August 9, 2011
50 years after the US began spraying Agent Orange over Vietnam and 36 years after the end of the war, victims suffer as realpolitik considerations offer faint glimmers of hope Teacher Nguyen Ngoc Phuong (C), 31, an Agent Orange victim, walks among other victims during a lesson at a hospice in Vietnam’s Da Nang [...]
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August 8, 2011
Vietnamese filmmakers should quit blaming the censors and learn to make scary movies without relying only on blood and guts Dustin Nguyen (L) and Tam Tit, two of the stars of Giua hai the gioi (Between two worlds) The teenage girls I spoke with after seeing Vu Thai Hoa’s Giua hai the gioi (Between [...]
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September 20, 2009
LookAtVietnam – Musician and Buddhist monk Thich Chan Quang has composed more than 60 songs, many of which have been performed in various national music programmes across the nation. His song Nho Nguoi (Missing Him) won amongst all other songs composed about President Ho Chi Minh in a recent contest organised by the HCM City [...]
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August 3, 2009
Dragon dance is one of the more common dances performed during the harvest festivitiesLookAtVietnam – The San Chi people believe that the better dancers and musicians perform at their harvest festival, the more the gods will bless them. Hau Duc Nhanh, a young man of the ethnic San Chi community in Phu Luong District, wakes [...]
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July 18, 2009
The San Chi people believe that the better dancers and musicians perform at their harvest festival , the more the gods will bless them. Dragon dance is one of the more common dances performed during the harvest festivitiesHau Duc Nhanh, a young man of the ethnic San Chi community in Phu Luong District, wakes up [...]
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May 9, 2009
Vietnamese Deputy Foreign Minister Pham Binh Minh presented Vietnam’s Universal Periodic Review at the United Nations Human Rights Council’s session on May 8 in Geneva, Switzerland. The UN Human Rights Council’s session on May 8 in Geneva. The first time presenting its report on human rights practices to the UN, Vietnam prepared a national report, which [...]
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April 21, 2009
Vietnam will present its Universal Periodic Review at the United Nations Human Rights Council on May 8 to highlight its achievements and make commitments to safeguarding its citizens’ human rights. LookAtVietnam – Vietnam will present its Universal Periodic Review at the United Nations Human Rights Council on May 8 to highlight its achievements and make [...]
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