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Vietnamese wins second prize at int’l PC case modification contest 

January 16, 2012
Vietnamese wins second prize at int’l PC case modification contest 

    A Vietnamese has won second prize in an international online computer-case modifying contest, VnExpress reported Thursday. According to the newswire, Nguyen Dinh Ban received 273 out of 4,000 votes cast in the contest held by world-famous forum bit-tech.net and sponsored by Intel and Lamptron as well as others. Ban’s ROG Rampage received only [...]

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Jewelry queen pageant mired in scandal again 

January 8, 2012
Jewelry queen pageant mired in scandal again 

Tran Thi Thanh Truc (R), 19, was crowned the winner of the fifth Vietnam Jewelry Queen The Vietnam Jewelry Queen contest has been rocked by scandal again after one of its contestants said they were forced to serve wine to unknown men. Tran Thi Hoa said that before the final round on December 30, the [...]

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Lawsuits, confusion taint local art contests 

January 7, 2012
Lawsuits, confusion taint local art contests 

   Tran Tuy’s Khuc dong ca (a children’s song) (Under), which was eerily reminiscent of photographer Duy Anh’s Tiep buoc cha ong (Follow in the ancestor’s footsteps) (Above). Since the list of award-winning works were announced in June, a provincial literature and arts contest in central Vietnam has received several petitions of denouncement regarding a [...]

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Vietnam named first runner-up in Japan programming contest 

December 30, 2011
Vietnam named first runner-up in Japan programming contest 

Vu Viet Duc and Vu Thanh Tu, both students at the University of Engineering and Technology under the Hanoi-based Vietnam National University, won first runner-up prize at a Japanese programming contest on Decmber 23. Vietnam has won the first runner-up prize in an international programming contest initiated by Japan, according to a report in Tuoi [...]

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Vietnam named first runner-up in Japan programming contest 

December 29, 2011
Vietnam named first runner-up in Japan programming contest 

Vu Viet Duc and Vu Thanh Tu, both students at the University of Engineering and Technology under the Hanoi-based Vietnam National University, won first runner-up prize at a Japanese programming contest on Decmber 23. Vietnam has won the first runner-up prize in an international programming contest initiated by Japan, according to a report in Tuoi [...]

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Vietnamese finish second in Korean pop contest 

December 19, 2011
Vietnamese finish second in Korean pop contest 

Four members of Vietnam’s Tuxedo and Ao Dai received their second award at the contest in Korea last week. Vietnamese band Tuxedo and Ao Dai won the second prize at the World K-Pop Singing Contest held in Korea last week, Vietnam News Agency reported. The band was formed by putting together four members from the [...]

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Nung girl wins 2nd Miss Ethnic Vietnam contest 

December 14, 2011
Nung girl wins 2nd Miss Ethnic Vietnam contest 

Miss Ethnic Vietnam 2011 Trieu Thi Ha of Nung ethnic community from the northern mountainous province of Cao Bang. Trieu Thi Ha of the Nung ethnic community from the northern mountainous province of Cao Bang defeated 59 other contestants to win the Miss Ethnic Vietnam 2011 crown on Saturday. Ha, a 19-year-old student of Thai Nguyen University [...]

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Nine golds on Monday keeps Vietnam in third place at SEA Games 

November 22, 2011
Nine golds on Monday keeps Vietnam in third place at SEA Games 

Boxer Luong Van Toan (2nd, R) won the gold medal in the men's 81kg event. Winning nine gold medals on Monday helped to keep Vietnam in third place at the South East Asian Games being held November 11-22. Vietnam is ranked behind top-place host Indonesia and Thailand. The nine golds were grabbed by Vietnamese competitors [...]

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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...