December 31, 2011
 The Vietnam National Symphony Orchestra plays at a concert in Hanoi last February Graham Sutcliffe, who has been living in Vietnam for 20 years, is now conductor of the Vietnam National Opera Ballet. Previously, he was the conductor of the Vietnam National Symphony Orchestra in Hanoi and also worked in Ho Chi Minh City. [...]
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October 22, 2011
 Vietnam U23 footballers Long Giang (L) and Trong Hoang (R) practice in Hanoi on October 13. The draw for the 26th South East Asian Games went well enough for Vietnam’s Under-23 footballers but critics say precaution is necessary. The Wednesday draw placed Vietnam in Group B with U23 teams from Myanmar, Laos, Brunei, East [...]
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October 21, 2011
Transport minister Dinh La Thang has proposed banning ministry officials from playing golf. A recent notice issued by newly appointed Transport Minister Dinh La Thang asking ministry officials to stop playing golf to save time for work is “impractical,” a Ministry of Justice official said Thursday. Le Hong Son, chief of a department in charge [...]
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July 31, 2011
Hanoi-born artist unafraid to take traditional instrument to new spaces Vo Van Anh playing the dan tranh at a concert in Ho Chi Minh City last week. The San Francisco based artist said her biggest desire was to introduce the traditional zither to world friends and the young Vietnamese. Every time she takes the [...]
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June 13, 2011
Libyan state television has shown footage of Moamer Kadhafi, seen here in April 2011, playing chess with the head of the World Chess Federation, as fighting between his forces and rebels raged on many fronts. Libyan state television showed footage of Moamer Kadhafi playing chess with the head of the World Chess Federation, as fighting [...]
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January 8, 2011
Eating while watching TV or playing on your computer might seem like a fun and efficient way to both feast your eyes and fill your stomach. Many of us eat lunch parked in front of a computer, but that habit might be boosting our appetite for dessert, a small study suggests. In a lab study [...]
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December 2, 2010
South Korea’s government is close to adopting a “Cinderella” law to ban youngsters from playing online games past midnight amid growing concerns about Internet addiction, officials said Thursday. A bill to be submitted to parliament as early as this month will require South Korean online game companies to cut off services at midnight for users [...]
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November 22, 2009
Huynh Kesley (R), a Brazilian striker with club Binh Duong, was granted Vietnamese citizenship early this year Aggrieved Vietnamese nationals of foreign origin say they have raised football standards in the country and should not be treated like second-class citizens. Itâs touch and go between leveling the playing field and raising the playing level.The Vietnam [...]
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November 13, 2009
Sixty gong troupes from five Asian countries and 24 cities and provinces in Viet Nam kicked off the first International Gong Festival in the Central Highland province of Gia Lai. Gong troupes from Viet Nam and other Asian countries perform at the first international Gong Festival in the Central Highland province of Gia Lai. (Photo: [...]
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November 11, 2009
The Tran family – famous on the HCM City’s folk scene – hosted an unusual recent music event. Prof. Tran Van Khe (left) and his son, Prof. Tran Quang Hai. Prof. Tran Quang Hai, son of the renowned Professor Tran Van Khe’s, performed accompanied by wife Bach Yen. The evening entertainment went from the sublime to the [...]
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