January 23, 2012
Affluence and status-mongering could distort the meaning and purpose of a venerable custom A ceremony held to celebrate longevity for both parents in Hanoi “Kinh gia, gia de tuoi cho” – Respect the elders and you will live for as long as they do, goes a well-known Vietnamese saying. Hence, the older the elder, [...]
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December 15, 2011
US military personnel in Baghdad lower the US Forces-Iraq colours before they are encased, during a flag-lowering ceremony marking the end of the US mission in Iraq on December 15 nearly nine years after the controversial invasion to topple Saddam Hussein. US forces formally marked the end of their mission in Iraq with a [...]
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August 6, 2011
Chilean ex-miners carry a portable platform with a religious image during a ceremony in Copiapo, 700 kms north of Santiago, to commemorate the first anniversary of the mining accident which left 33 miners buried in the shafts for 68 days Miners who were trapped underground for over two months led Chile Friday in marking the [...]
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June 23, 2011
A ceremony held in Kongpong Chnang Province, Cambodia, to repatriate the remains of Vietnamese soldiers missing in action during the war against the Khmer Rouge regime. Cambodia on Tuesday repatriated the remains of 11 Vietnamese volunteer soldiers who died during the war against the Khmer Rouge regime.  It was the last repatriation under an agreement [...]
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January 23, 2010
The remains of King Le Du Tong (1679-1731) will be reburied in the central province of Thanh Hoa on Monday, one month later than planned, after a 45-year residence at a local museum, Vietnamnet reported. The ceremony would not be conducted in accordance with royal customs but instead be a mix between traditional and contemporary [...]
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January 16, 2010
A ceremony honoring entrepreneurs and benefactors who have made outstanding contributions to the development of the country’s education system was held January 15. Since 2007, domestic and overseas contributors have donated over VND1.293 billion (US$ 101,000); US$17.856 million, EUR 276,828; and 167,127 square meters of land for the construction of educational institutes. The ceremony also praised [...]
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January 13, 2010
Firms from Vietnam and Singapore, including property giant CapitaLand and banking group DBS, signed deals Tuesday aimed at boosting close economic links between the two sides, the companies said. The signings came during an official visit by the city-state’s Prime Minister, Lee Hsien Loong, who witnessed the ceremony with his Vietnamese counterpart Nguyen Tan Dung.Singapore [...]
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December 11, 2009
Twelve laureates of the 2009 Nobel Prizes received their prizes on Thursday at a ceremony in the Stockholm Concert Hall in the capital of Sweden. The 2009 Nobel Prize winners are pictured on stage after the prize giving ceremony at the Concert Hall in Stockholm December 10, 2009. December 10, 2009. (Xinhua/Reuters Photo) Marcus Storch, chairman [...]
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December 11, 2009
The 25th Southeast Asian Games officially began with a bright and colourful cultural performance at the Main Stadium of the National Sports Complex in Laos yesterday. The 25th SEA Games officially began with a bright and colourful cultural performance at the Main Stadium of the National Sports Complex in Laos on December 9. (Photo: VNN)The [...]
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November 16, 2009
Thousands of visitors to the International Gong Festival 2009 flocked to the Ve Nguon tourist site in Pleiku city on November 14 to watch the buffalo stabbing ceremony of Mo Hra village. Ruou can – traditional wine drank by pipe – an indispensable of ceremonies in the Central Highlands. The ceremony was organized in the yard [...]
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