hanoi is likely to deepen cooperation within asean on various levels in aid to keep china in check. akiko ichihara, nhk world, hanoi. >>> and next in remote parts of western thailand, local people depend on river water for many aspects of daily life. but serious pollution in one village has caused sickness and even death. the children of the village recently took to the stage in bangkok to share their tragic story. nhk world has more. ♪ >> reporter: these ethnic children are acting out in their village at an art center in bangkok. the 15-minute performance contains a serious message about threats to thaila's natural environme environment. >> translator: it made me realize that it's a very serious problem. lead pollution has caused massive damage to those children and their village. in the remote village of klity, this creek is the lifeline. for centuries, villages have used its water for drinking, cooking, feeding livestock and farming crops. 13 years ago, a lead processing plant began operating up stream. soon the water began to smell. many people fell ill. children were born with

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[laughter] hanoi is my place and saigon we fizzled through that but this is a night to celebrate their book. debbie and marvin. i have gone through ridiculously searching for errors. [laughter] but so far i have read the book twice they said it is not necessary for me to memorize it. [laughter] but i find the overdue contribution to literature to vietnam. is the 800-pound gorilla always in the oval office when the president has some make a decision about "war and peace." it does not go away. the gripping impact on america. we know those years who were around in those days. so to catch up bell haunting legacy may it stay there insanity and wisdom and present -- prudence before we embark on a curious inventors. thank you. [applause] >> if you're bernie and a niece ignore my question is successfully as you did it will be a long evening. [laughter] no, no, no. you cannot have many second chances. that is it this story is told of winston churchill at a dinner which he clearly did not enjoy returning to his hostess to say about the desert, madam, this pudding has no theme. debbie, what is th

hanoi, 13. let's go to a live shot out of hong kong to. give you an idea, clouds around.etter. of course, that storm system moving away. the weather will improve. but as i take you over to the graphic, we're going to be dealing with extremely heavy rainfall as i said. anywhere you're seeing in red as well as this orange right here, tangerine, we're talking 75 meters of rachblt we'll see it in areas including parts of vietnam as we go through today as well as tomorrow. we can't forget tropical storm don. it's moving through the gulf of mexico. 500 kilometers southeast of corpus christi. it's going to continue to move through the gulf of mexico today and then as we head into late friday as well as into saturday, we are going to see tropical storm don making landfall, looks like in the southern part of texas, not far away potentially from brownsville and corpus christi. notice the winds will briefly peak around 102 kilometers. it's going to be bringing badly need moisture for parts of the southwest. we're talking parts of mexico as well as texas. that leads me to my next sto

the obama administration stepped into the south china sea this year at the summit in hanoi. hillary clinton said that maritime security was in the u.s.'s national security interests. she also offered american help to ease the tension and that angered china. now that there is a draft agreement, mrs. clinton will offer to help make it a success. the chinese might not like that either. washington is working hard to deepen its ties in the region and is encouraging countries like india to become more assertive. >> a story that goes back to the second world war. >> the grave of adolf hitler's deputy rudolf hess has been exhumed. his remains have been cremated and his ashes will be scattered at sea. neo-nazi groups try to stage rallies there every year. >> a brown patch of ground is all the remains of the final resting place of one of the most notorious figures and not see germany. rudolf hess was buried in a small grave. >> we had to close the graveyard regularly about the anniversary of his birthday and there was major disturbances. there were marches by certain groups. the whole

the obama administration that last year in hanoi.illary clinton says that maritime security in the region was in the u.s.'s national security interests. no surprise there, but she awful -- also offered american help to ease the tension. that annoyed the chinese. washington is also working hard to diepen its size in the region and is encouraging countries like india to become more assertive. next local elections are taking place in parts of northern sri lanka on saturday. in some areas, it will be the sum -- the first such vote in nearly 30 years. although, parliamentary elections were held last year. it will come just two years after the end of the civil war between government forces and the tamil tiger separatists. joining me now from, but it is charles. these are the council elections, but even the president campaigned in one city this week. what is at stake for him? >> that is right. the big jet -- the big government juggernaut, if you like. he is responding to the intense wave of international criticism being directed at the coun

>>reporter: that now seems to be happening, especially in the major cities like hanoi, ho chi minh &danang where growth can be seen everywhere. >>one example is the bitexco financial tower. >>it is 262 metres high with vietnam's first helipad at the 52nd floor...defying gravity on the sideof the building. >>this us$270 million investment was constructed entirely with vietnamese money and ambition, the vision of self-made businessman, mr vu quang hoi. >>prior to this construction project, i felt a strong desire that our generation has to do somethingsignificant to change our country for the better. i asked myself what should this symbol of power be? i decided it must be a sky-high building, which looks fantastic and can clearly demonstrate power >>reporter: power the country clearly has, but vietnam, despite its strengths lies in a fiercely competitive region. its proximity to china laos and cambodia is a handy strategic location, but its stellar growth must be compared to even brighter stars in asia. >>reporter: competitive climbing is a relatively new pastime. the sport only really acquir

maria yamada, nhk world, hanoi. >> so what should be done to put an end to the trafficking of women and improve their living standards? we talked to the first executive director of u.n. women, former chileian president michelle bachelet. >> one is poverty, and again, not only us, the rest of the agencies, we work very strong in trying to ensure that girls finish school because we see that when girls go to school, and study the longest period, you see less rates of early pregnancy, early marriage, and less incidents of hiv-aids. less incidents of rape. for us it is essential women, girls, finish school. the whole -- hopefully the secondary, primary and secondary school that will give her more opportunity. >> reporter: to improve situation, we need the men to understand or to change their way of thinking. >> a lot of things we can do. first of all i believe that a role has women, too. children are raised by the mothers. i think it is very important that young mothers because probably women with more experience or older mothers, it is very difficult to change their mind-set. they're not ra

they were ordered by their own government to rob the bank of hanoi.s going to solve the vietnam war. [laughter] somehow robbing the bank of hanoi was going to end the vietnam war. when the commanding officer is killed, they don't have any proof that they were ordered to rob the bank of hanoi, so they're sent to prison by their government. so the government is very evil, the government's ordering them to do ridiculous, evil things, and they are incarcerated improperly. .. >> they survive as soldiers of fortune. >> they are still wanted by the government, can maintain an excellent security prison or shut down a geographically confined underground, can't catch them. they survive as soldiers of fortune. here's the last line. >> so what is the same? no one else can help. here are services that the 18 must provide in their episodes because the government can't. these are literally from the show. they conduct high level military operations rescue a hijacked 747 while being chased by the government. they bring a rogue cia unit to justice. they're also protect

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intercontinental hanoi. sure. sedona suite. kerrville hotels. in the thirty's available in the resort and spa. tbilisi accusers three georgian photojournalists including president personal photographer. video called. inside the country say their government is olympic trying to unseat russia is still . the few minutes time. remain tight lipped over reports two hundred people have been killed in a arms depot. and rupert murdoch heads to the u.k. to take charge of the phone hacking crisis that's threatening to engulf his media empire. live from the heart of moscow this is r.t. certainly glad to have you with us i'm john thomas let's take a look at your top stories three georgian photojournalists including president saakashvili as a personal photographer have been charged with spying for russia after being arrested on thursday our correspondent peter oliver reports. initially there were four photojournalist arrested on thursday one of those has now been released without charge over the three that remain in custody are all pool reporters meaning that

photo the intercontinental hotel shirts in hanoi hilton. hotel. hotels in the. resort and spa. with the week's top stories this is. a costly rescue the e.u. approves of. demonstrations rock the country in protest of the. hundreds of thousands of public sector workers in the u.k. take part in a national day of strikes and attempted to fight the government's plans to change their pensions. these. is a piece of cake rich guys. have more than one hundred million dollars abroad so we have to. spoke exclusively with the son about why his country is it will. explain why the. except after you deliver the aid to the enclave of the campaigners. look back at the top stories from the past seven days and the latest developments this is the weekly on r.t. the latest payout of e.u. bailout funds for the greek economy will be released in the next two weeks that's according to euro zone finance ministers without the money athens will default on its loans within days but the rescue package comes at a price which has a public outraged earlier this week the greek parliament passed radical austerit

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then making another landfall, it looks like a third landfall just to the south of hanoi as we go through this weekend. the rain is heavy, this is being indicated by our bar graph here, we're talking some of the southern regions. we can't forget about what's happening in the gulf of mexico. this is tropical storm don. it looks like it will continue to intensify, approaching the texas coastline as we go through friday late in the afternoon as well as into the evening hours. we see conditions deteriorating. i want to point out to you, we've been talking about the drought and how it's been affecting the economy, farming in parts of the southwest. and notice anywhere across this region they really do need rainfall because they're dealing with severe to an exceptional drought through parts. right over to you. nina? >> okay, jennifer delgado, many thanks for that update there. >>> coming up next on "world business today," how can a rap song, a cops and robbers movie and amy winehouse all be relate to the u.s. debt debate? if you're puzzled, stay with us on "world business today" and find out. >

i was in hanoi in march. there are ten masses every saturday. i was at one of them. you can barely get in the door and that's capitalism and it's only 10% of the vietnamese. most are buddhist. there's just a proliferation of buddhists and structures and pilgrimage sites and then a family lineage and worshiping family lineage was always an important part of the tradition. this has gone back as well and the war because the family altars. if you lived in the south after the war and had a relative who fought in maybe even north vietnam, you couldn't honor the relatives who fought from the south. the south was defeated so you had to pretend that child hadn't been there. in the last ten years people have felt comfortable again about displaying photographs of sons who were lost on the losing side. one can remember them. so it's really profound there's been a huge transformation from people but working very complicated politics in an earlier period. >> in the south is there still a lot of former south vietnamese soldiers living in the country? had the been so-called rehabili

i was in hanoi in march. there are ten messages every saturday. i was at one of them.you can barely get in the door and that is the catholicism and its only 10% of the vietnamese who are catholic. most are buddhist and there's a proliferation of the buddhist science and structures and pilgrimage sites and then lineage, family lineage and sort of worshiping the family lineage was an important part of the confucian tradition and vietnam. and the war intersects with it because the family altars. if you lived in the south after the war and you had a relative, maybe a son who had fought for the national liberation firm, south vietnam me even north viet nam, eastern relative calm to could honor the relatives who had fought from the south. the south was a defeated force, you had to in a sense pretended that child hadn't been there and the last ten years people have felt comfortable again about displaying photographs of psalms were lost and the losing side, quote on quote, one can appreciate their graves, remember them coming and so it is a profound everyday way within the fam

she noted in a speech in hanoi last night. i wouldn't be surprised if she makes it again.se do not like it, but this is one of those cases where i think it actually helps matters if both sides express themselves clearly. unambiguously so there's no ambiguity as to where we stand on the issue. and i think mrs. -- and hillary clinton has taken the lead on some of these tough issues of drawing the line in terms of how you deter the chinese and how you reassure them and making clear we want a friendly relationship with china, but we don't want -- we don't want to acquiesce in a chinese takeover of the navigation routes, or the key asian waterways. >> as she tries to advance these conversations, some of them about international economics, some about international security, how much when she sits down at a table at a regional meeting like this does what's happening here right now, about the debt ceiling, about the united states getting -- trying to get its fiscal house in order, how much does that complicate her work overseas? >> i think the general problem of american macroecon

he was going to use the russians to put pressure on hanoi. and it was delusional. so his counterfoil, so to speak was made to jim keet, a marine major. he was in charge of the msg the tidings from new delhi to tokyo. but, of course, the saigon with the biggest msg at the time to could have the most marines. even more than moscow. it was considered a combat zone in the 1973, our peace courts were no lot at work is still considered a combat post. so jim keane and his top master sergeant, his noncommissioned officer in charge of these msg, they tried everything they could to dissuade ambassador martin from trying, to continue using key what ago she. he said we've got to get this evacuation going. evacuation was like plan c. plan a was every aircraft from every airfield in south vietnam. they were counting on -- boom, those airfields are gone. there's one left in her hands. so plan b was an evacuation by c. but we saw what happened in donning. it was a cluster home. and that's not the word the marines use. it was a cluster home. plus the navy, the north in his head cut

the visit hanoi, one of the first places he goes the mausoleum created for ho chi minh after he died. he was involved in underclass and you can go through and take a look at it. it turned out okay is a testament when he died. said he wanted to be cremated ashes distributed to vietnam. he did not want this elaborate in the middle. but at that point that they thought opacity that would've made the regime. that in 1989 or so for now. there was this sort of disconnection between hollow and what the government said the memory was about. it's remarkable he says no one goes after ho chi minh. there hasn't been a turn. he always represents the good somehow in this long history of war and revolution of the 20th century revolution. that too may shift over time, but certainly not now. the only thing to be said is no one in again cause ho chi minh city ho chi minh city. everybody calls that say god hears of effort to rename and uses memory never start. >> what is the photograph on the front of your book, "vietnam at war"? >> the photograph is one of many american bombings about for no inspires in