Posts Tagged ‘ Publishing House ’

A luala diary 

December 20, 2011
A luala diary 

  Outdoor classical music concerts reach out to the man on the street A Luala outdoor Concert on 61 Ly Thai To Street, Hanoi on a Saturday morning is a rare sight in the city, and the artists have gathered a curious crowd that soon swells into more than a hundred people Week 1: 3 [...]

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Fantasy novel by ten-year-old set for nationwide release 

November 13, 2011
Fantasy novel by ten-year-old set for nationwide release 

The first part of a fantasy novel by 5th-grade student Nguyen Binh will be released Nov 17. Nguyen Binh, a 10-year-old boy from Hanoi, will have the first part of fantasy novel authored by him released nationwide on Thursday, Nov 17. The first volume of Cuoc chien voi hanh tinh Fantom (the battle against Fantom [...]

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Free outdoor concerts mark Hanoi Opera’s birthday 

November 13, 2011
Free outdoor concerts mark Hanoi Opera’s birthday 

A LUALA rehearsal on Hanoi’s Ly Thai To Street on November 6 A series of outdoor concerts that come as part of a community music project will celebrate the 100th anniversary of the Hanoi Opera House on November 11. The LUALA concert – co-organized by DX Corporation, the Music Publishing House, and the Vietnam National [...]

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Official jailed for five years in Vietnam e-gov’t scam

January 31, 2010
Official jailed for five years in Vietnam e-gov’t scam

Vu Dinh Thuan, former deputy head of the Government Office and head of Project 112 The former head of a government office was sentenced to five years in prison on Monday for abuse of power in a failed e-government project. The Hanoi Prosecution Office had proposed a jail term of 7-8 years for Vu Dinh [...]

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Vietnam Book Awards 2009 announced

December 18, 2009
Vietnam Book Awards 2009 announced

VietNamNet Bridge – Give Me a Ticket to Childhood and Pathology of Cardiovascular Diseases have won the gold prize at the Vietnam Book Awards 2009. Give Me a Ticket to Childhood by Nguyen Nhat Anh, published by the Youth Publishing House. Though it was criticized for outdated information, the grandiose book entitled Tong tap nghin nam [...]

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Thousands of Illegal book copies detected in HCM City

December 10, 2009
Thousands of Illegal book copies detected in HCM City

HCM City’s inspectors on December 8 discovered nearly 4,000 illegal copies of translated books at the Hoa Mai printing company in Binh Thanh District. Inspectors at the Quynh Mai Bookstore According to inspectors, these are copies of two books jointly published by the Quynh Mai Bookstore and the Dong Nai Publishing House. On December 7, inspectors also [...]

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HCM City welcomes year-end book festival

December 8, 2009
HCM City welcomes year-end book festival

The Youth Publishing House opened its year-end book festival at the HCM City Exhibition House, 92 Le Thanh Ton, District 1 last weekend.  The festival introduced over 3,000 book titles, totaling 100,000 copies, which are discounted between 15-60 percent. Many newly-published books and best-sellers are introduced and sold at the exhibition. At the same time, the [...]

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Publishing requires racking brain to develop

December 5, 2009
Publishing requires racking brain to develop

Many industries have had difficulties transitioning into a socialist-oriented market economy. Director of Literature Publishing House talks about how the publishing industry is handling this transition. VietNamNet Bridge – In recent years, many industries have had difficulties transitioning into a socialist-oriented market economy. Nguyen Cu, director of Van Hoc (Literature) Publishing House, talks about how [...]

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LIFESTYLE IN BRIEF 2/12

December 2, 2009
LIFESTYLE IN BRIEF 2/12

Year-end book fair set to whet readers’ appetites; French photographer captures the unexpected in Hue; Mekong province celebrates Ha Noi’s 1000th anniversary Author Nguyen Ngoc Tu. (Photo: moingay1cuonsach)A book fair featuring more than 100,000 book titles published by the Tre (Youth) Publishing House will open on Saturday in HCM City.Chris Wooding’s horror novel Malice – [...]

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HCM City flooded with superstitious books

November 26, 2009
HCM City flooded with superstitious books

Astrologic and soothsaying books are rampant in HCM City’s bookstores. Despite high prices they are selling well. Superstitious books are sold on the pavement. There are many kinds of astrologic and soothsaying books, from books printed by publishing houses to illegally-printed books and copied books available on pavements, in alleys and pagodas in HCM City.  Many [...]

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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...