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LG TV named best gadget, Microsoft bows out in style 

January 14, 2012
LG TV named best gadget, Microsoft bows out in style 

   People are seen mingling in front of a display of LG Electronics televisions during the annual Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas, Nevada, where LG unveiled their 55-inch OLED TV, said to be the world’s largest. The TV set was later crowned ‘best gadget’ of the CES. A razor-thin television from LG Electronics was [...]

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Book Streets to complement Flower Street 

January 7, 2012
Book Streets to complement Flower Street 

Visitors read special editions of local magazines and newspaper at last year’s book street in Ho Chi Minh City. The annual Nguyen Hue Flower Street display during this year’s Tet (Lunar New Year) holiday will be once again accompanied by three book streets in Ho Chi Minh City from January 20-26. The event, which aims [...]

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Opened in haste… 

June 4, 2011
Opened in haste… 

  The building was unique, and it opened to befitting fanfare on a very special occasion – the 1,000th anniversary of Thang Long – Hanoi. Easily the largest museum in Vietnam, the four-storey reverse pyramid shaped building was received with appropriate “oohs” and “aahs.” Thousand of people gathered to celebrate the inauguration of the building, [...]

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HCMC museum puts 300 new acquisitions on display 

April 25, 2011
HCMC museum puts 300 new acquisitions on display 

“Pounding rice in Bom bo village” by painter Quach Phong is one of works on display at an ongoing exhibition in HCMC. The Ho Chi Minh City Fine Arts Museum Saturday opened a display of about 300 artifacts it acquired over the last five years (2006 to 2010). The displayed works include paintings, statutes and sketches made [...]

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Seas’ witnesses 

December 20, 2010
Seas’ witnesses 

  Vietnamese boat maker woos collectors and connoisseurs with expert craftsmanship   A small sailboat built by Old Modern Handicraftscan is tested in a man-made pond in Binh Thuan Province. The sails of a solitary white yacht flutter proudly in the blue waters of the coastal province of Binh Thuan. Canoes and kayaks make way [...]

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70 percent of styled kumquat and peach trees have found owners

January 25, 2010
70 percent of styled kumquat and peach trees have found owners

LookAtVietnam – Tet will come only in three weeks, but nearly all kumquat and peach trees in the gardens of the famous flower villages have been sold.  People, who drop into flower villages of Nhat Tan, Tu Lien and Dong Ngac now see small plates hanging over many kumquat and peach trees saying “sold.” A gardener [...]

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Flower fanatics prepare for Da Lat festival

December 28, 2009
Flower fanatics prepare for Da Lat festival

Da Lat, which is famous for growing a variety of flowers, is an attractive destination for many foreign and domestic visitors. LookAtVietnam – Thirty flower businesses will showcase their blossoms in the streets of Da Lat in early January.Bui Van Sang, the owner of one of Da Lat’s most well-known tourist sites, the Valley of [...]

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Thanh Chuong Residence to celebrate Hanoi’s 1000th anniversary

November 24, 2009
Thanh Chuong Residence to celebrate Hanoi’s 1000th anniversary

Painter Thanh Chuong has spent several years completing works for Thanh Chuong Residence to welcome Hanoi’s 1000th anniversary. He has also designed seven events for this occasion. Artist Thanh Chuong.LookAtVietnam – Painter Thanh Chuong has spent several years completing works for the Thanh Chuong Residence, built from 2001-2003 as a museum of Vietnamese culture, to welcome [...]

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What’s in a vase

November 15, 2009
What’s in a vase

A still from the Danish -Vietnamese mini-series Manh ghep cuoc doi (Porcelain) Piracy, prosperity and a Vietnamese love story present the history of a porcelain vase on display at a Dutch museum. There is more than a grain of truth in the fictional Manh ghep cuoc doi (Porcelain) television series commissioned by the Zeeuws Museum [...]

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LIFESTYLE IN BRIEF 16/10

October 16, 2009
LIFESTYLE IN BRIEF 16/10

Electronic books about Ha Noi planned for 1,000th anniversary; New LED screens display capital’s images and new regulations; Artist to show works in German exhibition A project to compile and publish five electronic books on Ha Noi, to celebrate the capital’s 1,000th anniversary, has begun.Three books will be completed this year, including Ca Khuc Ha [...]

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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...