off the road for four months. Once back on track, she wasted no time resuming the job to survive in the city and indulge her backpacking preference.
The rainy spell is her favorite time, as she can secure more orders after many other shippers call it a day. “The number of my hourly orders almost doubles to three or four orders in the rainy weather compared to an average of two. I try to look on the bright side, there are times I’m even hooked on it,” Lan confided.
Lan also shared her heart-warming moments, saying most of her clients had acted nicely so far. “Once when I was on my way to make a delivery, a customer texted me, saying there was no rush and I should take shelter from the torrential rain. They also gave me a small tip when I arrived,” she recalled. “I was overjoyed then, I felt I got their appreciation and sympathy."
Middle-aged ‘warrior’
Tran Thi Thu Ngan, 21, is spotted waiting opposite a bubble milk tea shop in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam for new orders on her phone. Photo: Dieu Qui / Tuoi Tre
At noon one day, Truong Thi Hai Duong, 57, took shelter from a torrential rain in a curbside on Ba Trieu Street, located in Hoan Kiem District, Hanoi. As soon as she gulped down a piece of bread bought in the morning for a quick meal, her phone sent a notification for a new order: her 13th of the day. She quickly put on her raincoat and vanished into the traffic to reach a broken rice eatery two kilometers away. Only after she handed the serving of broken rice to her customer did she spare some minutes to open up about the job.
Duong, who began working as a food delivery worker last year, manages to reach 20 deliveries and 28-30 ones a day on rainy days in inner-city areas. She revealed many of her customers were quite surprised receiving the food from a senior shipper.
The woman shared the job not only helps her cover daily expenses instead of relying on her grown-up children’s allowances but also relieves her grief over the death of her husband. “Seeing many young food delivery workers at work, I just decided to give it a try,” Duong said, adding her employer initially showed reluctance in hiring her as a contractor. To her great delight, she got her first-ever order.
The joy was short-lived, however, as she soon found herself a victim of a no-show customer. “I covered more than 10 kilometers from a shop to a client’s house and made 20 phone calls only to receive no answer. I froze and cried,” she recalled.
Apart from no-shows, the woman faces other risks: traffic accidents. She was lucky to survive a car crash but suffered serious damage to her bike. Despite the occupational hazards, Duong was positive she will pursue the job for as long as her health permits. “The job allows me to get around and meet many people. People on the app call us ‘warriors’ instead of ‘shippers’," the 57-year-old said. “Every time I turn on the app, I feel as if I were a real warrior.
"I’m sometimes amazed at the extent I can exert myself to.
"The job keeps me mentally strong and bouncy,”
Bron: In Vietnam, women find arduous tech-based delivery job rewarding - Tuoi Tre News
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Vandaag zaten we aan de rand van een tropische storm. De wind viel eigenlijk wel mee, alleen een dikke 80 mm. neerslag volgens mijn weerstation.
Volgens Minh schakelen ze bij slecht weer de elektriciteit uit, zodat als de Vietnamese k..kwaliteit leidingen breken, dit geen schade veroorzaakt. Dat gebeurde dus al heel vroeg toen we nog sliepen.
Alleen zijn ze in de instructie blijkbaar vergeten op te nemen dat als de wind weer gaat liggen, de prik er weer op kan. En dat was vanmiddag zo rond 14:00. Waarom we dus tot 19:05in het donker moeten zitten...
Het blijven dan ook hersenloze prutsers.
De noodverlichting en het olielampje hebben hun nut weer ruimschoots bewezen.
Volgens Minh schakelen ze bij slecht weer de elektriciteit uit, zodat als de Vietnamese k..kwaliteit leidingen breken, dit geen schade veroorzaakt. Dat gebeurde dus al heel vroeg toen we nog sliepen.
Alleen zijn ze in de instructie blijkbaar vergeten op te nemen dat als de wind weer gaat liggen, de prik er weer op kan. En dat was vanmiddag zo rond 14:00. Waarom we dus tot 19:05in het donker moeten zitten...
Het blijven dan ook hersenloze prutsers.
De noodverlichting en het olielampje hebben hun nut weer ruimschoots bewezen.
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German photographer’s exhibition a snapshot of Hanoi from 1967 to 1975 (1)
People visit an exhibition featuring photos taken by German photographer Thomas Billhardt in Hanoi, October 3, 2020. Photo: Thien Dieu / Tuoi Tre
An exhibition in Hanoi, displaying photos -- featuring the Vietnamese capital city between 1967 and 1975 -- taken by world-renowned German photographer Thomas Billhardt has already attracted a large number of visitors.
The exhibition, co-organized by Goethe Institute, Camera Work, Nha Nam Publisher, and Manzi Art Space, is on display at the Manzi Exhibition Space at No. 2 Hang Bun Lane and at the Manzi Art Space at 14 Phan Huy Ich Street from October 3 to November 15.
One hundred and 30 black-and-white and color photos taken during Billhardt’s trips to Vietnam between 1967 and 1975 provide viewers with an unfiltered view into the daily activities of local people in Hanoi.
Photos taken during the American war in Vietnam in the late 1960s gave Billhardt world renown and critical recognition. “Thomas’s photos held up a mirror to the world while strengthening hope. They tell stories of the world’s social inequalities, of poverty, of suffering, of war, but also of the life and laughter of the people who live in it,” Wilfried Eckstein, director of Goethe-Institut, said during the opening ceremony of the exhibition on Saturday.
People visit an exhibition featuring photos taken by German photographer Thomas Billhardt in Hanoi, October 3, 2020. Photo: Thien Dieu / Tuoi Tre
Speaking via a live video during the event, Billhardt shared his experience with Vietnamese people at that time and his love for the country and Hanoi.
On the occasion, the Goethe Institute and Nha Nam Publisher also announced the release of a photo book titled ‘Hanoi 1967-1975,’ in addition to a series of talks and film screenings.
Below are some notable images from the exhibition.
A man carries a baby on a bicycle in Hanoi in this photo taken by German photographer Thomas Billhardt during the 1970s.
The photo book titled ‘Hanoi 1967-1975.’ Photo: Thien Dieu / Tuoi Tre
A man cycles on a street in Hanoi in this photo taken by German photographer Thomas Billhardt during the 1970s.
Morgen het slot.
People visit an exhibition featuring photos taken by German photographer Thomas Billhardt in Hanoi, October 3, 2020. Photo: Thien Dieu / Tuoi Tre
An exhibition in Hanoi, displaying photos -- featuring the Vietnamese capital city between 1967 and 1975 -- taken by world-renowned German photographer Thomas Billhardt has already attracted a large number of visitors.
The exhibition, co-organized by Goethe Institute, Camera Work, Nha Nam Publisher, and Manzi Art Space, is on display at the Manzi Exhibition Space at No. 2 Hang Bun Lane and at the Manzi Art Space at 14 Phan Huy Ich Street from October 3 to November 15.
One hundred and 30 black-and-white and color photos taken during Billhardt’s trips to Vietnam between 1967 and 1975 provide viewers with an unfiltered view into the daily activities of local people in Hanoi.
Photos taken during the American war in Vietnam in the late 1960s gave Billhardt world renown and critical recognition. “Thomas’s photos held up a mirror to the world while strengthening hope. They tell stories of the world’s social inequalities, of poverty, of suffering, of war, but also of the life and laughter of the people who live in it,” Wilfried Eckstein, director of Goethe-Institut, said during the opening ceremony of the exhibition on Saturday.
People visit an exhibition featuring photos taken by German photographer Thomas Billhardt in Hanoi, October 3, 2020. Photo: Thien Dieu / Tuoi Tre
Speaking via a live video during the event, Billhardt shared his experience with Vietnamese people at that time and his love for the country and Hanoi.
On the occasion, the Goethe Institute and Nha Nam Publisher also announced the release of a photo book titled ‘Hanoi 1967-1975,’ in addition to a series of talks and film screenings.
Below are some notable images from the exhibition.
A man carries a baby on a bicycle in Hanoi in this photo taken by German photographer Thomas Billhardt during the 1970s.
The photo book titled ‘Hanoi 1967-1975.’ Photo: Thien Dieu / Tuoi Tre
A man cycles on a street in Hanoi in this photo taken by German photographer Thomas Billhardt during the 1970s.
Morgen het slot.
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German photographer’s exhibition a snapshot of Hanoi from 1967 to 1975 (2)
A woman and her son are seen in this photo taken in Hanoi by German photographer Thomas Billhardt during the 1970s.
This photo taken by German photographer Thomas Billhardt in 1975 captures Hong Ly – a girl in Hanoi.
This photo taken by German photographer Thomas Billhardt during the 1967-75 period captures a girl after school.
A man cycles past a propaganda wall painting in Hanoi in this photo taken by German photographer Thomas Billhardt during the 1967-75 period.
German photographer Thomas Billhardt poses for a photo with Doan Trang – the baby girl he captured in a photo in 1975 – in 1999.
Bron: German photographer’s exhibition a snapshot of Hanoi from 1967 to 1975
A woman and her son are seen in this photo taken in Hanoi by German photographer Thomas Billhardt during the 1970s.
This photo taken by German photographer Thomas Billhardt in 1975 captures Hong Ly – a girl in Hanoi.
This photo taken by German photographer Thomas Billhardt during the 1967-75 period captures a girl after school.
A man cycles past a propaganda wall painting in Hanoi in this photo taken by German photographer Thomas Billhardt during the 1967-75 period.
German photographer Thomas Billhardt poses for a photo with Doan Trang – the baby girl he captured in a photo in 1975 – in 1999.
Bron: German photographer’s exhibition a snapshot of Hanoi from 1967 to 1975
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Geen F1 in Vietnam
Ik kreeg dit bericht door een vriend toegestuurd.
Ik vind dat toch wel een schandelijke verdachtmaking. Deze mensen hebben heel hun ziel en zaligheid in dit project gelegd vanuit hun grote liefde voor de autosport in het algemeen en de F1 in het bijzonder. Met groot enthousiasme hebben ze kans gezien om in de metropool Hanoi een circuit aan te leggen waar Hermann Tilke jaloers op kan zijn. Kosten noch moeite zijn gespaard om het Vietnamese volk zijn eigen Grand Prix te bezorgen.
En dan krijg je stank voor dank. Corruptie, hoe komen ze er op. De BBC is toch wel erg diep gezonken.
Ik heb hier echt geen woorden voor (ok, ok, een paar)..
Trouwens, als volgens de autoriteiten het land nu andere prioriteiten heeft, moet ik daar dan uit concluderen, dat de overheid heeft meebetaald aan dit project? Want als het volledig uit particulier initiatief is betaald zou het toch gewoon doorgang kunnen vinden?
Lijkt mij.
Toch???
Zie Vietnam cancels 2020 F1 race due to COVID-19 pandemic wat er hier in Vietnam over werd geschreven.
Ik kreeg dit bericht door een vriend toegestuurd.
Ik vind dat toch wel een schandelijke verdachtmaking. Deze mensen hebben heel hun ziel en zaligheid in dit project gelegd vanuit hun grote liefde voor de autosport in het algemeen en de F1 in het bijzonder. Met groot enthousiasme hebben ze kans gezien om in de metropool Hanoi een circuit aan te leggen waar Hermann Tilke jaloers op kan zijn. Kosten noch moeite zijn gespaard om het Vietnamese volk zijn eigen Grand Prix te bezorgen.
En dan krijg je stank voor dank. Corruptie, hoe komen ze er op. De BBC is toch wel erg diep gezonken.
Ik heb hier echt geen woorden voor (ok, ok, een paar)..
Trouwens, als volgens de autoriteiten het land nu andere prioriteiten heeft, moet ik daar dan uit concluderen, dat de overheid heeft meebetaald aan dit project? Want als het volledig uit particulier initiatief is betaald zou het toch gewoon doorgang kunnen vinden?
Lijkt mij.
Toch???
Zie Vietnam cancels 2020 F1 race due to COVID-19 pandemic wat er hier in Vietnam over werd geschreven.
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Tree trimmer dubbed ‘Monkey King’ in Vietnam’s Mekong Delta (1)
Pham Thanh Tung cuts a tree branch with a chainsaw in Tien Giang Province, Vietnam. Photo: Mau Truong / Tuoi Tre
A man from Vietnam’s Mekong Delta has been dubbed a ‘Monkey King’ given his excellent tree climbing skill, which is essential for his job as a professional tree trimmer.
Residing in Cai Be District, Tien Giang Province, Pham Thanh Tung has been a tree trimmer for more than 27 years. At the age of 50, Tung is not planning on retiring any time soon.
“I didn’t choose this job, it chose me," he said.
"I will just keep working until nobody hires me."
Pham Thanh Tung often travels on his motorbike packed with ropes and chainsaws in Tien Giang Province, Vietnam. Photo: Mau Truong / Tuoi Tre
As safety always comes first in this occupation, Tung has his own rules, planning and preparing everything carefully.
Before climbing any tree, Tung usually spends a long time calculating the direction of the fall.
This preparation sometimes takes longer than the trimming.
Pham Thanh Tung stands on a tree to cut it down with his chainsaw. Photo: Mau Truong / Tuoi Tre
“I am blessed with this ability to come up with the fastest and safest way to trim or cut down a tree,” Tung elaborated.
The man is also very good at climbing trees with only a coil of rope and positioning himself as he chops off tree branches with a chainsaw.
He usually gets paid VND200,000-500,000 (US$9-22) for the job, but he sometimes receives very generous tips from his clients.
Many people in the locality who admire his flair have given him the nickname ‘Monkey King.’
His team also includes two to three other trimmers. Photo: Mau Truong / Tuoi Tre
Morgen het slot.
Pham Thanh Tung cuts a tree branch with a chainsaw in Tien Giang Province, Vietnam. Photo: Mau Truong / Tuoi Tre
A man from Vietnam’s Mekong Delta has been dubbed a ‘Monkey King’ given his excellent tree climbing skill, which is essential for his job as a professional tree trimmer.
Residing in Cai Be District, Tien Giang Province, Pham Thanh Tung has been a tree trimmer for more than 27 years. At the age of 50, Tung is not planning on retiring any time soon.
“I didn’t choose this job, it chose me," he said.
"I will just keep working until nobody hires me."
Pham Thanh Tung often travels on his motorbike packed with ropes and chainsaws in Tien Giang Province, Vietnam. Photo: Mau Truong / Tuoi Tre
As safety always comes first in this occupation, Tung has his own rules, planning and preparing everything carefully.
Before climbing any tree, Tung usually spends a long time calculating the direction of the fall.
This preparation sometimes takes longer than the trimming.
Pham Thanh Tung stands on a tree to cut it down with his chainsaw. Photo: Mau Truong / Tuoi Tre
“I am blessed with this ability to come up with the fastest and safest way to trim or cut down a tree,” Tung elaborated.
The man is also very good at climbing trees with only a coil of rope and positioning himself as he chops off tree branches with a chainsaw.
He usually gets paid VND200,000-500,000 (US$9-22) for the job, but he sometimes receives very generous tips from his clients.
Many people in the locality who admire his flair have given him the nickname ‘Monkey King.’
His team also includes two to three other trimmers. Photo: Mau Truong / Tuoi Tre
Morgen het slot.
