This is the most unusual yet strangely familiar story I have ever penned concerning a Vietnam veteran. Unusual due to the veteran involved; strangely familiar of the assumed fate of Nam veterans after returning home from the hell of Southeast Asia. Richard J. Flaherty fought for the privilege to enlist in the U.S. Army against almost impossible odds. In basic training, he endured insults and discrimination. Tagged with the nickname Private Mighty Mouse, Flahertyâs determination and acumen during basic training and advanced training caught the attention of his superiors. Flaherty was sent to OCS (Officer Candidate School), gained a commission, and later earned the coveted Green Beret. Incredible achievements, considering Flaherty stood at 4 feet, 9 inches tall and weighed right at 100 pounds. He was the shortest man ever to serve in the U.S. military.
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Vietnamese Catholics revere ancestors in Tet festival
Christians join those of other creeds in performing filial duties to honor their ancestors for the new lunar year
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Elders in traditional costumes perform ancestor worship rites in Uu Diem village on Feb. 8. (Photo: UCA News)
The Tet festival is a wonderful opportunity for people including Catholics in central Vietnam to perform filial duties to their ancestors.
On Feb. 8, young people repainted altars and incense tables vermilion and cleaned candlesticks, ancestral tablets and other items of worship in the communal house in Uu Diem village in Phong Dien district of Thua Thien Hue province.
Vietnam Church helps flood victims return to normal life
Caritas and generous Catholics fund new homes and livelihoods for people left with nothing
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Anthony Huynh Phong from Vinh Linh looks after the cow he bought with the financial help of Lovers of the Holy Cross nuns after he lost three cows in devastating floods. (Photo: UCA News)
Martha Truong Thi Ai had to stay at her parents’ house after her leaf-and-bamboo house was washed away during severe floods in Vietnam last October.
Ai, a clothes mender who lost her sewing machine in the floods and became jobless, and her speech-impaired husband earn only 35,000 dong (US$1.50) a day from making bamboo chopsticks and selling them at a market in Quang Dien district of Thua Thien Hue province. They wear clothes given to them by other people.
Watch-the-movie see-the-scene tourism develops in Vietnam
By Kieu Anh December 30, 2020 | 12:19 pm GMT+7
Although in its infancy as a market niche, locations where popular films have been shot are attracting many tourists in Vietnam.
Thua Thien Hue has witnessed a sudden influx of tourists, visiting the filming locations of movies like Mat Biec (Dreamy Eyes) and Gai Gia Lam Chieu 5 (The Last Egg 5).
Nguyen Van Phuc, deputy director of the central province’s Department of Tourism, expressed his appreciation for the film crew who have selected the province as shooting locations, including that of Dreamy Eyes .
Directed by Victor Vu, Dreamy Eyes was released in December 2019 and became one of the top 10 highest grossing movies of the year, reaching the VND100 billion ($4.3 million) mark within nine days.
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