Born with Brittle bone disease, 33-year-old Nguyen Thi Ngoc Tam had to quit school from Grade 9. But that would not stop her learning and making a difference in society. Day by day she is trying her best to bring knowledge and passion for studying to children in her neighbourhood by offering a special class right at her home.
Saturday, May 15, 2021, 09:32 GMT+7
Nguyen Thi Ngoc Tam (center) is surrounded by her students at one of her tutoring classes running in Nam Dinh Province, northern Vietnam, for the past 17 years. Photo: Ha Thanh / Tuoi Tre
Despite her own struggle with a debilitating bone disorder, Nguyen Thi Ngoc Tam has kept her tuition-free classes running in the northern province of Nam Dinh for almost two decades to help disadvantaged children and live her life to the fullest.
At 31, the frail woman, whose weight of just 15 kilograms remains unchanged over the years, has now exceeded her life expectancy by one year.
Tam was born with brittle bone disease, or Osteogenesis Imperfecta (OI), a disorder that results in fragile bones.
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Once a policy to apply forest environmental and CO2 indicators is officially approved, Vietnam may participate more actively in the sale and purchase of carbon credits for both enterprises and localities.
Vietnam leaps on carbon credit craze.
The south-central province of Quang Nam has been waiting for the government to approve a pilot project on reducing emissions from deforestation and forest degradation and on selling carbon credits to the international market.
“Quang Nam has 628,000 hectares of natural forest, which has the capacity to absorb one million tonnes of CO2 per year. The province is expected to sell CO2 credits for $30 million by 2025,” said Le Minh Hung, director of Quang Nam Department of Agriculture and
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The south-central province of Quang Nam has been waiting for the government to approve a pilot project on reducing emissions from deforestation and forest degradation and on selling carbon credits to the international market.
âQuang Nam has 628,000 hectares of natural forest, which has the capacity to absorb one million tonnes of CO2 per year. The province is expected to sell CO2 credits for $30 million by 2025,â said Le Minh Hung, director of Quang Nam Department of Agriculture and Rural Development.
Hung is also director of the Management Board of the Truong Son Xanh forest-planting project.