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  Trash collectors face uncertain future after dump closes

  (11:08:44 AM 26/01/2015)

  Pham Thi Vui has had a "steady job" for the last 20 years, collecting garbage from the Khanh Son dump in Da Nang.

  Tags: Da Nang, dump closes, waste collectors, jobs,
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  Protecting swamp cypress treasures in Vietnam

  (09:58:47 AM 28/05/2013)

  Swamp cypress or Glyptostrobus only left in China and Vietnam, with two populations consisting of 162 trees in Vietnam’s Dak Lak province. Rare wood collectors are urgently hunting this especially rare plant, putting the protection task of this rare species in numerous challenges.

  Tags: swamp cypress, glyptostrobus, dak lak, conservation, forest, rangers,
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  Cho Ve chai – where memories are revived

  (10:46:52 AM 30/12/2014)

  Its name sounds low-brow, but Cho Ve chai, or the market of scraps, is getting quite popular among city dwellers, especially those who want to have a quick glimpse of popular home utensils in the past. So, crowds of people rush to the so-called market, opened every Sunday morning at Cao Minh Café, at 255/47bis on No Trang Long Street in HCMC’s Binh Thanh District, either to relive their memories or to learn of the people’s livelihood decades ago. Among them are also antiques collectors.

  Tags: HCM City, Cho Ve chai, antiques collectors