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30 contract meningitis bacterium in southern Vietnam 

January 20, 2012
30 contract meningitis bacterium in southern Vietnam 

  Thirty people in Ho Chi Minh City have tested positive for the bacterium that causes meningitis, which could be fatal if left untreated, the Tuoi Tre newspaper reported Tuesday. The paper quoted Tran Phu Manh Sieu, director of the HCMC Center for Preventive Health, as saying that the cases were detected among workers of the Japanese-owned [...]

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Vietnamese student’s iPhone app book published by US firm 

January 18, 2012
Vietnamese student’s iPhone app book published by US firm 

Vo Duy Khang (L) and his friends at Carnegie Mellon University, Australia A 22-year-old Vietnamese student has authored a book on how to build better iPhone applications published by a US-based publishing house. Last November, Vo Duy Khang made his debut as a writer with the book Pro iOS Apps Performance Optimization, published by Apress.  Written [...]

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Vietnam wins first prize at Asia student film festival 

January 6, 2012
Vietnam wins first prize at Asia student film festival 

Three students from Da Nang with the camera they used to make an award-winning film about HIV/AIDS discrimination     Three teenagers from central Vietnam won top prize at the Asia Student Film Festival in Japan with a short film that sends a message against HIV/AIDS discrimination. Seventh graders Phan Thi Thuy Dung and Trinh Lan [...]

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Student’s thesis broaches taboo 

December 3, 2011
Student’s thesis broaches taboo 

  A 3-D photograph of model Quynh Trang in a glowing dress made entirely of condoms. Nguyen Minh Tuan has been shocking friends and acquaintances for the last few months by telling them that his graduation thesis is about condoms. The baby-faced Tuan, who prefers to be called Tuan Khoa because it sounds more “masculine,” [...]

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Students are the new mules 

November 12, 2011
Students are the new mules 

  African drug smugglers shift carriers to avoid detection Preyanooch Phuttharaksa, a 22-year-old Thai student, was arrested on October 29 at Ho Chi Minh City’s Tan Son Nhat International Airport for allegedly smuggling more than three kilograms of methamphetamine into Vietnam Everything went smoothly for Preyanooch Phuttharaksa on arrival at Ho Chi Minh City’s Tan [...]

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Hanoi student in first int’l K-Pop contest 

October 9, 2011
Hanoi student in first int’l K-Pop contest 

Final night of K-Pop Contest in Vietnam A Hanoi student, winner of the final round of the K-Pop contest in Vietnam, will represent the country at the first International K-Pop Contest to be held in Korea on November 27. Tran Thi Quynh Mai, student of the Hanoi University of Foreign Trade, won the national edition [...]

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Chicken goulash for teen souls 

September 20, 2011
Chicken goulash for teen souls 

  Foreign serials will win popularity stakes if local filmmakers try to ape them instead of making original, realistic ones A scene in teen serial Nhung thien than ao trang (The white angels). The series failed to connect with audiences because of its bookish characters and dialogues Kim Minh, a 21-year-old linguistics student at Van [...]

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Avid readers spread the habit 

July 3, 2011
Avid readers spread the habit 

  Young people offer books for free reading in public spaces Several people of different ages visit the book stall arranged on the tiled floors of a gazebo at the city’s Tao Dan Park by Nguyen Thu Hien (right) and her friends Nguyen Thi Hien is up at 6 a.m. on a Sunday, eager, like [...]

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War of words 

July 2, 2011
War of words 

  A scene in the play Sam hoi (Penance), a box office top hit at Phu Nhuan Theater in 2009. The play’s scriptwriter, Dieu Nhu Trang (below) is accused of plagiarism by a university student who claimed to have written 60 percent of the play but was not paid for it. A director has a [...]

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Toyota Concert Tour 2011 to cover four Vietnam metros 

June 27, 2011
Toyota Concert Tour 2011 to cover four Vietnam metros 

  The annual Toyota Concert Tour 2011 will take place in Vietnam’s four big cities nex month (July 7-16).   Under the baton of Japanese conductor Honna Tesuji, the Vietnam National Sumphony Orchestra will perform famous music international compositions including Saint Saens Introduction and Rondo Capriccioso op.28, Bizet Prelude from “Carmen” and J.Strauss II’s Tritch [...]

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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...