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Teenager watches over cemetery of unborn babies

 The first thought coming to everyone's mind when thinking about holding and burying aborted fetuses is fright. To Nguyen Khac Toan, he turns such frightening feelings into deep sympathy and determination to devote the rest of his life

National cemetery to be built in Hanoi’s outskirts

 VietNamNet Bridge – The National Cemetery will be located in Thach That District while the National Funeral Home will be built in Hoai Duc District, according to Hanoi’s announcement of its cemetery development plan to 2030.

Images: The sacred places of Vietnamese martyrs

VietNamNet Bridge – These are the places where every inch of land is soaked with the blood and bones of the martyrs who died for the country’s independence and unity.

Millions of US dollars spent on real estate for the dead

VietNamNet Bridge - The movement to build cemetery parks in Vietnam has been flourishing in recent years, with projects worth dozens or hundreds of million of US dollars. Below are the most typical projects.

Pictures: 'Ghost City' and the wells next to graves in Saigon

 VietNamNet Bridge – For over 20 years, nearly 1,000 people in Quarter 2 and 3 of Ward 12, Binh Thanh District, Ho Chi Minh City have been using water from drilling wells near graves.

Hanoi’s man salvaged 499 bodies in 30 years

 VietNamNet Bridge - Tying his life with an anonymous cemetery and salvaging unknown bodies in the Red River, Mr. Nguyen Van Dung is called by locals the "Red River knight."

Protective forest destroyed to build … cemetery

About nine hectares of the forest protecting against sand encroachment and climate change have been cleared to give place to a cemetery project covering an area of 10 hectares in Loc Ha district of Ha Tinh province.

Water spinach fields in Hanoi’s graveyard

 VietNamNet Bridge – In Co Nhue, Tu Liem District, and Quynh Thanh, Thanh Tri District, Hanoi, water spinach is planted near and even on tombs in the cemetery of Co Nhue commune. These vegetable fields are incredibly verdant.

The luxury of tombs

VietNamNet Bridge – They have unique architecture and there are built at billions dong. And of course, they belong to a wealthy family, or a “tycoon.”

"Vultures" at cemeteries

In cemeteries, behind the cold graves is the underground world with “odd” tricks to make money. Except for honest people who make a living through their own labor, these "cemetery vultures" must be inspected and removed by the authority.

Hanoians compete for purchasing land at cemeteries

VietNamNet Bridge – It is a fact that in the last decade, Hanoian people have been worried about their burial observances in the future because the city’s inner cemeteries are overloaded.

Hanoi to remove small cemeteries

VietNamNet Bridge – Cemeteries of villages, single tombs and family tomb complexes will be moved to concentrated cemeteries. Hanoi will expand and build 20 large-scale cemeteries from now to 2030.