November 13, 2011
A journalist looks at the ‘Newslist’ on the Guardian website on November 10. A British newspaper has thrown open its office doors, let the readers stride in, and invited them to peer over reporters’ shoulders — digitally, at least. The website of the left-leaning Guardian daily is publishing its ‘newslist’ — a schedule of stories [...]
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October 15, 2011
A scene from Canh dong bat tan (Floating lives), a box-office hit adaptation of Nguyen Ngoc Tu’s 2005 sensational short novel of the same name. ‘Floating lives’ was short-listed but not selected to represent Vietnam at next year’s Oscars. As the National Film Selection Committee was debating which of its three candidates – Canh [...]
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August 27, 2011
Guenter Giesenfeld and Marianne Ngo, who won a notable award in Germany this year for their translation of a short story collection by Vietnamese author Le Minh Khue I first met Professor Guenter Giesenfeld at an international conference on promoting Vietnamese literature more than a year ago. Our paths crossed again after Le Minh [...]
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July 26, 2011
UK newspaper group Daily Mail & General Trust has not published any stories based on hacked messages, its chief executive said, as rival News Corp battles a phone-hacking crisis at its now defunct News of the World tabloid. Martin Morgan said DMGT was considering launching its own mass-market Sunday tabloid to fill the gap [...]
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July 4, 2011
Phan Ha Binh, 42, former deputy managing editor of the Hanoi-based Tien Phong newspaper, faces a jail term of between seven and 15 years on extortion charges. A former journalist standing trial on July 20 for extorting over VND200 million (US$9,722) from a company faces a jail term of between seven and 15 years, the [...]
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June 1, 2011
A visitor watching a work of Vietnamese – German artist Khai Doan displayed at the Goethe-Institut Hanoi. Doan’s exhibition “Dipolar,” opening until June 5, is a highlight of the Europe Days in Vietnam this year. The colonial vestiges of French villas and Opera Houses are reminders of a time when European cultural influences were [...]
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April 11, 2011
Young director finds meaning in confronting social prejudices, says no need to delay getting rid of them  A scene in a play of Dung doi den ngay mai (Don’t wait until tomorrow) project. HIV-infected actor Bui Tran Hoang (R) was not only chosen for his acting skills but also for his knowledge of [...]
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March 31, 2011
The stamp market on Trieu Viet Vuong Street in Hanoi Every Sunday at 10 a.m. the market is set up at a corner of Trieu Viet Vuong Street with a couple of plastic stools, one or two small tables made of bamboo and several cups of tea.  The market does not have shops or sellers, because the market [...]
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February 19, 2011
After a month of innuendo, Long An locals express doubts that an aggressive local reporter died at the hands of his wife The charred bed of reporter Le Hoang Hung of Nguoi Lao Dong (Laborer) newspaper. He died of his wounds on January 29 after being set on fire ten days earlier. On January [...]
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January 23, 2010
With a traditional music style on the verge of extinction, residents in An Thai Village ramp up efforts to protect their sacred art. Xoan singing is performed at holy venus in the communal house which begins with offering incense for gods.LookAtVietnam – With a traditional music style on the verge of extinction, residents in An [...]
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