VietNamNet Bridge – Vietnam has always recognised the importance of boosting its friendship and cooperation with Japan and of moving towards a strategic partnership with the latter for increased peace and prosperity in Asia. President Nguyen Minh Triet made this affirmation while receiving the former Japanese Prime Minister Yasuo Fukuda in Hanoi on Dec. 15, [...]
UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon opened a four-day international conference on financing for development in the Qatari capital Doha on Saturday, highlighting the importance to confront development emergency. U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon speaks during a news conference ahead of Saturday’s UN Conference on Financing for Development, in Doha November 28, 2008. EU Commission chief Jose [...]
VietNamNet Bridge – A baby cries and his mother rushes over to soothe him. She starts to hum a lullaby, his eyelids droop, then she pauses, how does that song go again? Rockabye baby: A mother hums a lullaby to her child.In Viet Nam lullabies are a ubiquitous part of childhood. But as the stresses [...]
