A black dog in the southern province of Long An has become famous after a heartbreaking story was recently shared on social networks.
Ms. Nguyen Thi Ut, 58, from Hamlet 1, Tan Thanh commune, Tan Thanh district, Long An province, said her family began raising a black dog named Muc (Black) when her grandchild named Kiet was 2 years old.
Kiet loved the dog very much. The two played together like friends. But six months after Muc joined the family, baby Kiet died in an accident.
The day the boy died, the dog behaved differently. He stayed in the corner of the house all day. When the family buried Kiet, the dog quietly followed the family members to the cemetery. He again stayed in a corner of the field, looking towards the baby’s grave as if he was waiting for something.
“Three days after Kiet died, my family finished building a grave for him. The day the tomb was completed, we did not see Muc at home. It turned out that he was lying on Kiet’s grave from morning to afternoon. Some days, he stayed there overnight. Only at noon, when the sun was fierce, he returned to the house for a while and then went back to the grave,” said Ut.
Strangely, the dog always lies down at the same place, with his head pointing toward the tombstone.
Three years have passed since the baby died, and during this time, the dog still goes to lie near the child’s grave.
I am an attorney in the Washington DC area, with a Doctor of Law in the US, attended the master program at the National School of Administration of Việt Nam, and graduated from Sài Gòn University Law School. I aso studied philosophy at the School of Letters in Sài Gòn.
I have worked as an anti-trust attorney for Federal Trade Commission and a litigator for a fortune-100 telecom company in Washington DC. I have taught law courses for legal professionals in Việt Nam and still counsel VN government agencies on legal matters. I have founded and managed businesses for me and my family, both law and non-law.
I have published many articles on national newspapers and radio stations in Việt Nam.
In 1989 I was one of the founding members of US-VN Trade Council, working to re-establish US-VN relationship.
Since the early 90's, I have established and managed VNFORUM and VNBIZ forum on VN-related matters; these forums are the subject of a PhD thesis by Dr. Caroline Valverde at UC-Berkeley and her book Transnationalizing Viet Nam.
I translate poetry and my translation of "A Request at Đồng Lộc Cemetery" is now engraved on a stone memorial at Đồng Lộc National Shrine in VN.
I study and teach the Bible and Buddhism. In 2009 I founded and still manage dotchuoinon.com on positive thinking and two other blogs on Buddhism. In 2015 a group of friends and I founded website CVD - Conversations on Vietnam Development (cvdvn.net).
I study the art of leadership with many friends who are religious, business and government leaders from many countries.
In October 2011 Phu Nu Publishing House in Hanoi published my book "Positive Thinking to Change Your Life", in Vietnamese (TƯ DUY TÍCH CỰC Thay Đổi Cuộc Sống).
In December 2013 Phu Nu Publishing House published my book "10 Core Values for Success".
I practice Jiu Jitsu and Tai Chi for health, and play guitar as a hobby, usually accompanying my wife Trần Lê Túy Phượng, aka singer Linh Phượng.
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