December 31, 2011
Artist Karishma Kannan poses next to a work in progress at her residence on November 23, 2011 It has been said that a picture is a poem without words. It has also been said that a picture is worth a thousand words. Karishma Kannan’s pictures live up to both these definitions, telling a poetic [...]
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November 13, 2011
A journalist looks at the ‘Newslist’ on the Guardian website on November 10. A British newspaper has thrown open its office doors, let the readers stride in, and invited them to peer over reporters’ shoulders — digitally, at least. The website of the left-leaning Guardian daily is publishing its ‘newslist’ — a schedule of stories [...]
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August 15, 2011
An art studio, which adapts the model of world-renowned Room 13, opened in Ho Chi Minh City on July 26 for young people to share their creating and thinking through art, Tuoi Tre newspaper has reported. Every Sunday morning from 9-11 a.m., around 20 children aged eight to 12 come to the studio, located [...]
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May 16, 2011
A bus stop advertisement in Ho Chi Minh City, which is home to half of Vietnam’s 5,000 advertising firms. Local ad agencies should stop undercutting each other and focus on improving the quality of their services so they can compete with foreign firms in the near future, industry insiders say. An executive of an advertising [...]
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January 7, 2010
The Vietnam Innovation Day 2010 has been launched, seeking innovative ideas that address climate change. This file photo, taken on Sep. 29, 2009 in the central province of Quang Ngai, shows an area hit by devastating typhoon Ketsana. LookAtVietnam – The World Bank, Vietnam’s Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment, and the Youth Union Central Committee launched [...]
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December 19, 2009
Nick Freeman, Senior Advisor to the Vietnam Challenge Fund, tells Thanh Nien Weekly about the role a new US$3 million co-financing grant instrument will play in poverty alleviation. Challenge funds originated in the UK. Even though the model has been applied to other countries, how can we be sure it will work in Vietnamâs particular [...]
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November 22, 2009
LookAtVietnam – The National Assembly’s Standing Committee on November 20 mapped out a plan of action for next year to encourage recommendations from deputies.The committee’s move to make its plans public so early was welcomed by deputies who said “these signs of democracy and transparency” should become permanent.NA Vice Chairwoman Tong Thi Phong said the [...]
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October 1, 2009
Five script ideas featuring Hanoi and its people on Wednesday won a filmmaking competition held by the US satellite and cable channel, Discovery. As winners of the first contest held by the satellite channel in Vietnam, Nguyen Manh Ha, Phan Duy Linh, Phan Y Ly, Dao Thanh Tung and Hoang Manh Cuong will cooperate with [...]
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September 27, 2009
Dr. Le Anh Sac.LookAtVietnam – Hanoi recently adopted a plan to multiply the number of PhD’s in the higher ranks of the city administration, and has set ambitious goals to recruit, train and retain ‘talent.’ Hanoi aims to have more officials with Ph.D degrees Dr. Le Anh Sac insists that if Hanoi wants officials able to suggest [...]
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August 29, 2009
The chairman of HCM City People’s Committee Le Hoang Quanpaid a visit to the city’s two football teams, HCM City FC and Saigon United, on August 27. HCMC People’s Committee Chairman Le Hoang Quan (R) encouraging HCMC FC’s coach Lu Dinh Tuan at the meeting with his team on August 27. LookAtVietnam – The chairman [...]
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