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...homecoming more fitting for royalty or a rock star than a monk. The 1,000 or more devotees who waited in the chilly dawn at Hanoi's Noi Bai Airport clutched bouquets of flowers, sang songs, and jostled for a better view. For a bunch of Buddhists, they were pushy: when Thich Nhat Hanh finally stepped out of immigration, they surged forward with a force that crushed people against doors and tore sandals, hats and gloves off dozens of others. "I touched him! I touched him!" shouted one woman, who then burst into tears...
...state-controlled church, and monks who wouldn't submit were placed under pagoda arrest. Nhat Hanh's writings were seized by the authorities, and the monk was unable to get a visa to return to his homeland for nearly 30 years. After more than a year of negotiations, Hanoi allowed him and 200 followers to come back for four months of touring and teaching. (The government also allowed four of his books to be printed...
After redesigning CPAP in 2002, Project Vietnam was able to introduce the technology in Hanoi...
...were able to decrease the mortality rate for premature babies in the first 24 hours from 35 percent to 10 percent” during trials at the National Hospital of Pediatrics in Hanoi, says Ringer...
...approval from Vietnam’s Ministry of Health, and Project Vietnam is currently in the process of spreading the technology throughout the country—a procedure made easier by increased interest from officials at other hospitals who have heard of the dramatic results of the trials in Hanoi...