At the Sharda Hospital in Greater Noida near New Delhi, pharma student Khushi Dhingra, 17, hugged a friend and wept as she waited to get her shot. "I am very afraid. I hate needles and I am worried about side effects," she told AFP. "My papa is very worried too. He is calling me again and again to make sure I am okay." "There are about 80 students in my batch but only two have opted to get the shot," said nursing student Sakshi Sharma, 21, in Greater Noida. "My friends are saying there will be side effects, that you can even get paralysis." India is using two shots for its drive. One is Covishield, a locally produced version of the Oxford-AstraZeneca vaccine, which has been approved and safely used in a number of other countries after completing Phase 3 human trials. The other -- Covaxin -- was developed locally by Bharat Biotech and has not yet completed Phase 3 trials, though the government has insisted it is "110 percent safe". - WhatsApp worries - Side effects are a common … [Read more...] about Tears and fears as India’s huge coronavirus vaccine push falters
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Hoa Binh culture on show in downtown Hanoi
Hanoi (VNA) - Various cultural features of ethnic minority groups in the northern province of Hoa Binh were showcased in Hanoi’s pedestrian area around Hoan Kiem Lake over the weekend. Dubbed Hoa Binh Province’s Culture and Tourism Festival, the event gathered thousands of representatives from the province performing art, gongs, offering cuisine and local delicacies, folk games and displaying artful photos. Addressing the opening ceremony on January 22 night, Chairman of the Hoa Binh People’s Committee Bui Van Khanh said Hoa Binh civilisation is famed all over the world and the province also hosts an honourable revolutionary tradition and diverse natural resources. The province is home to six ethnic minority groups, who have made up distinctive indigenous cultural features, he said. He called Hoa Binh a beautiful land created by mountains, hills and the magnificent Da River. The Hoa Binh Hydropower Lake offers a romantic landscape with hundreds of green … [Read more...] about Hoa Binh culture on show in downtown Hanoi
Underdogs dream of future without poverty
"The two boys were left behind by their mothers without personal documents. Every year, authorities try to convince the family to file for documents so that the two children could go to school for free, but they are too poor to pay any fees. So far the two children have not received any education." … [Read more...] about Underdogs dream of future without poverty
Vietnam police bust prostitution ring that charged $7,000 for sex tour
At around 9:30 pm on Thursday, officers under the Ministry of Public Security, in coordination with the Hanoi police department, caught red-handed two sex workers and their clients at an apartment in Ba Dinh District. … [Read more...] about Vietnam police bust prostitution ring that charged $7,000 for sex tour
Bao Minh Insurance plans to divest from MBB
In the third quarter, MBB reported an increase of 6.1 per cent year-on-year to more than VND6,735 trillion in revenue. The bank’s profit after tax rose 8.3 per cent to VND2.357 trillion. In the first nine months of last year, the profit after tax climbed 6.4 per cent year-on-year to nearly VND6.332 trillion. … [Read more...] about Bao Minh Insurance plans to divest from MBB