December 23, 2011
I first met Christopher Hitchens some years ago at a panel put together by a publishing house. Our topic was, as I recall, the future of the public intellectual. We were in a hotel ballroom, and “No Smoking” signs were prominently displayed, but he had found an ashtray somewhere, and went through any number [...]
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July 15, 2011
A boy on Long Son Island, off the coast of Vung Tau. The island's denizens follow a philosophy of simplicity and charity handed down by spiritual guru who founded the isle's first settlement. The people of Long Son Island follow a simple philosophy: no Gods, no temples, no books, no rules. Â Living with love, [...]
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July 31, 2009
A national conference aiming to review the five-year implementation of a Party resolution on religion opened in Hanoi Thursday. The conference, hosted by the Secretariat of the Communist Party of Vietnam Central Committee (CPVCC), was attended by Politburo members Truong Tan Sang and Truong Vinh Trong, and Head of the CPVCC Mass Mobilization Commission Ha [...]
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May 29, 2009
VietNamNet Bridge – The Ministry of Education and Training is reviewing the curriculum for the “citizenship education” subject, which has been complained about by teachers and students as being boring and difficult to understand. The examination questions for 7th class students at one high school include very tough questions: What is religion? What are the [...]
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