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The Internet Penetration Rate in Vietnam reached 16% as of June 2006, higher than the average global usage rate (15.7%), reported the HCM City’s Computer Association. High demand is driving the development of the Internet, with the number of subscribers and users increasing 86% and 80% respectively over last year. Now fully halfway through 2006, the number of Internet users hit 13,000,000; nearly 6,000,000 more than the same period of last year.
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ORBIS designed a model rural eye care project in Phu Tho Province, Vietnam, through which eye care providers are trained to screen, diagnose and treat cataract and other blinding conditions. The first of its kind, no such training or services had previously been available outside of Vietnam’s major cities.
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In 2003, U.S. citizens adopted approximately 382 children from Vietnam. Children available for adoption include infants from 6 months of age, older and special needs children; more boys than girls. The children reside in orphanages.
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The stakes are high: if you are to die in Vietnam, more than likely it will happen on the road -- be it in a car or under one. Vietnamese cities are crowded, and the roads are absolutely packed. You will take your life into your own hands every time that you cross a busy street in any of Vietnam's major cities.
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For on the evening of 31st January, 1968, 70,000 members of the NLF launched a surprise attack on more than a hundred cities and towns in Vietnam. It was now clear that the purpose of the attacks on the US garrisons in September had been to draw out troops from the cities.
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Prostitution is illegal in Vietnam and the age of consent is 18. Vietnam has laws on the books with penalties up to 20 years in prison for sexually exploiting women and children, and several other countries have laws that allow them to prosecute their own citizens who travel abroad to engage in sex with children.
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