December 19, 2011
A photo on AsianScientist showing a mother and her baby. A new mass media campaign in Vietnam asks mothers to feed their babies early and exclusively with breast milk for at least the first six months. A mass media campaign launched in Vietnam December 14 asks parents to ensure exclusive and continued breastfeeding during the early part of [...]
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December 5, 2011
 Mai Phung Luu, a fisherman in the central Vietnamese province of Quang Ngai who said he has been to every nook and cranny of the Hoang Sa (Paracel) Archipelago, asserts that he will continue heading to the Hoang Sa seas without fearing anything. International experts have encouraged Vietnam to take further actions to reaffirm [...]
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November 23, 2011
Film on gay men shows director approaching realism with confidence Hotboy noi loan va cau chuyen ve thang Cuoi, co gai diem va con vit (Lost Paradise), which is playing in theaters now, is Vu Ngoc Dang’s latest effort to make a serious movie that sells. The movie has taken part in several international [...]
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November 16, 2011
Bill on Denunciation would discredit the press as tattle-tales German Chancellor Angela Merkel (center, R) and Ho Chi Minh City Mayor Le Hoang Quan (center, L) surrounded by the press in front of city hall during her visit to HCMC on October 12. An article in the draft Law on Denunciation has come under [...]
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October 12, 2011
A number of doctors in Vietnam are advertising pharmaceutical products under the guise of medical advice, according to insiders who say the practice is unethical and a violation of government regulations.  Most popular recently is a commercial about a headache drug produced by the UK-based GlaxoSmithKline on Vietnam Television channels.  The product is also seen [...]
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October 7, 2011
Vo Van Ut Deo (R), a former senior police official in the Mekong Delta province of Soc Trang, was sentenced to two years in jail after his subordinates had beat up a detainee to death. The Ministry of Public Security has called for surveillance, preventive measures and strict measures against wrongdoings by police officials in [...]
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September 16, 2011
Ho Chi Minh City Securities Corp., Vietnam’s second-biggest brokerage by market share, expects its advisory business to grow as much as two-thirds as overseas and local companies tap into the nation’s rising consumer spending. The securities firm, also known as HSC, typically has 30 to 35 advisory deals ongoing per year, Chief Executive Officer [...]
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July 25, 2011
ABC's Robin Roberts talks to the alleged victim in the Dominique Strauss-Kahn case, Nafissatou Diallo in New York The New York hotel maid who accused former IMF chief Dominique Strauss-Kahn of attempting to rape her said in an interview published on Newsweek’s website on Sunday that he appeared as a "crazy man" and attacked her [...]
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July 19, 2011
A mother and children at a birthday party organized by a media firm in Hanoi. Busy parents in Vietnam’s capital city are paying firms between US$300 to $800 to organize their children’s birthday party. Â The new service is offered by approximately 20 media firms in the city and more than 40 groups of business [...]
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July 17, 2011
Many Vietnamese plan to buy a smart phone in the coming year, Nielsen says A whopping 75 percent of Vietnamese consumers intend to use mobile Internet in the next 12 months as the popularity of digital media is set to surge in the country, global measurement company Nielsen said in a report this week. Nielsen [...]
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