Posts Tagged ‘ Indonesian ’

Tien Minh favored to win gold at SEA Games 

November 4, 2011
Tien Minh favored to win gold at SEA Games 

  Vietnam’s best badminton player Nguyen Tien Minh is favored to win the gold medal of the men’s singles event at the 26th South East Asian Games beginning November 12. The 28-year-old Minh, ranked 8th in the world, is favored because the world number one Malaysian Lee Chong Wei has withdrawn from the Malaysian team [...]

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Discover Indonesian food 

June 11, 2011
Discover Indonesian food 

A variety of authentic Indonesian flavors will be available at Riverside Café at Renaissance Riverside Hotel Saigon from June 13 to 29. Indonesian food doesn’t get as much credit as it deserves, not even in Southeast Asia. While Vietnamese pho, Thai curries and Malaysian satays have become emblematic of Asian cuisine, most gastronomes would be [...]

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Indonesian culture fest comes to Vietnam 

April 21, 2011
Indonesian culture fest comes to Vietnam 

Angklung, the Indonesian music instrument made of bamboo A one-week Indonesian cultural festival, kicked off on April 17 at the Ho Chi Minh City Youth Cultural House, drawing large crowds. Organized, jointly, by the Indonesian Consul-General and the Ho Chi Minh City Friendship Organizations Union, the festival highlighted the country’s cultural diversity. Participants gathered at [...]

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Sheltering fishermen an int’l obligation, says navy commander

November 13, 2009
Sheltering fishermen an int’l obligation, says navy commander

Vietnam asks that all its fishermen who enter foreign or disputed waters unintentionally or to seek shelter be treated humanely in reciprocation for what the country has done for its neighbors, the top navy officer said. Vice Admiral Nguyen Van Hien, Commander of the Vietnamese People’s Navy, said China’s brutal mistreatment of Vietnamese fishermen seeking [...]

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Indonesia pledges safe, humane treatment of Vietnamese fishermen

November 13, 2009
Indonesia pledges safe, humane treatment of Vietnamese fishermen

Nine fishermen returned home safely to the central province of Quang Ngai in July after their vessel was sunk by a foreign ship Indonesian authorities will ensure the safe repatriation and humane treatment of Vietnamese fishermen found in Indonesian waters, Ambassador Pitono Purnomo told Thanh Nien Weekly. The Indonesian parliament recently passed of the amended [...]

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Indonesian police arrest 2 anti-graft body deputies

November 1, 2009

Two suspended deputies of Indonesia’s Corruption Eradication Commission were arrested Thursday in a graft case that has complicated President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono’s drive for clean governance. Police named Chandra Hamzah and Bibit Rianto as suspects last month for allegedly abusing their power to issue travel bans against people being probed for corruption. Yudhoyono suspended them [...]

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Indonesian activist promotes green living through bicycles

October 28, 2009
Indonesian activist promotes green living through bicycles

LookAtVietnam – Use pedal power and save the environment, Indonesian activist Bambang Hertadi Mas, aka Paimo, wants to tell people of all countries. Forget something? Bambang Hertadi Mas rides along Nguyen Van Linh Boulevard with other cyclists during a downtown tour in HCM City.Paimo cycled into HCM City on Sunday as part of a regional [...]

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Back-to-back win for Minh at Viet Nam Open

October 12, 2009
Back-to-back win for Minh at Viet Nam Open

LookAtVietnam – Viet Nam’s top male badminton player Nguyen Tien Minh won his second Viet Nam Open title with the bonus of US$3,750 Bird man: Nguyen Tien Minh returns a drop shot from his Malaysian opponent Chong Wei Feng in the men’s singles final on October 11. Minh won 21-7, 19-21, 21-14 to clinch the [...]

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Nhung advances in Grand Prix

October 8, 2009
Nhung advances in Grand Prix

LookAtVietnam – Viet Nam’s top badminton player Le Ngoc Nguyen Nhung scored her first international win since returning to circuit earlier this year Deft touch: Le Ngoc Nguyen Nhung beat unseeded Indonesian Melicia Kurniawan in the first round of the Yonex-Sunrise Viet Nam Open Grand Prix yesterday to enter the second round of the women’s [...]

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Yudhoyono taps temporary replacements for Indonesia graft body

October 6, 2009
Yudhoyono taps temporary replacements for Indonesia graft body

Indonesian President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono (R) Indonesian President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono Tuesday will fill three leadership posts at the country’s anti-graft body that were vacated due to criminal probes with former commissioners and a United Nations adviser. A five-man panel tasked with helping Yudhoyono pick the interim replacements nominated Mas Achmad Santosa, a lawyer who [...]

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Vietnam, Cuba foreign ministries to bolster ties

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Vietnam’s top diplomat has affirmed that the Foreign Ministry will closely cooperate with its Cuban counterpart to implement the agreements reached by the two...