December 12, 2011
A panoramic view of Quang Ninh Province’s Ha Long Bay. Experts have called for improved services and preservation work as the UNESCO World Heritage Site gains further recognition as a natural wonder. A hike in admission fees for the Ha Long Bay, Vietnam’s foremost tourism site, has drawn a lot of flak, particularly over [...]
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November 23, 2011
Vietnamese-Australian Singer Thanh Bui and Vietnamese-American actress Kathy Uyen (second and third places) discuss road safety with local students. Actress Kathy Uyen and singer Thanh Bui paid a visit to Truong Van Thanh Primary School in Ho Chi Minh City in honor of World Remembrance Day for Road Traffic Victims on November 20. Uyen and [...]
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November 14, 2011
 Vietnam’s Ha Long Bay is one of the New Seven Wonders of Nature, announced the New7Wonders Foundation on November 12 after the first count of global voting ended a day earlier. In alphabetical order, the seven winners are the Amazon, Ha Long Bay, Iguazu Falls, Jeju Island, Komodo, Puerto Princesa Underground River and [...]
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June 3, 2011
Park Ji Sung, the South Korean international who plays for England’s Premier League club Manchester United, has announced his team for a friendly against Navibank Saigon in Ho Chi Minh City on June 15. The team includes famous names like French left fullback Patrice Evra (Manchester United), former Japanese midfielder Hidetoshi Nakata, midfielder Lee [...]
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February 18, 2011
Park Ji-sung at the opening of the JS Foundation. Photo: Yonhap Korean football sensation Park Ji-sung, who plays for Manchester United, will bring a few world famous players to Vietnam for a charity football match titled “Asian Dream Cup”, South Korean newspaper Chosun Ilbo reported on February 8. According to Chosun Ilbo, the June 15 [...]
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December 7, 2009
LookAtVietnam – Experts say bad parenting and the changing face of a modernizing society have created urban Vietnam’s street children. Nguyen Khac Long, 12, now feels safe and secure at the Children’s House in Ho Chi Minh City’s District 8, where he can study and interact with his peers. It is a far cry from two [...]
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December 6, 2009
Two shoeshine boys in downtown HCMC. Experts say bad parenting and the changing face of a modernizing society have created urban Vietnamâs street children. Nguyen Khac Long, 12, now feels safe and secure at the Childrenâs House in Ho Chi Minh Cityâs District 8, where he can study and interact with his peers.It is a [...]
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November 23, 2009
LookAtVietnam – Australian actress Jessica McNamee visited the central province of Quang Nam last week to see first hand the free eye surgery program funded by Fred Hollows Foundation (FHF) at work. LookAtVietnam – Australian actress Jessica McNamee visited the central province of Quang Nam last week to see first hand the free eye surgery [...]
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November 22, 2009
Australian actress Jessica McNamee removes the bandage from the eyes of 86- year-old Pham Thi Thong Australian actress Jessica McNamee visited the central province of Quang Nam early this week to see first hand the free eye surgery program funded by Fred Hollows Foundation (FHF) at work. The star of Packed to the Rafters, an [...]
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November 17, 2009
Australian actress Jessica McNamee will visit Viet Nam this week for a first-hand look at the Fred Hollows Foundation’s blindness prevention programme in developing countries. See need: Australian actress Jessica McNamee serves as an ambassador for the Fred Hollows Foundation Programme in Viet Nam. â File PhotoAfter her three-day visit, which begins today, McNamee will [...]
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