January 23, 2012
Affluence and status-mongering could distort the meaning and purpose of a venerable custom A ceremony held to celebrate longevity for both parents in Hanoi “Kinh gia, gia de tuoi cho” – Respect the elders and you will live for as long as they do, goes a well-known Vietnamese saying. Hence, the older the elder, [...]
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January 19, 2012
Vietnam on Thursday reported its first human death from bird flu in nearly two years, as the virus also claimed the life of a toddler in Cambodia. Â Concerns about avian influenza have risen in the region after China in late December reported its first fatality from the H5N1 virus in 18 months, but [...]
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January 18, 2012
Nguyen Dinh Loi (R) and Nguyen Dinh Kien. Three men from northern Vietnam, convicted of rape and robbery ten years ago and released early 2010 , will have to continue their jail terms, according to a Hanoi People’s Court decision sent to them on Monday. The decision, signed on January 12, noted that they would [...]
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January 15, 2012
The location in Ninh Thuan Province's Ninh Phuoc District chosen for Vietnam's first nuclear power plant to be built in 2014. Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung has reaffirmed Vietnam’s determination to build a nuclear power plant because the country is due to experience serious power shortages in the next decade. “We are determined to develop [...]
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January 14, 2012
 Director Le Hoang (L). His latest sleazy movie, Toi nay 8h! (At 8 Tonight), revolves around a straightforward question that satirizes materialistic relationships: how much does it cost to sleep with you? Le Hoang’s latest soft-porn flick, Toi nay 8h! (At 8 Tonight), just like his earlier ones, are less “cheap” than many people [...]
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January 2, 2012
Alternative exhibition spaces are striving to develop in Vietnam 20 years after they first came on the scene An artist performing his work at the ‘Shaping a Line’ exhibition, opening from July 28 to September 8, at San Art in Ho Chi Minh City. Photo courtesy of SanArt. Artists are famous, if not notorious, [...]
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December 30, 2011
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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December 29, 2011
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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December 23, 2011
The Saigon Post Office in the early-20th century ⦠and the Ho Chi Minh City’s General Post Office at present In Ho Chi Minh City, two iconic buildings that are tourist attractions as much for their architecture as their history are the Notre Dame Cathedral and General Post Office situated next to each other [...]
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December 19, 2011
A photo on AsianScientist showing a mother and her baby. A new mass media campaign in Vietnam asks mothers to feed their babies early and exclusively with breast milk for at least the first six months. A mass media campaign launched in Vietnam December 14 asks parents to ensure exclusive and continued breastfeeding during the early part of [...]
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