November 26, 2011
World famous jazz pianist Niels Lan Doky, born from a Vietnamese father and a Danish mother, will perform in Hanoi and Ho Chi Minh City. World famous Danish artists together with Vietnamese artists will jointly perform in a two-special-night concert to celebrate 40 years anniversary of diplomatic relations between the two countries. Wishing upon the [...]
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November 16, 2011
American student’s singing ambitions rekindled by the sound of Vietnamese Singing and teaching in Vietnam has not made Kyle Cochran (aka Kyo York) rich, but his life is better than ever. Photo courtesy of Kyo York When he first set foot in the Mekong Delta as a volunteer to teach English under a Princeton [...]
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October 31, 2011
The poverty of the male modeling industry forces many into prostitution Male models say they usually have 30-50 percent of their payment taken by the modeling company that recommended them to the show. Photo courtesy of Tuoi Tre newspaper. Hoang Phi quit his job working at a Mekong Delta television station to enroll in [...]
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October 20, 2011
Entrance to Cuu Village in Van Tu Commune, Phu Xuyen District, Hanoi It is an old village that has literally risen, phoenix-like, from the ashes, but is now in danger of being consumed by unbridled urbanization. Cuu Village in Van Tu Commune of the suburban district of Phu Xuyen is one of the oldest [...]
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September 27, 2011
Tran Thu Ha’s three new albums and poetry collection traverse the personal and the political, revealing a dynamism rarely found in young artists Ha Tran posed with a fan and her first book of poetry Thap ky yeu at Phuong Nam Bookstore in Ho Chi Minh City For 34-year-old singer Tran Thu Ha, releasing [...]
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June 23, 2011
A famous village in the suburbs of Hanoi, with houses dating back hundreds of years, has decided to turn its back on history, aesthetics and healthy living A man walks past a house under construction in Cu Da Village in the outskirts of Hanoi. Famed for its century old European-style houses, the village has [...]
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June 12, 2011
Famous K-pop boyband 2A.M and singer Lee Hyun wowed fans with their performances at Hanoi’s My Dinh Stadium last weekend. Themed “The TAL with 2A.M”, the show opened with an instrumental musical “The Mask”, directed by Choi Sori, and performed by TAL, or the Taekwondo Absolute Legend group. “The Mask” was a combination of [...]
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June 11, 2011
Author, playwright and director plays all the roles in her plays Nguyen Thi Minh Ngoc, a well-known writer, director, playwright and actress, in an act at the University of Phan Thiet, the central province of Binh Thuan last month. Ngoc held a mini-tour of her monodramas around three universities. Last month, Nguyen Thi Minh [...]
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May 9, 2011
An Italian artist aims to be the man behind a successful Vietnamese woman Italian artist Richard di San Marzano at home with his paintings. He was born in England, studied painting in Australia and Italy, and worked for many years in France and the United States. Then, seven years ago, Richard di San Marzano returned [...]
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March 22, 2011
International athletes at the 2011 International Yachting Festival in Mui Ne THE 2011 INTERNATIONAL YACHTING FESTIVAL SCHEDULE ⢠MARCH 17 8 a.m. to 9 a.m.: Opening ceremony at Hon Rom Beach, Km 20, Mui Ne Ward, Phan Thiet Town 10 a.m. to 3:30 p.m.: Yachting performance on beaches stretching from Hon Rom to the [...]
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