December 30, 2011
A foreign language class at Nong Lam University in Ho Chi Minh City Education officers admitted at a Friday conference that foreign language teaching in Vietnam has been a “failure,” as many college students cannot use the languages. Experts at the conference over a national foreign language project said that incorrect understanding of the subject has [...]
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December 30, 2011
Students of French department at the Ho Chi Minh City University of Education Poor career prospects have left fewer and fewer students choosing French as their major in Ho Chi Minh City, according to a report by the Tuoi Tre newspaper. The report cited the HCMC University of Social Sciences and Humanities (USSH), one of the country’s hubs [...]
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December 28, 2011
A foreign language class at Nong Lam University in Ho Chi Minh City Education officers admitted at a Friday conference that foreign language teaching in Vietnam has been a “failure,” as many college students cannot use the languages. Experts at the conference over a national foreign language project said that incorrect understanding of the subject has [...]
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December 27, 2011
Students of French department at the Ho Chi Minh City University of Education Poor career prospects have left fewer and fewer students choosing French as their major in Ho Chi Minh City, according to a report by the Tuoi Tre newspaper. The report cited the HCMC University of Social Sciences and Humanities (USSH), one of the country’s hubs [...]
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December 23, 2011
I first met Christopher Hitchens some years ago at a panel put together by a publishing house. Our topic was, as I recall, the future of the public intellectual. We were in a hotel ballroom, and “No Smoking” signs were prominently displayed, but he had found an ashtray somewhere, and went through any number [...]
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December 22, 2011
A young girl in northern Vietnam. Ethnic minorities account for 13 percent of Vietnam's population, but 44.4 percent of the country's poor. © Alisa Tang/IRIN. For more than a decade, Nguyen Thi Quyen’s ethnic minority students in Lao Chai village primary school would stare at her blankly, unable to respond to her questions. As the [...]
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November 16, 2011
American student’s singing ambitions rekindled by the sound of Vietnamese Singing and teaching in Vietnam has not made Kyle Cochran (aka Kyo York) rich, but his life is better than ever. Photo courtesy of Kyo York When he first set foot in the Mekong Delta as a volunteer to teach English under a Princeton [...]
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November 13, 2011
The illustrated book of Vietnamese slangs depicted on the Amazon website. After being withdrawn from local bookstores last month for its alleged racy content and possibly offensive language, a comedic picture book depicting local youth slang is having its e-version released internationally. Under a publishing transfer between Vietnam-based Nha Nam and Fine Arts Publishing Houses [...]
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November 12, 2011
Silence is golden; it’s also a good way to have fun, approximately 300 attendees at the Silent Party, held on October 22, recently learned. The party, held by the Ho Chi Minh City’s Deaf Culture Club and group of volunteers, allowed attendees aged from 2.5 to 67 years old, to express their ideas without [...]
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November 7, 2011
A woman's skeleton found almost intact at a tomb in Dong Nai Province is exhibited at an announcement meeting held Friday Cultural authorities in the southern province of Dong Nai Friday announced their findings about an ancient tomb that was found with little damage. Â Carbon analysis estimates the tomb complex to have been built [...]
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