Posts Tagged ‘ Models ’

Catwalk not straight and narrow 

October 31, 2011
Catwalk not straight and narrow 

  The poverty of the male modeling industry forces many into prostitution Male models say they usually have 30-50 percent of their payment taken by the modeling company that recommended them to the show. Photo courtesy of Tuoi Tre newspaper. Hoang Phi quit his job working at a Mekong Delta television station to enroll in [...]

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Media ‘collision’ creates winners and losers, expert says 

June 4, 2011
Media ‘collision’ creates winners and losers, expert says 

Geof Heydon, vice president of Digital Economy at Alcatel-Lucent in Australia. Broadcasters, policy makers, regulators, and experts in media sector have met in Hanoi on May 24-25 for the 8th Asia Media Summit, which was viewed as a significant platform to address challenges and to identify opportunities in the new age of digital economy. The [...]

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Billion-dong baby 

May 23, 2011
Billion-dong baby 

  Heather Marks did not wear a pair of wings at the fifth annual fashion show Dem hoi chan dai (Leggy night), but she still managed to be the angel of the evening. Scores of the sexiest local models took to the catwalk on May 15 at Ho Chi Minh City’s Ocean Club. Local female [...]

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Prodigies or bodies? 

December 22, 2010
Prodigies or bodies? 

  Modeling industry, parents join hands to exploit pre-teen girls Le Hoang Bao Tran (L), 12, on the catwalk. Tran recently made headlines when her skirt was blown up (à la Marilyn Monroe) by an electric fan during a fashion show. 16-year-old Hong Que (R) from Hanoi started walking the catwalk when she was only [...]

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Toyota recalls will cost Vietnam owners more

February 1, 2010
Toyota recalls will cost Vietnam owners more

LookAtVietnam – Analysts have estimated that only a small number of Toyotas in Vietnam will be recalled for accelerator pedal problems. At the World Business Forum, Toyota’s president apologized for the need to recall millions of cars around the world due to faulty accelerator pedals. On January 21, Toyota provided its solution and its campaign to [...]

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Strategic car debate heats up again

January 20, 2010
Strategic car debate heats up again

LookAtVietnam – VAMA has informed government agencies that the proposal by MOIT to make 6-9 seat cars the strategic line is unreasonable.  VAMA members all hold different ideas about which car models should be chosen as the strategic car line. Toyota, Vinastar and GM-Daewoo advocate 6-9 seat cars, while Ford Vietnam says Vietnam should not [...]

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Foreign auto influx challenges domestic manufacturers

December 22, 2009
Foreign auto influx challenges domestic manufacturers

LookAtVietnam – A lot of foreign automobile manufacturers are bringing their products to sell in Vietnam, providing fierce competition with domestic products. Four international auto brand names have appeared in Vietnam within just the last two months. China’s Dong Feng in early November 2009 signed a cooperation agreement with a Vietnamese company, under which the Dong [...]

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Customs agency orders investigation of imported vehicles

December 18, 2009
Customs agency orders investigation of imported vehicles

VietNamNet Bridge – GDC has requested the Hai Phong Customs Agency to investigate suspected cases of import fraud. According to the GDC, some enterprises in Hai Phong City have recently imported some consignments of Hyundai Veracruz and Santa Fe cars, both seven seater cars with two-litre engines.  The said vehicles were declared by importers as [...]

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Luxury smart phones sell well

December 14, 2009
Luxury smart phones sell well

Even though they face low-priced competitors and imitations, brand name smart phones still sell well thanks to discounts, nice designs, modern technologies and the arrival of 3G in Vietnam.  Recent studies by GfK Retail and Technology showed that the smart phone revenues have been on the rise, accounting for 13.4 percent of the market in [...]

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Motor show – it’s not easy being green in Vietnam

November 24, 2009
Motor show – it’s not easy being green in Vietnam

VietNamNet Bridge – The Vietnam Motor Show 2009 officially closed on November 23 afternoon after an exhibition that was just a little greener in its ambitions. While greener hybrid cars are already huge sellers overseas – such vehicles are yet to catch on in Vietnam as high prices put them out of reach of most [...]

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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...