https://www.scmp.com/rss/510957/feed Giang Pham is a photojournalist and writer based in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam. Since 2011, he has been covering Vietnamese contemporary issues and development projects across Vietnam and Europe. His work can be found in various media outlets such as the South China Morning Post, Vice and National Geographic. He has also collaborated with organisations such as CARE International, Goethe Institut and the British Council on storytelling assignments. en https://assets.i-scmp.com/static/img/icons/scmp-meta-1200x630.png https://www.scmp.com Community swimming instructor Tran Thi Kim Thia is on a mission to help stop children in Vietnam from drowning. Since 2002, Sau Thia, as she is colloquially known, has given free swimming lessons to around 4,500 children as part of a social programme – known as Sau Thia’s swimming class – in rural Hung Thanh commune, southern Dong Thap province. Sau Thia said when the authorities launched the initiative, the local women’s group nominated her as she was a strong swimmer and a single, childfree... https://www.scmp.com/week-asia/people/article/3180397/vietnams-child-drowning-plague-and-community-swimming-trainers?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/week-asia/people/article/3180397/vietnams-child-drowning-plague-and-community-swimming-trainers?utm_source=rss_feed Sun, 05 Jun 2022 06:00:14 +0000 For four months this year, as Vietnam battled the Delta variant, manufacturing worker Le Van Teo stayed in his shared room in the southern industrial hub of Binh Duong, where he survived on donated food supplies. Lockdowns and temporary closures of factories as the country tried to quell a surge of Covid-19 cases meant workers’ earnings were irregular at best. They saw their savings evaporate and relied on neighbours or the local government for meals, a situation many found traumatic. So when... https://www.scmp.com/week-asia/economics/article/3151940/vietnams-factories-lurch-crisis-worker-exodus-holiday-shopping?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/week-asia/economics/article/3151940/vietnams-factories-lurch-crisis-worker-exodus-holiday-shopping?utm_source=rss_feed Mon, 11 Oct 2021 10:45:26 +0000