January 2, 2012
Outpouring of frustration and disappointment among youth indicates a need to strengthen pride and confidence in the nation, experts say Young people at an enlistment ceremony in Ho Chi Minh City last September. A national enlistment program this year saw thousands of youth voluntarily join the army. Experts say the sense of national pride [...]
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August 8, 2011
Vietnamese filmmakers should quit blaming the censors and learn to make scary movies without relying only on blood and guts Dustin Nguyen (L) and Tam Tit, two of the stars of Giua hai the gioi (Between two worlds) The teenage girls I spoke with after seeing Vu Thai Hoa’s Giua hai the gioi (Between [...]
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August 1, 2011
Tran Van Tiep (R), 97, has been allowed to explore a mountain in central Vietnam for treasure. Authorities in the central province of Binh Thuan have allowed a man to continue exploring a local mountain for treasure believed to be worth some US$100 billion after terminating the project in February.  Tran Van Tiep, a 97-year-old citizen from Ho [...]
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August 28, 2009
The new CEO of American International Group Inc Robert Benmosche smiles during an interview with Reuters in the garden of his Adriatic seafront villa in Dubrovnik, Croatia, August 26, 2009. Wearing flip-flops, khaki shorts and a green polo shirt, the new chief executive of bailed-out insurer AIG Inc says he’s getting a lot of work [...]
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July 28, 2009
Garbage piled up on the premises of the Dong Xanh Environment Joint Stock Company that processes waste in Dong Nai Province Bui Thi Khoi of Hoc Mon District in Ho Chi Minh City says her family members have to wear masks to sleep at night but the stench from a nearby leather tanning company is [...]
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May 17, 2009
LookAtVietnam – Ngo Phuong Lan has lived around the world, including 7 years spent in New York and another 6 in Switzerland. She was the first Miss Vietnam Global. Though she considers herself a citizen of the world, she always thinks of Vietnam as her final stop. LookAtVietnam – Ngo Phuong Lan has lived around [...]
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February 22, 2009
Mai Trai uses a wooden cylinder to tap a patientâs spine to rid the body of âthorns.â A shaman in the central Hue Town claims he can cure anything with a tap on the spine and a few needles… but only if the gods tell him to. Spiritualist Mai Trai uses a small wooden cylinder [...]
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November 29, 2008
A scene from the musical “Annie Get Your Gun.” The Broadway show is currently featured in the Hung Dao Theater in HCMC’s District 1 Annie Get Your Gun’s success shows that Vietnamese theater has a long way to go, says a local theater director. Annie Get Your Gun, currently playing at the Hung Dao Theater [...]
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October 8, 2008
A man reads a French newspaper with a front page focused on the financial crisis on October 7 in Paris. The ongoing financial crisis in the US is casting doubt over the laissez-faire system adopted by western countries, an American academic said Tuesday. Graham K. Wilson, a political science professor at Boston University, said, “The [...]
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Disaffected youth?
Outpouring of frustration and disappointment among youth indicates a need to strengthen pride and confidence in the nation, experts say Young people at an enlistment ceremony in Ho Chi Minh City last September. A national enlistment program this year saw thousands of youth voluntarily join the army. Experts say the sense of national pride [...]
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