[Vnbiz] The Dao customs

[Tran Dinh Hoanh]

Dear anh Lam & CACC,

(I have changed the subject title, because the old subject line was read by
the anti-spam software as spam).

That is some seriously new information, anh Lam.  I was thinking that
selling/buying wife is a very old custom.  If this is new, then we have a
more serious social/legal problem.

Any brother/sister knows more about this issue?

Have a great day!

Hoanh
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On 8/29/07, dao Xuan lam <daoxuanlam at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>  Dear anh Hoanh and CACC,
>
> It is unbelievable! I can not imagine things are changing so fast in a
> very bad trend. I spent almost 12 months in most every single part and
> corner of Quang Ninh Special Zone (it later on named Quang Ninh province) in
> 1982 ranging from the Yen Hung township; to Ba Che, Hoanh Bo, Uong Bi
> districts; to Tien Yen, Hai Ninh district and the very North-East tip - the
> Trac Co village which is bordered upon with China; and to the small islands
> such Monkey and Ngoc Vung, etc.
>
> I had good opportunities to meet, talk and work and even drink very
> popular local home made cassava wine in a vast bowl with the local's old and
> young generations including the junior and the senior villagers (Già Làng/
> Trưởng Bản) of the Dao ethic minority community there.
>
> I especially had got a very good memory of Sir Tang Tai Hong (in the
> Kinh's addressing is ông Già Làng/ Trưởng Bản- Đặng Tài Hồng). The Dao ethic
> minority community there comprises of two branches, one is called Dao "quần
> đùi" because they always wear the short pants, and Dao "quần dài" since they
> wear the long pants always.
>
> In the old days when I was there things were still traditionally kept in
> the typical tracks of the Vietnamese old school style. But I feel very so
> sad and sorry for what have been going on there as per the attached article.
>
>
> These unexpected things happening there nowadays are big and serious
> problems. It is unacceptable. The human being are not the goods/ commodities
> to buy or sell. The parents and the families can have many other good ways
> to morally make money/ to earn their lives.
>
> I wonder if these "monstrous transactions" are reported to the local
> authorities of Quang Ninh province? Did they know and receive that bad news?
> They do no know how to cope with the situation? or they ignore it??! And
> where the duties/ obligations and responsibilities of the related bodies of
> the Quang Ninh province are?
>
> It is the time (though it is late already) for them to take a serious and
> strong measures to stop such actions.
>
> Many things need to be done promptly at the same time, but education,
> poverty-alleviation, the public living standards improvement, and changing
> of attitude toward the problems of the concerned bodies / organisations, and
> so on are prioritised tasks, I assume.
>
> Dao Xuan Lam
>


-- 
Tran Dinh Hoanh, Esq., LLB, JD
Washington DC
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