January 15, 2012
Do Ngoc Tuan (R), 42, of Long An Province’s Ben Luc Town won more than US$300,000 after buying unsold tickets from vendor Pham Thi Lanh (L) Tuan’s equanimity in the face of such a change in his fortunes has made the news as much as the winning itself. Just as impressive is the story [...]
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January 11, 2012
Pham Thi My Linh, 19, had her jail term cut to six months at a trial in Ho Chi Minh City on Monday. The girl pleaded guilty to charges of "acting against people on public mission." An appeal court in Ho Chi Minh City Monday reduced the jail term for a 19-year-old girl who caused a stir [...]
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November 19, 2011
Vietnamese athletes earned 12 gold medals at the SEA Games on Wednesday, raising the total to 56 golds and jumping to second place behind hosts Indonesia. The 12 gold medals on Wednesday came in swimming, billiards, vovinam, free style wrestling, shooting, chess and rowing. Billiards player Ma Minh Cam closed the day with a [...]
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August 30, 2011
Deputy head of Hanoi Department of Education and Training Pham Thi Hong Nga speaks at a Tuesday meeting on illegal collection of extra fees at local schools. Hanoi education officials on Tuesday said many schools in the city have been charging students illegal fees, many of which are disguised as "voluntary" money. Â Some fees [...]
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August 27, 2011
Pham Thi My Linh, 18, stands in an outdoor trial on August 23, 2011. A court in Ho Chi Minh City sentenced an 18-year-old girl to nine months in jail Tuesday for slapping a traffic policeman on the street last month. Pham Thi My Linh was found guilty of “resisting an executive officer in performance of [...]
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July 21, 2011
A still from a YouTube clip that shows 18-year-old Pham Thi My Linh slapping a traffic police officer. Police in Ho Chi Minh City are investigating an 18-year-old girl who was filmed slapping a police officer during a routine traffic stop, VnExpress reported Wednesday. Â The case made headlines after a camera phone video apparently [...]
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July 2, 2011
Three Nigerians react as they received jail terms of between 20 years and life Wednesday for trafficking drugs in Ho Chi Minh City. A court in Ho Chi Minh City Wednesday handed down a life sentence to a Nigerian for trafficking drugs, VnExpress reported.  The HCMC People’s Court convicted Ben Blessed, 31, of leading two [...]
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March 30, 2011
Ca tru singer Pham Thi Hue (L) and her teacher, folk artisan Nguyen Phu De, have just released the first-ever ca tru recording in an extensive effort to promote the art The first recorded ca tru album (an ancient genre of chamber music featuring female vocalists) has just been released as part of an extensive [...]
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December 25, 2010
Artist Duc Dau performs on Quang Trung war-drums at his house which is a living museum of all kinds of Vietnamese traditional musical instruments. Mention family bands and the Jacksons come to mind first, but not to those who know a “crazy” guy called Duc Dau, born Tran Trong Dau. Dau’s “Phu Dong Family Band” [...]
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November 27, 2010
Vietnam won the silver medal in the four-women, two-oar rowing category on Friday morning at the 2010 Asian Games in Guangzhou, China. The women’s team (Dang Thi Tham, Dang Thi Hanh, Nguyen Thi Huu and Tran Thi Sam) came in second behind China. Iran came in third to take the bronze. Earlier on Thursday, [...]
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