December 30, 2011
A foreign language class at Nong Lam University in Ho Chi Minh City Education officers admitted at a Friday conference that foreign language teaching in Vietnam has been a “failure,” as many college students cannot use the languages. Experts at the conference over a national foreign language project said that incorrect understanding of the subject has [...]
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December 28, 2011
A foreign language class at Nong Lam University in Ho Chi Minh City Education officers admitted at a Friday conference that foreign language teaching in Vietnam has been a “failure,” as many college students cannot use the languages. Experts at the conference over a national foreign language project said that incorrect understanding of the subject has [...]
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December 23, 2011
I first met Christopher Hitchens some years ago at a panel put together by a publishing house. Our topic was, as I recall, the future of the public intellectual. We were in a hotel ballroom, and “No Smoking” signs were prominently displayed, but he had found an ashtray somewhere, and went through any number [...]
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May 14, 2011
Europe has few reasons for cheer at the moment, but tens of millions of people across the continent and beyond will Saturday let their hair down for the pop extravaganza that is the Eurovision Song Contest. Europe has few reasons for cheer at the moment, but tens of millions of people across the continent and [...]
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December 5, 2009
Remains of 33 fallen combatants found; Vietnam, Cambodia tighten anti-human trafficking ties; Solutions sought for sustainable craft village; Germany helps Vietnam reduce electric energy loss; PM orders general inspection of websites Remains of 33 fallen combatants found Authorities in the central province of Quang Ngai have unearthed a mass grave, recovering the remains of 33 soldiers [...]
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November 26, 2009
The boom in Vietnamese language information websites has stirred up many problems, reports Tuoi Tre. A photo on a website for teens. As the cost of buying domain names and software and hiring servers gets cheaper, it becomes very easy to have an information website. And, though the number of websites increases, the volume and quality [...]
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October 7, 2009
LookAtVietnam – “Hello everybody. My name is Bud Brown and I speak a little Vietnamese. In 1972, I was in Viet Nam. I like the Vietnamese people very much Good morning, Vietnam: Bud Brown, who made Vietnamese language clips in the car while waiting for his wife to shop and posted them on YouTube.This was [...]
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September 7, 2009
LookAtVietnam – Many Vietnamese students in foreign countries cannot communicate effectively with local residents and have serious difficulties in their classes. Hai Yen, a Vietnamese student who received a 6.5 on the IELTS, related that when she first landed in London, she could not understand the language of native speakers. Yen had such great difficulty with [...]
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August 19, 2009
LookAtVietnam – Lo Van Bien has quietly and without reward spent much of his spare time endeavouring to preserve the Thai ethnic culture. Traditional player: Lo Van Bien has spent much of his spare time endeavouring to preserve the Thai ethnic culture.Bien was born and raised in the Muong Lo area, considered the cradle of [...]
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July 12, 2009
Folk cultural researcher Nguyen Khac Xuong is nearly 90 years old but he still allots time to Xoan singing. He enthusiastically told VietNamNet about his concerns for the preservation of this intangible cultural heritage. Folk cultural researcher Nguyen Khac Xuong. When did Xoan singing appear? This is a big question. Nobody can say for sure when [...]
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Webs for teens: a lot of rubbish
The boom in Vietnamese language information websites has stirred up many problems, reports Tuoi Tre. A photo on a website for teens. As the cost of buying domain names and software and hiring servers gets cheaper, it becomes very easy to have an information website. And, though the number of websites increases, the volume and quality [...]
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