Posts Tagged ‘ comes ’

IPad beat on power, speed by new non-clones 

December 23, 2011
IPad beat on power, speed by new non-clones 

  We’re finally beginning to see some distinctive 10-inch Android tablets that are more than iPad knockoffs. Earlier this year, Sony released its wedge-shaped Tablet. Now, two more entries provide features and functionality beyond Apple Inc.’s offerings: Asustek Computer Inc.’s Eee Pad Transformer Prime and the Droid Xyboard 10.1 from Motorola Mobility Holdings Inc. and [...]

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Kindle edges Nook, Sony in $99 e-reader race 

December 19, 2011
Kindle edges Nook, Sony in $99 e-reader race 

  Amazon.com Inc.’s Kindle Fire has understandably dominated the e-reader buzz this holiday season. Not everyone, though, wants all the bells and whistles, or the bulk and expense, of a full-on color tablet. They just want an e-reader in order to, you know, read. For these folks, Amazon and Barnes & Noble Inc. have released [...]

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Old woman and the bridge 

September 9, 2011
Old woman and the bridge 

  Soothsaying guide presents the past and foretells the future Tran Thi Dieu, 78, entertains a foreign tourist thanks to her fluent English and fortune-telling skills. Thuy Thanh Commune boasts an impressive tile-roofed bridge that is such an integral and central part of it that the village itself is now called the Thanh Toan Tile [...]

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Finding a balance

September 28, 2009
Finding a balance

Nguyen Thi Hoa and her male partner perform a Corde Lisse at the HCMC Circus in September 23rd Park. They will lose their venue soon but the daredevils of the Ho Chi Minh City Circus love their profession too much to quit hanging, swirling, and flying high. Quoc Co still shudders when he thinks of [...]

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Thu Le Park and zoo provide relaxation for city dwellers

August 30, 2009
Thu Le Park and zoo provide relaxation for city dwellers

Tran Van Bang laughs with joy when a little ca ro gets caught in his hook. The 57-year-old war veteran comes every weekend to Thu Le Park to fish. Lovers tour Thu Le Lake on swan boats in Thu Le Park.LookAtVietnam – Tran Van Bang laughs with joy when a little ca ro (anabas fish) [...]

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Music from the Melting Pot

May 17, 2009
Music from the Melting Pot

Ozomatli poses at a press conference in HCMC last Monday A Grammy award-winning from Los Angeles rocked audiences last week with a blend of music styles that transcends cultural and social boundaries. Multi is the operative prefix when it comes to multi-Grammy award winning band Ozomatli. They are multiethnic, multiracial and multi-influenced.“You drive down Sunset [...]

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Sex doll with a heart

May 16, 2009
Sex doll with a heart

A still from “Air Doll,” in which Bae Doo-Na (L) plays a sex doll that comes alive The loneliness of big city life, what it means to be human, and how movies can teach you all you need to know are just some of the themes in a Japanese film about a sex doll that [...]

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ABBA cover band comes to Vietnam

February 4, 2009
ABBA cover band comes to Vietnam

ABBA fans will have a chance to see their idols and enjoy immortal songs like “Happy New Year”, “Money, Money, Money” and “Dancing Queen” in Vietnam this Valentine’s through the performance of FABBA, the most successful ABBA cover band ever.     The 120-minute show entitled “FABBA and ABBA’s Immortal Songs” will come to Hanoi (Giang [...]

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Tet comes early for Truong Sa islanders

January 24, 2009
Tet comes early for Truong Sa islanders

Tet is still at least 24 hours away for most Vietnamese. One of the thousands of Vietnamese soldiers in the Truong Sa brigade who defend sacred territories of their homeland.— Lookatvietnam – Tet is still at least 24 hours away for most Vietnamese.But for the thousands of Vietnamese soldiers defending the sacred territories of their [...]

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IT expert comes home with a helping hand

January 20, 2009
IT expert comes home with a helping hand

Vietnamese American Do Van Du (L) on a charity trip to support children with hydrocephalus in a hospital in Vietnam After 20 years in the US building a successful career in information technology (IT), 57-year-old Do Van Du has returned to his country to train other people with disabilities. In 1966, at the age of [...]

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Vietnam, Cuba foreign ministries to bolster ties

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Vietnam’s top diplomat has affirmed that the Foreign Ministry will closely cooperate with its Cuban counterpart to implement the agreements reached by the two...