November 21, 2011
There’s a lot of heel-nipping in the tablet market these days. Amazon.com Inc. just released the Kindle Fire, the most serious attempt yet to take on Apple Inc.’s mighty iPad 2. Meanwhile, Barnes & Noble Inc. has shipped the Nook Tablet, which in turn takes aim at Amazon. I’ve tried both new devices and [...]
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October 31, 2011
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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October 23, 2011
A classic comedy sets the stage for realizing theatrical dreams for a couple of expats A scene in the dress rehearsal of ‘The Importance of Being Earnest.’ Critics said that Vietnamese up-and-coming Lan Phuong (in red) has fulfilled her role with good acting and English-speaking skills. “When one is in town one amuses oneself. [...]
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October 7, 2011
TV audiences complain that Vietnamese shows are just cheap rip-offs of foreign hits Tinh yeu trong sang (Pure love) has been accused of being a copycat of one of Korea’s most popular serials, ‘All about Eve,’ which was released in 2000. But the Vietnamese series’ producer announced that they had purchased the copyright for [...]
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August 30, 2011
 A scene in ‘Story of the shoes,’ a series of vignettes that told the real-life stories of the dancers involved Linh Nga and Thuy Chi, possibly the two best Vietnamese dancers of their generation, each spent over ten years training in China before becoming the renowned artists and choreographers they are today. Both [...]
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August 13, 2011
Tourists use a hanging bridge to cross a river in Bangkok, Thailand A road tour between Vietnam, Laos and Thailand has been attracting more tourists to the countries since a bridge was launched across the Mekong River in December 2006.  But the country that has exploited its potentials most, unsurprisingly, is Thailand, which has for long [...]
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July 2, 2011
Thanks to scores of dedicated performers, Vietnam’s traditional puppetry will continue to survive but experts say it will take more than that to make the art form thrive Water puppetry performances at the festival which was attended by nearly 300 puppeteers from 15 village guilds across the country. A veteran puppeteer famously said that [...]
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May 2, 2011
American legendary star Bob Dylan’s show at the RMIT campus in District 7 on April 10 attracted only about 5,000 audiences, half of the expected numbers. Major event organizers in Vietnam have stars in their eyes – international stars. Despite burning their fingers with a few major concerts recently, they are planning more shows to [...]
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April 9, 2011
I was outraged by the response of Toyota Vietnam’s production manager on technical flaws in more than 8,000 Innova cars. Mr. Yoshida said there would be no recall because there have been no complaints. Does he want to wait for accidents to occur before he takes any action? He said that since the country [...]
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April 6, 2011
Vietnam Idol 2010 Uyen Linh named as one of five nominees of the most anticipated category of the famed music awards, Cong Hien (Devotion) The title of the annual music awards – Cong Hien (Devotion) – is lofty, but since it was instituted six years ago, it has never failed to attract criticism for failing [...]
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