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Thứ Sáu, 25 tháng 3, 2011

Backstreet Boys’ first live concert rocks HCMC


Famous boy band Backstreet Boys put on their first live concert in Vietnam at Ho Chi Minh City-based Military Zone 7's stadium Thursday night.
The show, titled This is us, started their Vietnam tour which includes Hanoi as a second destination.
Despite a 30 minute late start, Military Zone 7’s stadium was bursting with deafening cheers as the four men stepped onto the stage.
For two hours, the band sang their heart out with songs that once made their name to the world and topped many music charts, from romantic pop ballad "Show me the meaning of being lonely" to more catchy "Larger than life".
Thousands of fans showed up to watch the show and enjoyed music although tickets costs from VND500,000 (US$25) to VND2 million for first-row tickets.
The band flies to Hanoi today to get ready for their show at My Dinh Stadium on March 26.

Stay indoors in case of radiation: Vietnam meeting


Even if the radiation leaked from Japan’s quake-hit nuclear plant spreads to Vietnam, it will not cause adverse health effects, assured the Vietnamese heath ministry yesterday.

This is due to its low levels of radioactivity, said experts and ministry officials at a Hanoi meeting to discuss the risk of Japan’s leaked radiation. 

Even if a radioactive cloud from Japan’s Fukushima I nuclear power plant reaches Vietnam, it is unlikely to be harmful to human health as its radiation level is significantly lower than the levels of radiation exposure that cause health effects, the ministry said.

Radiation can have health impacts only when one is exposed to the radiation source for a long time or to a level of radioactivity that is higher than the acceptable limit, the ministry said.

Currently, radioactivity observation stations in Vietnam take samples of the air every 10 minutes to detect radioactive particles that might come from Japan. 

Some instructions

There are two types of radiation exposures: external and internal, Vietnam Agency for Radiation and Nuclear Safety said.

External radiation exposure is the exposure originating from a source outside the body; there is no physical contact with the radiation source, and exposure ceases when one leaves the radiation-contaminated area or when the source is removed.

Meanwhile, internal radiation exposure occurs when radioactive substances are inhaled or ingested into the body, for example through eating food infected with radiation or breathing air containing radioactive particles.

In order to protect against radiation, people need to keep themselves apart from the radiation source. In case an exposure is unavoidable, it is necessary to try to reduce the time of exposure as much as possible. 

Protection measures include shielding oneself against radiation by taking shelter in concrete houses; wearing helmets and gloves; and not eating or drinking food or water suspected of being tainted with radiation.

When staying in houses to avoid radiation, it is advisable to close all doors and windows, turn off ventilation fans, and put food into closed containers or wrap it up. 

In case of a nuclear incident, people should keep calm and follow all instructions from competent agencies, the Agency said.

VN top model indicted for smuggling from Aus


Ho Chi Minh City’s People Supreme Procuracy today officially commenced criminal proceedings against top male model Vinh Thuy for allegedly smuggling electronic items by plane from Australia into Vietnam.
Pham Tien Trung, 29, and Thai Anh Tien - both residing in Ho Chi Minh City - were also indicted on the same charge.
The court also indicted and detained 36-year-old man Do Thanh Lam, who used to live in Australia, for smuggling.
However, Vinh Thuy, Trung, and Tien have not been detained.
According to an unconfirmed source released by VnExpress Wednesday, Vinh Thuy claimed that last year he ran a electronic shop and out of carelessness, bought some products without origins from Australia.
The 24-year-old model entered Top 15 Mister International and won Mr. Photogenic International in 2009.
9 months ago, Nguyen Duc Vu, a ground services officer working in the Tan Son Nhat International Airport in Ho Chi Minh City, and Nguyen Minh Hoang living in HCMC, became the first persons to be arrested in this case.
According to police, Vu is suspected of receiving smuggled goods including Apple iPhone, laptops, cell phones, and other consumer goods without license worth around VND6.3 billion and more than US$34,000 from Lam in Australia while Hoang is convicted of consuming these illegal items.

Thứ Năm, 17 tháng 3, 2011

Backstreet Boys send greetings to Vietnam



The popular US band, which will perform in Hanoi and Ho Chi Minh City this month, have reached out to their fans here. 
“Hi, we’re the Backstreet Boys! Hey there in Vietnam, we are so excited to be coming to your beautiful country.”
This is the message the US band has posted on Facebook and Twitter, where it has more than 3 million fans.
“It’s our first time, we are very excited to do sightseeing and we have some concerts prepared for you guys.
“See you guys in Ho Chi Minh on March 24th.
We will see you in Hanoi on March 26th.
And go to bsb.com.vn for your tickets.
See you soon!”
The four-man band signs off with the hard sell: “See you there! Get your tickets now ‘cause they’re going fast.”
Nick Carter, Howie Dorough, Brian Littrell, and A.J. McLean are apparently excited about their first trip to Vietnam.
They promise there will be more about the trip on the websites when they come here this month, giving Vietnam global exposure.
BSB will arrive in Vietnam on the 21st, three days before they are due to perform, to have some time to sightsee and know about Vietnam.
They will perform at the Military Zone 7 Stadium in HCMC and My Dinh Stadium in Hanoi.

Thứ Tư, 16 tháng 3, 2011

Vietnam safe from radioactive release from Japan




TUOI TRE 
The Ministry of Science and Technology said Wednesday Vietnam isn’t affected by the radiation released by the recent explosions at Fukushima Power Plan I in Japan.
The ministry said in a press conference that radioactive release in Japan after the accidents remained low and unlikely to affect Vietnam.
According to Doctor Dang Thanh Luong, Vice Director of the Bureau of Radiation and Nuclear Safety, as of Tuesday, radioactive levels in Tokyo were 40 times higher than normal, which Japan said wouldn’t cause any harm to human health and the environment. 


Luong said the radioactive clouds that were heading to the northeast of Japan toward the seas were unlikely to head toward Vietnam. Radiation control centers in Hanoi hadn’t registered any abnormal data either, he said.
According to the ministry, several factors caused the explosions at Fukushima 1.
The 1st and 3rd realtors belonged to an older generation and couldn’t withstand the earthquake that struck Japan on March 11.
The tsunami that followed flooded the electricity generator, preventing the emergency cooling system from working.
These realtors didn’t have an automatic emergency system that doesn’t depend on electricity or human intervention.
Japan is still investigating the causes of the explosions at the 2nd and 4th realtors.
The Japan's Nuclear and Industrial Safety Agency classified the Fukushima I accidents as Level 4 (compared with the most serious or Level 7 disaster at Chernobyl in the former USSR in 1986, and the Level 5 accident at Three Mile Island Power Plant in the US in 1979).

Thứ Ba, 15 tháng 3, 2011

Teenage girls strip on webcam to be ‘cool’


TUOITRENEWS 
Chat rooms come alive at midnight as young women, often schoolgirls, strip on camera and writhe erotically for as little at VND20,000.
There apparently exists an online sex “paradise” at midnight daily on internet chat rooms all around the country.
It involves young women, often schoolgirls, stripping on webcams and wriggling seductively for as long as someone is willing to pay.
The modus operandi is this: Through an online chatting account, enter a chat room at midnight, the so-called rush hour for peepshows.
Pick one from dozens of seductive nicknames that appear on the screen. There will be an immediate response from the chosen girl, who will ask if you would like to watch her on webcam.
If you agree, you have to top her mobile phone account. “For VND50,000 (US$2.4), you can watch me naked for half an hour,” a young woman Tuoi Tre made contact with said.
“And only for 10 minutes for a VND20,000 card.”
The show started immediately after she got the card number. The girl, beautiful and looking like a high-school student, quickly turned her webcam on, revealing an attractive body in tiny underwear, which she began stripping off within seconds.
After becoming completely naked, she started to wriggle and make seductive gestures in front of the webcam like a pornographic actress. The “show” ended exactly at the time she said it would.
Of course, some go further and, if negotiations go well, things end up in a hotel room.
Sex camera shows like this take place every night in chat rooms all over Vietnam, and participants are said to be mostly teenagers. Even male users can have their own cybersex with old single women or teengirls in need.
Why?
Cybersex may be normal in western culture but not in conservative Vietnam. Exposing one’s body in public and discussing sexual matters are generally taboo in Asia.
But why is cybersex becoming popular in this country?
Most of the girls involved in it claim that they do it just to satisfy their curiosity at first or to assert themselves.
Also, as teenagers, there is peer pressure which says cybersex is cool and those who do not do it are bumpkins.
“My friends [do it] every night,” says a school girl, aged 17.
“They laugh at me if I refuse to join them. If they can do it, why can’t I?”
Some say they do it for money. The money they get in their cell phone accounts can be converted into virtual currency for online games, which they can also convert into real money by selling game items.
Then there are those who bitterly say they have no choice since they need the money to pay their tuitions.
There are those who argue that cybersex does not cause much harm since there is no sex involved and is a bit like watching pornography.
However, there are some real dangers involved.
Although the women, especially schoolgirls, claim that no one can ever get them out for real sex, there is always the danger that there are predators out there who will manage to do just that.
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Radiation reaches Tokyo, locals ordered indoors


ADELAIDENOW 
Radiation spewing from damaged reactors at a crippled nuclear power plant in tsunami-ravaged northeastern Japan has been detected in Tokyo, in a dramatic escalation of the four-day-old catastrophe.
Higher than normal radiation levels were detected in the capital but the government says they're not high enough to affect human health.
Tens of thousands have been evacuated within a radius of 20-kilometres of the Fukushima No.1 plant - 250 kilometres northeast of Tokyo - after explosions and a fire ripped through the facility.
The prime minister has warned residents in that zone to stay inside or risk getting radiation sickness.
Chief Cabinet Secretary Yukio Edano said this afternoon that a fourth reactor at the Fukushima Dai-ichi complex was on fire and that more radiation was released. The fire has since been extinguished but radiation is still pouring out.
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Prime Minister Naoto Kan warned that there are dangers of more leaks and told people living within 30km of the Fukushima Dai-ichi complex to stay indoors or face serious health risks.
Authorities are trying to evacuate residents downwind of the plant.
There was an explosion at the plant's Unit 1 reactor on Saturday followed by a blast at its Unit 3 reactor on Monday and third explosion at its Unit 2 reactor at 6.10am this morning, Japan time.
Water levels inside the plant's reactors have dropped precipitously, twice leaving the uranium fuel rods completely exposed and raising the threat of a catastrophic meltdown.
The troubles at the Fukushima Dai-ichi complex began when Friday's massive quake and tsunami in Japan's northeast knocked out power, crippling cooling systems needed to keep nuclear fuel from melting down.
International scientists have said there are serious dangers but not at the level of the 1986 blast in Chernobyl.
Japanese authorities are injecting seawater into the reactor as a coolant of last resort.
The cascading troubles in the Fukushima Dai-ichi plant compounded the immense challenges faced by the Tokyo government, already struggling to send relief to hundreds of thousands of people along the country's quake and tsunami-ravaged coast where at least 10,000 people are believed to have died.
The official death toll now has reached 2,414. The National Police Agency 3,118 were missing, with 1,885 injured. The official toll yesterday stood at 1,647.
Amid a mass rescue effort there were grim updates indicating severe loss of life along the battered east coast of Honshu island, where the monster waves destroyed or damaged more than 55,380 homes and other buildings.
More than 3,000 houses were flooded by the tsunami, while some 130 houses had been burned, police said, adding that there were 68 landslides.

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