January 2, 2012
Hotels in Vietnam trade on the past to further their 21st century ambitions Sofitel Legend Metropole Hanoi hotel, which hosted well-known novelists such as Graham Greene and Somerset Maugham, is famous with classic French architecture After the sun sinks among the limestone karsts of Ha Long Bay, the stars come out, to pepper the [...]
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July 31, 2011
American instructor found his calling after learning and failing as a producer and director Hollywood film instructor Dov Simens (in black suit), who admits that he is a mean, rude, and direct teacher, gave a lecture on filmmaking in HCMC from July 26-28 Hands on his hips, the grey-haired foreigner in a black suit [...]
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January 14, 2011
Nursery owner Tran Thi Phung received a two-year-sentence for abusing a four-year-old girl in the southern province of Binh Duong. A court in the southern province of Binh Duong Friday handed down a jail term of two years to a nursery owner for maltreating a four-year-old girl. Â Tran Thi Phung, 53, who was convicted [...]
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July 3, 2009
Nguyen Hong Hanh has won full four-year scholarships from 11 US colleges and universities.LookAtVietnam – While most of her classmates are preparing for university entrance exams next month, Nguyen Hong Hanh has already been granted full scholarships to 11 American universities. Hanh, who is focusing on English studies in her senior year at Hanoi-Amsterdam High [...]
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June 29, 2009
Nguyen Hong Hanh has won full four-year scholarships from 11 US colleges and universities While most of her classmates are preparing for university entrance exams next month, Nguyen Hong Hanh has already been granted full scholarships to 11 American universities. Hanh, who is focusing on English studies in her senior year at Hanoi-Amsterdam High School, [...]
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June 29, 2009
Honduras’ President Manuel Zelaya speaks on national television at the Presidential house in Tegucigalpa June 27, 2009. Shots were fired near the presidential palace in Honduras where protests erupted after the army ousted and exiled leftist President Manuel Zelaya on Sunday in Central America’s first military coup since the Cold War. Hundreds of pro-Zelaya protesters, [...]
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June 17, 2009
LookAtVietnam – National Assembly deputies yesterday, June 16, re-examined the issue of which Government agencies should bear responsibility for cryptography. Photo: VNAA law on cryptography was necessary to defend confidential Government information and ensure national defence and security, deputies agreed.Discussion centered on whether the Government Committee on cryptography should be put under the auspices of [...]
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May 27, 2009
Bao Viet Insurance & Finance Group, 10 percent owned by HSBC Holdings Plc, said it may list on the countryâs main exchange as early as next month after the nationâs benchmark stock index rebounded from a four-year low. Vietnamâs biggest insurer, also known as Bao Viet Holdings, will list about 573 million shares on the [...]
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April 13, 2009
LookAtVietnam – Border guards in the northern border province of Ha Giang have saved seven children and five young women from being abducted into China. Five children in Ha Giang Province are protected after being rescued from traffickers. It’s proposed to raise the maximum punishment for abductors to life imprisonment instead of 20 years as [...]
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