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Originally Posted by snipeshot08

Siao liao lah, this means all those imported goods no more available at those upmarket Spas liao, smallplayer oi

Cheerios.....SS08 ^_^

he going for indo cewek not foreign imports lah...

also nabbed 50 too small quantities lah...easily 1k VBs there...

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Originally Posted by snipeshot08

WTF!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! better cater extra time for the departure flight liao

Cheerios......SS08 ^_^

all these are planning only and not put into work...still chui kong lan pa song...

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Originally Posted by KangTuo

Hi Seniors, any BJ cafe/ tiem hot toc near TSN airport area that I can explore? PM me

hv lah...but why must pass to you leh...you also neber contribute any sharing at all...

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Originally Posted by KangTuo

Yesterday night while smoking out hotel lobby, I was approach by a smoking hot vb Asked me if I ordered her service through Wechat. Told her she got the wrong person. Talked to her awhile before the potential client came down to bring her in. As expected, the reception rejected her entry so I direct them to the other smaller hotel by the next lane for them to enjoy
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eh...what you doing at hotel lobby...sekali yor darling wife pass by...you jump to huang river also cannot clear...

hot vb definitiion....

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Chance upon this video,so tht i can post it here to share

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Originally Posted by Hurricane88

he going for indo cewek not foreign imports lah...

also nabbed 50 too small quantities lah...easily 1k VBs there...

lol....at king cross..
saw the vb..quality really quite good...
1 boobs big until defy gravity.

but again at malio..the vb not as good as at source..

now the population smaller liao..

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$187.5mn children’s hospital operational in Ho Chi Minh City

TUOI TRE NEWS
UPDATED : 01/17/2017 15:42 GMT + 7

A massive children’s hospital, considered Vietnam’s most modern, went into partial operation on Monday in a rural district of Ho Chi Minh City.

Ho Chi Minh City Children’s Hospital, located at 15 Tran Van Chi Street in Binh Chanh District, inaugurated its clinical and emergency wards, with the remaining wards expected to come on stream as early as the second quarter of 2017.

According to Prof. Dr. Nguyen Tan Binh, director of the Ho Chi Minh City Department of Health, the hospital is the most modern children’s hospital in Vietnam and the largest-ever built in the southern region since 1975.

The 1,000-bed hospital spans an area of 12.4 hectares and cost the government VND4.2 trillion (US$187.5 million), according to Truong Quang Dinh, the hospital’s director.

In the first month following its inauguration, the hospital will carry out general health checkups for 3,000 local children under the age of 15, Dinh said.

The hospital is expected to share the load with two other children’s hospitals in Ho Chi Minh City in District 1 and District 10, which are often overcrowded with patients from neighboring provinces, Dinh added.

Over 200 fresh medical graduates have received clinical training over the past three years to work as doctors and technicians for the hospital, which is equipped with state-of-the-art medical technology.

[KangTuo]

Originally Posted by Hurricane88

hv lah...but why must pass to you leh...you also neber contribute any sharing at all...

have ok liao... let me walk around to try to spot it

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Japanese firms offer technology and training to reduce traffic accidents in Vietnam

By VnExpress January 17, 2017 | 04:56 pm GMT+7

One person is killed every hour by accidents on Vietnam's roads at present.

Japanese companies are looking to help reduce the number of road accidents in Vietnam by introducing surveillance technology and driving safety courses.

Logistics company Nippon Express will pay to install digital tachographs to 150 trucks in Vietnam this month to record the vehicles’ movements and provide necessary training to drivers, the Nikkei Asian Review reported.

If the system proves effective, Vietnam's Transport Ministry will make the devices mandatory on all trucks across the country. Logistics firms will be required to pay for the new technology.

The devices will be connected to a server at the company’s office in Ho Chi Minh City and record data such as engine revolutions, acceleration and tilt, while detecting sudden movements like starting, braking and steering. The data will be logged every 30 seconds, allowing the company to rank drivers and provide training to improve their driving skills.

In Malaysia, the company’s system has cut the number of traffic accidents by a tenth and increased fuel efficiency by nearly 10 percent, the report said.

Traffic accidents kill one person every hour in Vietnam, according to official figures. The rate is three times higher than in Japan.

Automakers Honda and Toyota also plan to provide more driver training courses in Vietnam.

Toyota Motor in March last year awarded its first specialist qualifications to eight people, including a police officer and a car dealer.

The company plans to extend the program and train a few dozen more auto safety instructors this year.

Deputy Minister of Public Security Bui Van Thanh was quoted by the Nikkei as saying that taking advantage of the global automakers' know-how could help reduce the number of accidents in Vietnam significantly.

Honda is also expected to open a driving safety training center in the northern province of Vinh Phuc this summer. The center, covering 32,000 square meters, is similar to those Honda runs in Japan and Singapore, and will receive 12,000 trainees every year.

Traffic accidents in Vietnam surged significantly from 10,000 in 2012 to more than 30,000 in 2013. The number has been reduced slightly in recent years, to around 21,600 in 2016.

Vietnam raised fines for traffic violations by 20-60 percent to a maximum of VND18 million ($800) in August last year.

But experts said there are still high risks of traffic crashes given the rising number of smart phones and vehicles.

Vietnam’s car sales in 2016 hit a 20-year high of 304,427, up a staggering 24 percent from the previous year. Around 3.1 million new motorbikes also hit the street last year, up 9.5 percent from 2015.

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Fire razes 40 homes in Nha Trang

TUOI TRE NEWS
UPDATED : 01/18/2017 08:58 GMT + 7

An inferno broke out in the south central Vietnamese beach town of Nha Trang on Tuesday night, destroying nearly 40 homes and the property of local residents.

The fire is reported to have begun at around 10:30 pm in a house on the Nhat Tri Islet in Vinh Phuoc Commune, Nha Trang, before quickly spreading to nearby residences.

According to local resident Nguyen Anh Tuan, the flames sparked at the home of a man named Toan, who fell asleep while cooking animal feed.

Do Thi Kim Lien, 45, whose house was completely destroyed, said that she and her husband spotted the fire and attempted to help their neighbor put it out.

The effort was in vein however as the wind quickly blew the fire out of control. “I could only manage to escape with some clothes,” Lien continued, “Everything was on fire. There is nothing left.”

Firefighting police officers arrived in the area shortly after being notified, but were unable to reach the neighborhood, located in the middle of the sea and only connected with the mainland by one small road.

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Din noticed Bro SS08 missing or flew somewhere today.

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Currency shops overcharge for lucky money

Update: February, 09/2015 - 08:07



Staff at Bao Viet Bank prepare to meet rising demand for Tet cash. Exchanging new notes to use as "lucky money" is not an essential task of the bank system. — VNA/VNS Photo Tran Viet

HCM CITY (VNS) — Currency changers are taking advantage of the Tet occasion to charge exorbitant fees for crisp, newly minted notes, despite the State Bank of Viet Nam (SBV)'s warning that it is a violation of law, Tuoi Tre newspaper reported.

The money changers are enjoying a brisk business as consumers rush to exchange banknotes online and at shops for the holiday. The most wanted notes are newly minted bills of VND500 to VND50,000.

The fees to exchange such bills are 12 per cent, 10 per cent and 8 per cent of the total value.

The smaller the denomination, the higher the commission.

Fees are higher if the note has a "nice series number", the newspaper reports.

Thanh, an online currency changer, said people change new banknotes not only to use as "lucky money" for Tet but also for donations to pagodas, and for "money trees", which are made of new small notes.

Money changer Vo Minh Tu in Tan Phu District is offering several "money trees" of many different sizes for sale. One tree, which has many folded VND10,000 "flowers and leaves" sells for VND690,000 each.

Tu said many well-off customers had ordered "money trees in USD" as a gift or an ornamental tree for Tet for VND2.5 million each.

If customers bring their own notes for the tree, they will be charged VND300,000-600,000, depending on the design they choose.

Online searches for "lucky money" reveal many online sources advertising the notes on the internet.

The website "doi tien li xi moi" (exchange new lucky money), for example, shows images of 10,000, 20,000 and 50,000 dong notes. The customers then request the amount of money they want to exchange and are then quoted a fee ranging from 5 to 12 per cent.

One customer, Trang, from Phu Nhuan District said a website had quoted fees of 12 per cent for notes worth VND1 million and 11 per cent for notes worth VND2 million. Trang said she paid a 9.5 per cent fee for notes worth VND5 million and 9 per cent for notes worth VND10 million.

Another website "Doi tien li xi Tet 2015" (exchange lucky money 2015) offers a lower fee of 6 per cent, but the customers have to exchange at least 100 notes.

Le Thi Thanh Hang, deputy director of the SBV's HCM City branch, admitted that people's demand for exchanging new notes to use as "lucky money" was legitimate, but said that it was not an essential task of the bank system.

HCM City has a fairly large supply of new notes but the amount is limited; as a result, not all customers will be able to change money.

Hang added that the highest demand for lucky money were notes worth VND20,000 and VND10,000.

However, after Tet, customers will return these small notes in exchange for larger denomination notes.

"Banks are under pressure to meet demand because the customers don't want to use these small notes on normal days, but only for the end of the lunar year," Hang said.

For Tet, people also buy US$1 and $2 notes to use as lucky money despite being charged exorbitant fees. Fees can be as high as VND28,000 for one dollar.

For a $2 note, VND50,000-55,000 is usually charged. Notes issued in 1976, 1963 and 1953 sell for up to millions of dong.

Besides dollars, Uganda's 1,000 note shillings and Nepal's 50 note rupees, which have images of goats, are sought the most.

Currently, a 1,000 shilling note sells for VND40,000, six times higher than the real value, while a 50 rupee note sells for VND70,000 instead of the real value of VND10,400.

Violators

The central bank has said demand for newly minted small denomination notes is too high, and will have a negative effect on circulation of money.

SBV has asked the Ministry of Industry and Trade and Ministry of Police to work together to identify and fine violators, including individuals and organisations. SBV has asked bank officers to remain uninvolved.

Hang pointed out that if businesses and customers hoarded new notes in the pre-Tet period and exchange notes near the end of the lunar year, the bank would not be able to manage the situation.

SBV said this was a form of speculation and added that "money trees" were a violation of law as the notes are being used for wrong purposes. — VNS

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Business deals to boozy lunches: Vietnam outpaces beer-drinking peers

By Ha Phuong January 18, 2017 | 02:00 am GMT+7

Vietnam is famous for its beer drinking culture. It is widely believed that business deals in Vietnam tend to go more smoothly over a few drinks at the negotiating table. In 2014, the country became the world’s 11th biggest beer consumer, 3rd in Asia after China and Japan, and 1st in Southeast Asia, a long way ahead of runner-up Thailand.

The main consumers of beer remain Vietnamese males of a working age. But recently, more and more Vietnamese women are starting to drink when socializing with work colleagues, stated research group BMI in a 2016 report.

Relatively low cost of beer compared to other big drinkers in Asia only makes it easier to also nhau - a Vietnamese habit of "eating and drinking for no particular purpose".

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Five Asian countries account for 60% of Plastic Pollution in Oceans

January 18, 2017


Roughly 8 million tons of plastic is dumped into the world’s oceans every year, and according to a new study, the majority of this waste comes from just five countries: China, Indonesia, the Philippines, Thailand and Vietnam.

It appears that these five countries are responsible for up to 60 percent of the marine plastic entering our oceans, according to Stemming the Tide, a study released last month by the Ocean Conservancy and McKinsey Center for Business and Environment.

Why are these parts of Asia leaking so much plastic? Well, as the study suggests, these emerging countries are experiencing rapid economic growth, reduced poverty and improved quality of life. This development is, of course, fantastic. However, as these economies grow, so does the consumer use of plastic and plastic-intensive goods.

The caveat of this increased plastic demand is that these countries do not yet have waste-management infrastructures that can tackle the accompanying excess waste.

It’s projected that by 2025, plastic consumption in Asia will increase by an astonishing 80 percent to surpass 200 million tons. And unless steps are taken to manage this waste properly, in ten short years the ocean could contain one ton of plastic for every three tons of fish, “an unthinkable outcome,” the study says.

It makes sense then, as Fast Company observed from the study, that global ocean plastic clean-up efforts should initially be concentrated in these areas.

“Specifically, interventions in these five countries could reduce global plastic-waste leakage by approximately 45 percent over the next ten years,” the report says.

The study’s authors came up with the five best approaches (out of 21) to address plastic waste, customized for each country: collection services, closing leakage points in collection facilities, gasification (converting waste into fuel) and MRF-recycling (diverting plastic from the waste stream).

“This study outlines a path that can generate considerable benefits to communities, preserve the bio-productivity of the ocean, and reduce risks for industry,” the report says. “Concerted action in the form of a $5 billion annual ramp-up in waste-management spending could create a vibrant secondary resource market, trigger investment in packaging and recovery systems, and let the ocean thrive.”

“Of course, extending these interventions to other countries could have even more impact on this global issue,” the report points out.

Plastic waste in the Philippines, for instance, is having “drastic consequences on the livelihoods and health of the people of Dagupan,” said city mayor Belen Fernandez in a press release for the study.

“Our town has had a dump site on our beach for over 50 years,” he continued about the coastal Philippine city. “We’re working hard to close the dump, and increase the capacity of waste management in Dagupan. Addressing the problem of ocean plastic will have real benefits for not just the environment, but for our citizens—by improving their quality of life. I hope our city and our work will become a model for what’s possible around the world.”

Andreas Merkl, CEO of Ocean Conservancy, said in a statement that the study is the first to outline a specific path forward for the reduction and ultimate elimination of plastic waste in the oceans.

“The report’s findings confirm what many have long thought—that ocean plastic solutions actually begin on land. It will take a coordinated effort of industry, NGOs and government to solve this growing economic and environmental problem,” he said.

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Warning for those planning a tipsy Tết: avoid fake booze

January 18, 20176

HÀ NỘI – One thing that never fails to accompany the coming of Tết holidays is the repetitive drone of dire warnings about the risks of alcohol consumption.

Another thing that always seems to happen is that these dire warnings fall on deaf ears.

Early last week, a 39-year-old man living in Hà Nội’s Tây Hồ District was admitted to the Poison Control Centre (PCC) of the Bạch Mai Hospital in a critical condition.

is condition was suspected to be a result of excessive drinking. Two days earlier, the patient had exhibited signs of fatigue and later fell into a deep coma, with dilated pupils.

His relatives thought he’d suffered a stroke and rushed him to the Hà Nội Heart Hospital, but he was transferred later to the PCC following a methanol poisoning diagnosis.

A month earlier, the centre had received another man, 47, from Hà Nội’s Thạch Thất District, with hazy vision, headaches and severely impaired cognitive functions following intensive ‘binge drinking’ for three to four days, and years of alcoholism.

Test results showed that the methanol level in his blood had reached 300mg/100ml.

The doctors tried their best, administering detoxification drugs and using a pacemaker, but the main died.

Doctors and experts say a distinction must be made between methanol in spurious liquor, versus ethanol in legally produced liquor.

Legal alcoholic drinks are made with ethanol, and are quite safe to consume in moderation.

However, in Việt Nam, it is not always easy to differentiate between fake and genuine liquor, because fakes of famous brands are immensely profitable, and in widespread use despite the risk of toxic substances being used in place of ethanol. Experts say that methanol – the simplest form of alcohol that can only be used legally for industrial purposes, for example, as antifreeze and fuel – is most often used in place ethanol in fake liquor, although its use for human consumption is expressly prohibited.

Nguyễn Trung Nguyên, Director of the PCC, said that in the lead up to important holidays or celebrations, especially the New Year and Lunar New Year, at least one victim of alcohol poisoning is admitted to the centre every day. The rate is two to three times higher than normal during the holidays, he said.

On ‘rush’ days, doctors have to handle four to five emergencies related to alcohol poisoning.

According to the Ministry of Health, the previous Lunar New Year holiday witnessed some 2,000 cases of alcohol poisoning.

Alcohol hits the central nervous system directly, thus, nearly all the victims displayed the same set of symptoms.

However, methanol poisoning also leads to uncontrollable vomiting, lack of response to vocal calls, shaking or pinching, inability to sit up straight – and in more extreme cases like the patient above, deep coma.

Dr Trần Hưng of the PCC said it was difficult to know whether someone was suffering from alcoholic poisoning or just being drunk.

Family members of those poisoned typically think that their relatives are just tired from drinking and that some rest will return them to normal. However, if the patient is suffering from alcohol poisoning, the intoxication will result in hypoglycaemia – a precipitous drop in blood sugar/glucose – followed by unconsciousness, and each passing moment makes full recovery less likely.

Nguyên also expressed deep concern over the fact that alcohol consumers are getting progressively younger.

“As far as I know, the large majority of drinkers used to be adults, middle-aged, but drinking liquor is now widely prevalent among young adults, including undergraduates,” he said.

Medically speaking, Nguyên said, liquor “acts like sleeping pills” thanks to its muscle relaxant and sedative properties.

Of course, this soporific effect will be particularly dangerous if the drinkers have to drive, or even stay outside.

If the alcohol concentration in blood reaches 50 mcg/dcl, the ability of the drinker to make judgement calls is negatively affected, motor skills are impaired, five senses dulled, speech slurred.

Nguyên also said that excessive consumption of alcohol is often accompanied by aggressiveness.

With slowed down mental processes, physical injuries are bound to ensue, in addition to digestive disorders, said Hoàng Bùi Hải, Head of the Department of Emergency and Intensive care, under the Hà Nội Medical University Hospital. He said ‘social drinking’ can “easily” turn into full-blown alcohol abuse.

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