https://www.scmp.com/rss/501078/feed Khairul Anwar is the chief editor of Nanyang Technological University’s campus newspaper, The Nanyang Chronicle. He has reported for online football publication FourFourTwo Singapore, and interned for LaLiga Singapore as an account executive. en https://assets.i-scmp.com/static/img/icons/scmp-meta-1200x630.png https://www.scmp.com Wearing a khaki uniform and desert boots, Le Thi Hoa ties her hair in a ponytail and tucks it under her jungle hat. She steps out on to a bare plot of land with a metal detector, bucket and small spade in hand. The 37-year-old, a former rubber plantation worker, methodically sweeps the ground with the detector, inching forward only if the device remains silent. If it starts beeping, her team’s work begins. Hoa, together with more than a dozen other women, is part of Vietnam’s first all-female... https://www.scmp.com/week-asia/geopolitics/article/3013641/44-years-after-war-us-vietnam-has-all-women-team-searching?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/week-asia/geopolitics/article/3013641/44-years-after-war-us-vietnam-has-all-women-team-searching?utm_source=rss_feed Sat, 08 Jun 2019 19:00:04 +0000 A car honks, shattering the evening silence of this village in the rural Cam Lo district of Vietnam’s Quang Tri province. The noise sets off the Mai family’s pet dog, who sprints to the front of the cement-walled house, barking heartily. In the living room, brothers Mai Cong Truyen, 11, Mai Cong Khoa, eight, and Mai Cong Tun, four, remain motionless, though they seem momentarily confused by the sudden buzz. All three were born deaf – and doctors have laid the blame on the lingering effects of... https://www.scmp.com/week-asia/geopolitics/article/3013636/vietnam-war-44-years-birth-defects-americas-agent-orange-are?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/week-asia/geopolitics/article/3013636/vietnam-war-44-years-birth-defects-americas-agent-orange-are?utm_source=rss_feed Fri, 07 Jun 2019 17:00:10 +0000