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Get shorty

The Vietnamese government is concerned about how short its people are and plans a nutrition and exercise program for the nation's youth.

"Vietnam's greatest living figure, General Vo Nguyen Giap, is treasured although he stands just five feet tall, but the communist government is worried that its future generations won't be tall enough.

"'The growth rates (of Vietnamese) are much lower than those of other countries like Japan and China,' Duong Nghiep Chi, director of the Physical Training and Sports Institute, said in the Vietnam News daily on Friday."

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