Posts Tagged ‘ forms ’

The dance of life 

December 3, 2011
The dance of life 

  Thai women in the northern mountainous provinces perform xoe vong (dancing in circle) Without xoe, rice will not grow Without xoe, the flower will wither Without xoe, boys and girls will not become couples The poem eloquently expresses the importance of xoe in the daily life of the Thai people who populate the remote [...]

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From Italy with amore 

May 9, 2011
From Italy with amore 

  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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Businesses desperate for unskilled workers

November 19, 2009
Businesses desperate for unskilled workers

LookAtVietnam – With the economy in recovery and production returning to normal, many businesses are now facing severe shortages of manual workers. At a recent Ha Noi job fair, many businesses left with thousands of blank application forms due to a shortage of applicants for unskilled positions in their companies.At a recent Ha Noi job [...]

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Municipal, provincial leaders to decide on child adoption

November 3, 2009
Municipal, provincial leaders to decide on child adoption

A foreign visitor talks with children at the Que Huong Charity Center in Binh Duong Province Chairpersons of people’s committees in provinces and cities will have the authority to decide on child adoptions, including those by foreigners, according to a bill submitted to the National Assembly on Monday. The decision, however, will be made in [...]

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Parents scrambling for seats at kindergartens for their children

July 8, 2009
Parents scrambling for seats at kindergartens for their children

This summer is a difficult one for many parents of kindergarten-age children as they have to run the gauntlet to secure seats for their children for the coming school year. The parents wait to purchase application forms to register their children for the kindergartenIn the evening on July 6, nearly 100 parents were seen standing [...]

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HCM City seeks infrastructure cash

June 16, 2009
HCM City seeks infrastructure cash

LookAtVietnam – The HCM City’s Department of Transportation and Public Works hopes to raise capital for key infrastructure projects from multiple sectors through various investment forms, a senior official has said. The Nguyen Van Cu bridge connects District 1 and District 4 in HCM City.It is also open to new investment forms that have not [...]

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Focus on girls in world day against child labour

June 11, 2009
Focus on girls in world day against child labour

LookAtVietnam – Poverty has long been blamed as the main challenge of Viet Nam’s efforts to eliminate child labour and empower young girls. Girls learn to embroider at a training class in Cua Lo Township of Nghe An province.With “Give girls a chance: end child labour”, Viet Nam calls on society to protect children, give [...]

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World’s cheapest car goes on sale in India

April 10, 2009
World’s cheapest car goes on sale in India

Potential customers inspect a Tata Nano car at a showroom in Kolkata Thursday. The world’s cheapest car went on sale Thursday, with dealers and the company behind it confident of strong demand despite a slump in global car sales amid the world economic downturn. Bookings opened for orders of Tata Motors’ 100,000-rupee (US$2,000) Nano at [...]

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‘Perchance’ to dream

April 1, 2009
‘Perchance’ to dream

Theseus, Duke of Athens, and his fiancée, Hippolyta, Queen of the Amazons, celebrate their engagement A unique theater collaboration uses hat boi to put a new face on a Shakespearean classic. What do you get when you mix barking trees, a magician conjuring up spells, a forest goddess falling in love with a monkey and [...]

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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...