Tieng Viet lovers club

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Wrong.... it shd be "I am home 1 person very lonely, u come over to xxx me"

Originally Posted by KangTuo

Viet: E o nha co 1 minh so ma wa ah.
Singlish: I at home 1 person scare ghost.

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Haha tonight i actually saw u in JC and GL, twice....

Originally Posted by RJ2004

go there visit the country lor... the past 2 weeks i at the two 51s a lot leh, never see you?

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Teenage marriage common in central villages
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A 17-year-old mother sifts husked rice next to her four-year-old son.
In front of a house in a central village, 16-year-old Dinh Thi Chin selects husked rice from a recent harvest while taking care of her son.
Her older sister, who also married young, lulls her child to sleep nearby.

The sisters are among many villagers from Quang Ngai Province’s mountainous districts of Son Tay and Son Ha who married young.

Low levels of education are common for young girls and boys in the area, who often get married in their early to mid teens despite the Vietnamese legal marrying age of 18 for females and 20 for males.

Chin’s father Dinh Van Yeu, the head of Mang Hin residential area at Ra Pan Village in Son Tay District, said all three of his children married when they were quite young.

He said his other daughter, Dinh Thi Muoi, married when she was 13 and his son, Dinh Van Yen, got married at 16.

“We allowed them to marry because they loved each other,” Yeu said.

“But even though they are married, they can’t register the marriage with the commune’s People’s Committee.”

Yeu said seven of the 22 households in Ra Pan Village had allowed their children to marry at early ages.

Many local officials, who are supposed to know the laws, permit their children to marry before they reach the legal age.

Dinh Van Ngan, the chairman of the Vietnam Fatherland Front Unit at Son Lap Commune in Son Tay District, recently held a wedding ceremony for his eldest daughter, who was only 15 years old and in grade seven at school.

The secretary of the Communist Party Unit at Son Bua Commune, Dinh Thanh Dua, has two married children.

One is in grade nine and the other in grade seven.

Obvious consequences

Because their marriages are not officially recognized, the young couples cannot register the birth of their children.

“Many parents take their children to school without birth certificates,” said Nguyen Van Minh, an official from Dinh Tien Hoang High School in Son Tay District.

“We have to guess their age and choose a random birthday so we can complete the paperwork for them.”

According to Son Ha Secondary School in Son Ha District, the majority of the 34 children who dropped out of school last year did so to get married.

“It’s an easy choice for them to stop coming to school after falling in love and getting married,” school principal Nguyen Sinh said.

“The figures were even worse in previous school years.”

Most students who gave up school to marry were between 14 and 16 years old, school deputy principal Nguyen Thi Ha said.

“There were surely many more cases of early marriage in the area,” she said.

At Dinh Tien Hoang High School in Son Tay District, early marriage has also forced many students out of school.

In some classes, more than half of the students dropped out of school to get married, school principal Bui The Gioi said.

The outlawed practice has resulted in many divorces in the area.

An 18-year-old woman from Son Bao Commune in Son Tay District, identified only as L., said she was now living with her third husband.

“I lived with my first husband for two years until he got drunk once and forced me back to my parents’ house,” she said.

“Six months later, I got married to my second husband, who also forced me out of his house after one year because I didn’t have any child with him.”

[KangTuo]

Originally Posted by jackbl

Wrong.... it shd be "I am home 1 person very lonely, u come over to xxx me"

come over to talk to me.

if only xxx is something else....

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Nha Trang’s new island escape
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The familiar retreat for Vietnam beach lovers, Nha Trang, has added a new attraction – Hon Sam (Sam Islet).

Hon Sam, which is managed by Nha Trang-based Long Phu Tourist Company, opened to tourists this month, so now is the chance to be one of the first to enjoy it.

The layout of the islet makes it particularly special.

It has two small mountains at either end, with beaches in between both sides within easy walking distance of each other.

There’s a view of Nha Trang Town from the sandy beach on one side and nearby Thi Islet can be seen from the opposite side.

The ocean surrounding the island is crystal blue and inviting, while Hon Sam’s flora is vivid green.

There are natural forests and orchards of longan and oranges, which make contrast with other islands in the area.

Daily tours around Hon Sam include caves and nature walks.

Hon Sam is home to con dong (a species of sea reptile) which is prized for its delicious meat.

The Long Phu Tourist Company plans to start farming these lizards.

Tourists who love adventure can go sailing, motorboating, diving and rowing on bamboo rafts to nearby islets.

Divers should not miss the magnificent coral reefs south of Hon Sam.

To enjoy fresh seafood, tourists can take boats out to fish pens off the island to choose their own fish, which the restaurants on the islet will cook for them.

Dang Thai Luyen, director of Long Phu Tourist Co., said all the services and facilities are still in the early stages and there will be more tourist activities in the future.

Reported by Phan Huy Tram

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Catch of the day
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Beach fishing can be a fun day tour in Nha Trang. You can catch fish and enjoy them cooked in a traditional Vietnamese style for lunch.

Boats and tour guides can be hired at one of the travel agents in Nguyen Thien Thuat Street.

According to Suong, a guide at the Open Tour office, a fishing trip for a dozen people should cost VND2 million (US$118) and a tour for one should cost around VND500,000 ($30).

The fishing tours usually start with a hotel pickup at around 8:30 a.m. to go to Cau Da Port.

From the port, it takes about 30 minutes to cruise to Mun and Tam islands, where the eager anglers can stop for fishing and snorkeling.

“I have been fishing since I could walk,” said Deborah, a tourist from Australia, who landed three fish before lunch.

“Before I came here, I heard Nha Trang had the most beautiful beach and islands in Vietnam and the sea had many fish,” she said.

“I wanted to see how fishing in Vietnam is different from at home.”

On the top of the boat, Samantha, a 20-year-old girl who is traveling with her boyfriend Bob, is screaming: “Ohhhhhhh…it took the bait!”

“I let the fish take the bait for a while then I set the hook….Yahhh!!!! I had it hooked. I am so excited and scared,” Samantha said.

Bob reels a 50 centimeter-long fish close to the boat and they begin to fight back and forth.

For a new angler like Sally, catching fish is not so easy.

At least three get away.

Sally said: “I feel a little bit disappointed. Anyway, wait and see… maybe next time!”

At around 12 p.m., the boat heads for Con Se Tre Resort on Tre (Bamboo) Island, where the “fishermen” lunch on Vietnamese seafood and the fish they caught.

On Tre Island, the tourists can swim, relax or sunbake for an hour before visiting the local fishing village to see fresh shrimp, crabs and other sea creatures raised in floating cages.

The tour finishes at the port at around 4 p.m.

Reported by Luu Hong

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Dun know when can go vn again


Vietnam attracts 2.3 mln international visitors in first half
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Vietnam received nearly 2.3 million foreign arrivals in the first half of this year, a year-on-year rise of 8.1 percent, according to the Vietnam National Administration of Tourism (VNAT).


Among the arrivals, the number of business visitors surged the most by 39.7 percent to 429,000, followed by that of tourists, which rose 6 percent to nearly 1.4 million.

However, the number of visitors from some of Vietnam’s leading tourism markets decreased between January and June.

Specifically, arrivals from China numbered nearly 254,700 visitors, down 7.6 percent; the Republic of Korea accounted for 245,600, down 6.6 percent; the US with 210,900, down 3.8 percent; and Japan totaling 200,700 tourists, down 3.6 percent.

The country plans to host 4.8-5 million international arrivals this year, up from the 4.2 million figure last year, said the Tourism Promotion Department under the VNAT.

Reported by Thai Thanh Van

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Modern age hitting Vietnam family life: survey
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Women still bear the greater burden of housework, childcare and elderly care, a joint UN-government survey finds . Modern pressures are changing the Vietnamese family structure, with divorces rising and the very young and old spending more time alone, said a joint UN-government survey released Thursday.


Gender equality is improving, but men still dominate households, and domestic violence occurs in one fifth of marriages, said the first nationwide survey of the family unit, a joint project with UN children’s agency UNICEF.

“After 20 years of doi moi, or renovation (market reforms), Vietnam has changed in nearly all aspects of life, including in family relationships,” found the survey of 9,400 households across all 64 cities and provinces.

Vietnam has traditionally been a rural and patriarchal society, where Confucian values have supported the family unit above all else, and dictated that the young respect their elders, and that women be obedient to their husbands.

However, the survey found social mores are changing fast in Vietnam, which started to re-open its doors to the outside world in the 1990s, ushering in rapid economic growth.

Absolute poverty has fallen sharply, with 96 percent of households reporting they have electricity, 86 percent having clean water, and literacy above the age of 10 now at nearly 95 percent of the population of 86 million.

But the statistical snap-shot also highlighted downsides to modern life.

The survey found that many parents now feel they are no longer able to spend enough time with their children and, with a lack of affordable child care, worry for their offspring’s mental and emotional development.

“It’s not a matter of not wanting to, or ignorance,” said UNICEF country chief Jesper Morch.

“Parents need to work in order for their families to survive … and therefore don’t have time to spend with their children.”

Some 80 percent of those aged 15 to 17 said their parents let them make key lifestyle choices, while parents said they worried most about their children fighting, skipping school, smoking, drinking, taking drugs and gambling.

In other trends, the number of arranged marriages is dropping off, and many newly-wed couples – who traditionally moved in with the husband’s family – now live with the wife’s family or in their own home.

“Three-generation households were less common and are decreasing, possibly due to industrialization,” said the report, which found that only one third of households now have elderly family members.

“Many respondents said that now sons and daughters take better material care of their parents but have fewer visits and meetings with them,” said the study, co-produced by Vietnam’s Institute of Family and Gender Studies.

The survey also found a widening belief that the head of a family can be a woman but said gender inequality remained “a particular challenge.”

Although women are “fully integrated into the labor force,” they have less access to economic opportunities, education and health care and “still bear the greater burden of housework, childcare and elderly care.”

For example, the surveyed mothers’ time spent taking care for their under-15-year-old children is six times more than their husbands’.

Domestic violence took place in 21 percent of marriages, according to the survey, which included beating, scolding, cursing and forced sex.

Divorce, once almost unheard of, has “increased rapidly in recent years,” to 2.6 percent of respondents aged 18 to 60, most citing “differences in opinion about lifestyle, adultery and economic difficulties.”

The report recommended the government change social welfare services to keep up with changes such as the rising numbers of single mothers.

“There is a need for policy makers to better support parents in Vietnam today as they try to juggle the demands of family, work and economic growth,” said UNICEF deputy representative Maniza Zaman.

Source: AFP

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Waiting for your inputs .......

btw how to write dong dong with the vietnamese sign?

Originally Posted by KangTuo

I will translate some that I know also... start with two

Viet: Jo a lai cho e di dong dong di dc kg ha
Singlish: Can you come and fetch me go look look see see now?

Viet: E o nha co 1 minh so ma wa ah.
Singlish: I at home 1 person scare ghost.

[KangTuo]

Originally Posted by jackbl

btw how to write dong dong with the vietnamese sign?

Bro, I do nknow leh. I learn tieng viet without the sign.

[KangTuo]

Sms that i don't understand...

1) ko le a ko di bit di voi may co khac sao tot hon e nhiu

2) jo e dang ngoi choi ne e moi lai cho lam ah sang jo bi benh moi do

3) e dang ngoi choi bun mun chet di dc

4) a cho chi e dh chung voi nha ok nha a

5) e ko dam nghi toi vi a voi e khac nhau wa nen e ko dam nghi toi dau

6) thi e cung co tinh cam voi a nhung e ko bit e co hop voi a ko

7) a may chi cua e ve nha mua bia nhau nhau tu nhien e ngoi suy nghi e toi a wa di

8) e dang nam choi co 1 minh ah dem wa e ko co uong may chi e uong ko ah

9) a thit e o diem nao ha co thit thiet ko hay a dua jon ha

10) e tuong a lai e vui a ko lai thi thoi, a muon di dau thi di di

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(I ask why you look tired)
VN: ba chu ko cho e nghi e fai kien tien tra cho ba nen e ko nghi chu e met trong nguoi lam
Singlish: lady boss don't let me rest. I must earn money give mother. I don't rest so I am tired.

(I say I come late to fect her)
VN: sao di tre wa da ha a som 1 chut ko dc ha
Singlish: why come late, can come early abit?

(I ask what is she doing)
VN: e dang o cho lam
Singlish: I am working.

why must she reply "o cho lam" and not "e dang lam viec"
I tot she work in market. cho = market

[KangTuo]

sms to use for topic on sleeping/waking up and sickness

(I ask whether she is awake)
VN: e moi day roi
Singlish:I wakeup already
Q: why use "moi day"....

VN: chuc a ngu ngon co nhiu giac mo dep
Singlish: wish you good night...
Q: "nhiu giac mo dep"... what it means?

VN: chuc a ngu ngon nha mau lay lai suc khoe
Singlish: wish you good night...
Q: "mau lay lai suc khoe"... what it means?

VN: a noi khoe wa co fai gap e la het benh that on
Singlish: you say you are well but why still sick?

(I ask if she is well now)
VN: e am chao uong thuoc do benh roi
Singlish: i eat porridge and drink medicine. no sick already

VN: Thoi a lam xong thi ve nha nghi cho khoe san coi me a do benh chua do benh chua

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(I tell her this week I am busy. cannot meet her)
VN: e bit tuan nay a fai lam viec nhieu nhung cung fai ju suc khoe nha dung co lam wa ma benh do! nho a nhiu
Singlish: i know this week you need to work alot but must take care your health. Don't work till fall sick. I miss you alot

e bit tuan nay a fai lam viec nhieu = i know this week you need to work alot
nhung cung fai ju suc khoe nha = but also must take care your health
dung co lam wa ma benh do! = Don't work till fall sick

VN: a lam thi lam fai ju suc khoe nha
Singlish: work is work but must take care your health

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after sending her back home...

VN: a chay xe ve nha can than nha. cam on a da dua e di choi nha
Singlish: you drive car be careful. thank you fro bringing me out

VN: a lo chay di ve nah roi nt e bit
Singlish: drive reach home sms me to let me know

VN: a chay xe can than nha ve toi nha nt e bit de e dung lo nha
Singlish: you drive car be careful. reach home sms me so i won't worry