February 5, 2009
Vanina Nguyen, or Nguyen Hoai Van Anh, 19, a Vietnamese-Bulgarian athlete, has asked to join the Vietnamese national athletics team. Nguyen Hoai Van Anh and her medals. Vanina Nguyen has a Vietnamese father and Bulgarian mother. She is now a member of the Titan Athletics Club in Bulgaria. She was a member of the Bulgarian athletics [...]
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February 3, 2009
American expatriate Lee Nguyen, who struck a hat-trick in his first official match and the National Cup opener Sunday, is likely to be a harbinger for positive changes to come in Vietnamese football, say experts. Nguyen joined the Hoang Anh Gia Lai (HAGL) earlier this month with the highest monthly paycheck ever in Vietnamese football.Speaking [...]
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February 3, 2009
The two leading dailies in Japan, the Asahi Shimbun and the Yomiuri Shimbun, have reported that the Japan-Vietnam Joint Committee on Combating ODA Corruption in Japan-funded projects in Vietnam will release the first report this March. Lookatvietnam – The two leading dailies in Japan, the Asahi Shimbun and the Yomiuri Shimbun, have reported that [...]
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February 3, 2009
Some film projects for 2009 have been declared. Johnny Tri Nguyen and Ngo Thanh Van. Model, singer and actress Ngo Thanh Van and Vietnamese-American actor Johnny Tri Nguyen will kick off their own movie, invested in by Chanh Phuong Film, this March or April. Ngo Thanh Van said the script was written by Johnny Tri Nguyen. [...]
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January 31, 2009
Authorities in Ho Chi Minh City are worried unemployment will increase after around 7,000 workers at the cityâs industrial zones lost their jobs since June as the recession drives down exports. âSome companies are laying off workers because they donât have enough orders to maintain production,â Vu Van Hoa, head of the Ho Chi Minh [...]
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January 30, 2009
Lookatvietnam – It took them 49 years, but the national team finally netted their first regional gold title in December 2008 in a nail-biting final against arch rivals Thailand. Number one: Vietnamese players lift the ASEAN Football Championship – AFF-Suzuki Cup after beating archrivals Thailand 3-2 on aggregate goal in a two-leg final in Ha [...]
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January 25, 2009
Co Vien Lau is a cultural tourist site in Ninh Binh province, where visitors can see 25 old houses built in the style of the 18-20th century Red River civilisation. Visitors will find numerous antiques of high cultural and historic value. There is the Nong Cong house, built in 1847 under King Tu Duc Dynasty [...]
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January 21, 2009
TOSY Robotics JSC will send the latest robot built by Vietnam, TOPIO2.0, to the 60th Spielwarenmesse International Toy Fair in Nuremburg, Germany from February 5-10. TOPIO2.0 is a unique ping-pong playing robot designed in a human shape with a head, two hands and two legs. The robot weighs 60kg, stands 2.10m in height and can [...]
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January 15, 2009
VietNamNet Bridge – The ashes of student Tang Quoc Binh, who was murdered in Russia recently, will arrived in Vietnam this Sunday, January 18. VietNamNet Bridge – The ashes of student Tang Quoc Binh (photo), who was murdered in Russia recently, will arrived in Vietnam this Sunday, January 18. The student’s family in Russia received the [...]
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January 13, 2009
VietNamNet Bridge – The UK newspaper Daily Mail on Monday said that the world famous football club Manchester United (MU) plans to take an Asian tour this year. The tour may start on July 16 and Vietnam is among the club’s destinations, besides Malaysia, South Korea and China. VietNamNet Bridge – The UK newspaper Daily [...]
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