October 1, 2009
LookAtVietnam – For the women making thin gold sheets at Kieu Ky village, winter is something. Nguyen Thi Hoi spreads a special type of glue-ink on small sheets of poonah paper to make them tough enough to hold gold squares for flattening by hammer.“We won’t sweat as much then,” said Nguyen Thi Hoi, one of [...]
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September 17, 2009
Honorees Paul Stookey, Mary Travers and Peter Yarrow of Peter, Paul and Mary arrive at the 2006 Songwriters Hall of Fame induction ceremony at the Marriott Marquis Hotel in New York June 15, 2006 Mary Travers of the folk music trio Peter, Paul & Mary, whose versions of âIf I Had a Hammerâ and âBlowinâ [...]
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September 6, 2009
Gong correctors use skills handed down through generations but experts fear their talents will be lost. Gong players in Tay Nguyen need people able to perfect gong tunes.LookAtVietnam – Gong correctors use skills handed down through generations but experts fear their talents will be lost and that the ancient instruments will soon only exist in [...]
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May 1, 2009
Striker Bui Thi Hue (No. 14) of the Vital Thai Binh Club and the national womenâs volleyball team is known as âThe Hammerâ Bui Thi Hue is a powerful striker for the Vital Thai Binh Club and the national womenâs volleyball team. âWe call her âThe Hammerâ,â club coach Thai Thanh Tung said.Hue burst into [...]
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October 13, 2008
Leaders from the eurozone countries hammered out an action plan in a joint response to the unfolding financial crisis at their first ever summit in Paris on Sunday. Austria’s Federal Chancellor Alfred Gusenbauer (L) and Luxembourg’s Prime Minister Jean-Claude Juncker shake hands ahead of a financial crisis summit gathering Eurogroup heads of state and government [...]
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October 7, 2008
An allegedly fake painting by Bui Xuan Phai posted for bids on Sotheby’s website. The son of legendary Vietnamese painter Bui Xuan Phai has threatened to sue Sotheby’s if the British auction house persisted in selling counterfeits of his father’s painting. Bui Thanh Phuong, a well known painter himself, alleges four of five pictures of [...]
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