Posts Tagged ‘ story ’

Disaffected youth? 

January 2, 2012
Disaffected youth? 

  Outpouring of frustration and disappointment among youth indicates a need to strengthen pride and confidence in the nation, experts say Young people at an enlistment ceremony in Ho Chi Minh City last September. A national enlistment program this year saw thousands of youth voluntarily join the army. Experts say the sense of national pride [...]

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The charisma of Karishma 

December 31, 2011
The charisma of Karishma 

  Artist Karishma Kannan poses next to a work in progress at her residence on November 23, 2011 It has been said that a picture is a poem without words. It has also been said that a picture is worth a thousand words. Karishma Kannan’s pictures live up to both these definitions, telling a poetic [...]

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Macbeth in Vietnam: toil and trouble for naught 

November 19, 2011
Macbeth in Vietnam: toil and trouble for naught 

  Shakespeare’s classic tragedy fails to win local hearts and minds The sound wasn’t great; voices were sometimes hushed and the words and music muddled together. And if the Old-English wasn’t difficult enough for local Vietnamese audiences to understand – native English speakers often don’t understand it – the poor audio system at the Ho [...]

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British paper turns readers into newshounds 

November 13, 2011
British paper turns readers into newshounds 

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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Vietnamese actress wins Chinese award 

October 30, 2011
Vietnamese actress wins Chinese award 

Actress Ninh Duong Lan Ngoc in Canh dong bat tan (Floating Lives) Vietnamese actress Ninh Duong Lan Ngoc has won the Favorite International Actress award at the China Golden Rooster Awards 2011 held Oct 18-23, for her role in Canh dong bat tan (Floating Lives). Director Nguyen Huu Phan was quoted by the Vietnamplus newswire [...]

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Taking care of business 

October 23, 2011
Taking care of business 

  The owner of Vietnam’s first private company after doi moi says entrepreneurs need to know their society in and out – politically and historically – not just economically Nguyen Tran Bat, chairman and general director of Invest Consult Group. Nguyen Tran Bat says the best business decision he ever made had little to do [...]

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Poetry in silky motion 

October 9, 2011
Poetry in silky motion 

  Artist says she was destined to depict the story of Kieu The silk paintings by Ngoc Mai have Kieu wearing Vietnamese traditional dresses like ao dai and ao tu than. Each painting took Mai several months to complete. Vietnam’s most famous literary work of all time, “The Tale of Kieu,” has been rewritten in [...]

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Rose-tinted lenses 

September 20, 2011
Rose-tinted lenses 

  Overseas Vietnamese filmmakers take stereotypical symbols at face value in presenting Vietnam to the world A scene in Ao lua Ha Dong (the white silk dress), a Viet kieu’s box office hit in 2007 Overseas Vietnamese filmmakers tend to make two kinds of movies to show here. The first are commercial movies that target [...]

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Getting real 

September 11, 2011
Getting real 

  First-time director Siu Pham is betting that everyday moviegoers will relate to the authenticity and realism of her new art-house film Siu Pham said she just pursues her own path, no matter how hard it will be or how great the risk of failure is and she is also not like local young filmmakers [...]

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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...