September 30, 2009
LookAtVietnam – Le Giang says many people who talked to and sang for her as she traversed the country collecting folk songs would burst into tears Bursting into song: The book Con Khoc Ngon Lanh.The book, Con Khoc Ngon Lanh (Easy to Cry), is a compilation of memories gathered over more than three decades that [...]
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September 30, 2009
LookAtVietnam – More than 500 people, mostly from rural areas, sang traditional songs from southern Viet Nam in an annual contest held by HCM City Television this month. She’s a natural: An Giang-based amateur singer Tran Thi Be Tam traversed a long road before becoming one of 10 semi-finalists at this year’s Vong Co Golden [...]
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September 30, 2009
Director Quan Lelan A Vietnamese American won the Columbine Award, which honors works reflecting non-violent resolutions to conflicts, at the Moondance International Film Festival in the US. The Princes Concubine by Quan Lelan tells the story of a fearless woman who uses her wits to save her country from a bloody war.The script was also [...]
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September 30, 2009
Bai Tu Long Bay hosts hundreds of large and small islands of various charateristics Often called the baby of Ha Long Bay, beautiful and diverse Bai Tu Long Bay holds its own. The Vietnamese nation was invaded so often in ancient times that God was moved to send a dragon and its child to fight [...]
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September 30, 2009
Cambodia is expected to export around 1 million tons of rice to Vietnam this year A rice venture with Cambodia will help save Vietnam from tough competition against the neighboring country in future rice exports, an official of the Vietnam Food Association said. The rice area in Cambodia is as large as Vietnam, but Cambodiaâs [...]
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September 30, 2009
Two people read job ads at an employment center in Ho Chi Minh City Ho Chi Minh City will need to hire 110,000 new employees in the final quarter of this year, no easy task as the global economy has only just begun to recovery, experts say. âMore than 10,000 enterprises in the city are [...]
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September 30, 2009
A Vietnamese resident tries to get into his flooded house after Typhoon Ketsana swept through Hoi An. Vietnamese Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung urged ârapidâ rescue and relief efforts for central Vietnam after Typhoon Ketsana smashed into the coast Tuesday, leaving at least 74 people dead. Local government offices must use all available resources to [...]
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September 30, 2009
U.S. researchers found a depressing, socially isolated environment can alter the biology of a disease and speed up the growth of breast cancer, according to media report Wednesday. The findings, published in the journal Cancer Prevention Research, showed that social isolation can actually change the expression of genes important in the growth of mammary gland [...]
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September 30, 2009
More than 100 people were believed to have been killed after an earthquake triggered a tsunami in the Pacific Ocean on Wednesday, officials said. A tsunami travel time map and table generated by the United States National Oceanographic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) and National Weather Service West Coast and Alaska Tsunami Warning Center shows projected [...]
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September 30, 2009
LookAtVietnam – To foreign-invested enterprises, land law issues are among the most complex and unpredictable problems they face
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