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Going down: Dũng prepares to dive. — Photo thanhnien.vn Viet Nam News BẾN TRE — It is a risky, dangerous job with little protection and not much income, but many people in Bến Tre Province dive into rivers and search for scrap metal, sunk boats and other pieces of usable junk. Some do it in groups, and others work independently. Nguyễn Thanh Dũng, 52, leads a group of five divers in the southern province. He has been doing this for 32 years, he told the Thanh Niên (Young People) newspaper. Dũng said that when he was a child, often followed his father to dive in rivers in Cần Thơ City to earn a living. He learnt much from his father. He has followed in his father’s footsteps, earning a living in Bến Tre. The equipment Dũng and his team use is rudimentary: an oxygen air pump and a long plastic tube that they put into their mouth to breathe. Dũng said apart from swimming well, a person, who wants to dive deep had to be brave and in really good health to be able to stay … [Read more...] about Intrepid Bến Tre residents dive to survive

A diver about to dive in the waters off Cô Tô District in the coastal province of Quảng Ninh. — Photo thanhnien.vn Viet Nam News QUẢNG NINH — Ngô Văn Tính, 19, a diver with seven years’ experience, went to sea with his father when he was a child and had his first dive at 12. Tính is the second son of Ngô Văn Trung, 50, a diver born in Nam Định Province who moved to the coastal province of Quảng Ninh some 30 years ago to earn a living as a seafood diver. Tính’s older brother, Ngô Văn Hoàng, 25, has also taken up the job and now works with his father and brother. The waters off the Cô Tô, Vân Đồn and Móng Cái districts are ripe for natural and cultured fish, oysters, snails, clams, abalones and sea cucumbers. Since these types of seafood have to be gathered by hand, diving has become a well-paid occupation that attracts several locals and immigrants, the Thanh Niên (Youth) newspaper reported. Seafood collectors often sail in teams of four divers and three to … [Read more...] about Diver teams risk life and limb to catch seafood

YouGov, Decision Lab join forces to benefit brands in Vietnam The Saigon Times HCMC – YouGov, the international research and data analytics group headquartered in London, has announced a new partnership in Vietnam with leading research company Decision Lab to bring state-of-the-art data solutions to brands in Vietnam, representing the next step in the expansion of YouGov’s Global Partnerships Program across the Asia Pacific region. The Global Partnerships Program offers affiliate partner research agencies access to YouGov’s platforms, panels and expertise and establishes the company’s brand and data products at a local level. Affiliate partners can use the panel data that sits within YouGov’s Cube database to develop their online research businesses as part of the partnership. This new partnership combines global expertise with local insight, bringing innovative platforms to brands in Vietnam and offering them unrivalled access to the latest data on consumer trends, attitudes … [Read more...] about YouGov, Decision Lab join forces to benefit brands in Vietnam