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1. Drinking water ain't what it should be but what are you gonna do?
   
2. Apparently AsiaLIFE HCMC has stalled over some internal brouhaha -- time to swoop in and set up LIFEAsia HCMC while no one is looking. Who's with me?
   
3. A very troubling article by Marcus Gee on child prostitution in the southern city
4. PLUG: Those HITS fellas (Thespians of Hanoi!) are putting on two mini-plays this weekend. One's a satire so it might be funny but don't come complaining to me if it's not. Personally I'm allergic to theatre performances where everyone in the audience knows everyone on stage -- the collective chumminess makes me a bit claustrophobic...
   
5. And one serious food-blogger is most confused at why "Germany's most famous man of letters" has kebab stands all over Hanoi...
6. ANOTHER PLUG: There's a music festival in Hanoi -- not very well advertised as per usual so here's the poster. Free tickets from Goethe Institut, L'Espace, British Council, wrap up of the bands here