January 29, 2010
Quang Ngai has inaugurated the Hoang Sa – Truong Sa (Paracel – Spratly islands) memorial to commemorate soldiers of the Hoang Sa flotilla under the Nguyen Dynasty. Quang Ngai Department of Culture, Sports and Tourism Director, Dr. Nguyen Dang Vu, revealed that Quang Ngai has invested 14 billion dong (over $800,000) to build on Ly [...]
Tags: About The Hoang, documents, Documents About The, Documents About The Hoang, Flotilla, Hoang, Hoang Sa, Ly Son, Ly Son Island, memorial, Quang, Quang ngai, Sa And Truong, Sa Flotilla, Son Island, That Quang Ngai, The Hoang, The Memorial, Truong, Truong Sa
Posted in News, Politics | Comments Off
December 4, 2009
Sixty-eight years after the French colonial authorities executed Party General Secretary Ha Huy Tap in HCM City, his remains have been found by family members. The excavation of Ha Huy Tap’s remains in late November. On December 1, a special Vietnam Air flight repatriated Tap’s remains from HCM City’s Hoc Mon district, where they were discovered, [...]
Tags: And State Leaders, Bamboo, Ben Tam, Ben Tam Ngua, Buried, Chief, Chin Gioi, Digging, District, Excavation, Executed, family, Family Member, found, group, Ha Family, Ha Huy, Ha Huy Tap, Ha Huy Tap Memorial, Ha Tinh, Ha Tinh Province, Hcm city, Hoc Mon, Hoc Mon District, house, Huy Tap, Huy Tap Memorial, Huy Tap Memorial Centre, In The Southern, Late Party, Late Party Chief, Late Party Leader, later, Ldquo, leader, leaders, Local, member, memorial, Memorial Centre, Memorial Ceremony, Memorial Service, Mon District, Mr Tap, Mr Tap Was, November, November 22, Party, Party And State, Party And State Leaders, Party Chief, Party Leader, people, province, Rdquo, remains, Revolutionary, sentenced, service, southern, State Leaders, Sy Ldquo, Sy Ldquo That, Tam Ngua, Tap Memorial, Tap Memorial Centre, Tap Was Buried, The area, The Excavation, The French, The group, The Ha, The Late Party, The Late Party Leader, The Memorial, The Memorial Service, The Remains, The Remains Was, The site, The Southern, They Found, Tinh Province, Two Years, Two Years Later, Vietnam, Where Mr, years, Years Later
Posted in In depth, Reports | Comments Off
July 10, 2009
A Los Angeles City Council member said on Thursday that the total cost resulting from pop star Michael Jackson’s memorial was much more than the amount of 1.4 million U.S. dollars estimated by the mayor’s office. A star-studded public memorial service pays a farewell tribute to late pop star Michael Jackson at the Staples Center, Los [...]
Tags: Angeles, Angeles Police, center, costs, Department, dollars, He Said The, In Los Angeles, Jackson, Los angeles, Los Angeles Police, memorial, million, Million Dollars, Near Staples, Near Staples Center, Of Whom Were, Office, Staples, Staples Center, The city, The Costs, The event, The Mayor, The Memorial, To The City
Posted in International, News | Comments Off
July 8, 2009
Brooke Shields (L), Janet Jackson (2nd L), Prince Michael Jackson II (3rd L), La Toya Jackson (C), and Paris Jackson (3rd R) join with others in singing during the memorial service for Michael Jackson Mariah Carey, Stevie Wonder and Usher sang farewells to Michael Jackson, who was hailed as “the greatest entertainer that ever lived” [...]
Tags: About Michael, Angeles, Best Father, Best Father You, ceremony, children, City Council, Daddy, Death, Entertainer, Entertainer That Ever, Entertainer That Ever Lived, Ever Imagine, Ever Lived, family, Gordy, Greatest, Greatest Entertainer, Greatest Entertainer That, Greatest Entertainer That Ever, His Death, Jackson, Los angeles, memorial, Memorial Focused, Michael, Michael Jackson, Nothing Strange, Nothing Strange About, Paris, Prince, Prince Michael, singer, Strange, That Ever Lived, The Best Father, The Best Father You, The Greatest, The Greatest Entertainer, The Greatest Entertainer That, The Memorial, The Singer, The world, The World And, think, Three Children, Tuesday, world, Your Daddy
Posted in International, News | Comments Off
July 8, 2009
A star-studded public tribute to Michael Jackson was held Tuesday in Los Angeles with thousands of randomly selected fans joining family and friends to bid farewell to the King of Pop. A star-studded public memorial service pays a farewell tribute to late pop star Michael Jackson at the Staples Center, Los Angeles, Tuesday. (Xinhua Photo)Just before the [...]
Tags: Angeles, center, Jackson, Los angeles, memorial, Memorial Service, Michael, Michael Jackson, public, Public Memorial, service, Staples, Staples Center, The Memorial, The Memorial Service, The Staples, The Staples Center
Posted in International, News | Comments Off
May 19, 2009
LookAtVietnam – “Building a statue to show our gratitude to Kazik is what we are doing,” said an official of Quang Nam province about the construction of Polish architect Kazimierz Kwiatkowsky statue in the My Son Sanctuary. Kazik and a local priest in the 1980s.LookAtVietnam – “Building a statue to show our gratitude to Kazik [...]
Tags: 17 Years, 17 Years And, 1980s, About The Construction, architect, Architect Kazik, Architect Kazimierz, Architect Kazimierz Kwiatkowsky, At That Time, build, Build His Statue, Cham Towers, construction, contribution, cultural, Die Please Bury, District, Duy Xuyen, Duy Xuyen District, Elements, Gratitude, heritage, His Research, His Statue, In June 2009, In The 1980s, In The Restoration, In Vietnam For, Is Not Enough, June 2009, Kazik, Kazimierz, Kazimierz Kwiatkowsky, Kwiatkowsky, Ldquo, Ldquo Patient, Memorial Relief, My Son, My Son Sanctuary, Nam province, Nam Province About, Nam Province About The, Of Architect Kazik, Of Duy Xuyen, Of Duy Xuyen District, Of The Statue, original, Original Elements, Our Gratitude, Passed, Please Bury, Poland, Province About The, Province About The Construction, Quang, Quang nam, Quang Nam Province, Quang Nam Province About, Rdquo, Rdquo Kazik, relics, relief, research, Restoration, Said ldquo, sanctuary, Son Sanctuary, Statue, Thank Kazik, The 1980s, The construction, The Memorial, The Memorial Relief, The One, The Relics, The Restoration, The Statue, The Work, To Thank Kazik, towers, Vietnam, world, Xuyen, Xuyen District
Posted in In depth, Interviews | Comments Off
April 14, 2009
Dak Lak coffee crop faces drought threat; Over 1,000 find jobs at HCMC fair; Central region fishermen rejoice over rich tuna haul; President Ho’s Memorial House built on Truong Sa archipelago; Italy’s TV airs programme on AO in Vietnam Dak Lak coffee crop faces drought threatAround 5,000 hectares of coffee in Dak Lak could wither [...]
Tags: &ndash, Ao Victims, Authorities, Binh Dinh, Central, construction, Construction Cost, Dak lak, District, fishermen, house, In Vietnam The, Island, Italian, memorial, Memorial House, million, month, Of This Year, people, province, service, Since The Beginning, Square Metres, The beginning, The central, The construction, The Memorial, The Toxic, The Toxic Chemicals, The Trees, This year, Toxic Chemicals, Trees, Truong, Truong Sa, Uncle, Uncle Ho, victims, Vietnam, Vietnamese, Vietnamese Ao, Water The Trees
Posted in News, Social | Comments Off
March 25, 2009
Serbia on Tuesday mourned thousands of victims of NATO bombing as the country marked the 10th anniversary of the start of the 78-day NATO bombing campaign against its predecessor the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia (FRY). Serbian Defence Minister Dragan Sutanovac presents a wreath to the martyrs monument in the 1999 NATO’s bombing in Yugoslavia, in [...]
Tags: 10 Years, 1999 Nato, 500 People, 500 People Were, Air Force, Air Strikes, Belgrade, bombing, Bombing Campaign, Bombing Serbian, campaign, Commemorative, Commemorative Gatherings, dedicated, Dragan, Dragan Sutanovac, force, Government, independence, International, International Law, International Law The, Kosovo, Lt Gen, March, March 24, memorial, Minister, Minister Dragan, Minister Dragan Sutanovac, Nato Air, Nato Bombing, Nato Bombing Serbian, Of The Nato, Of The Nato Air, Paid Tribute, people, Prime minister, Serbia, Serbian, Serbian Air, Serbian Air Force, Serbian Government, Serbs, strikes, The 1999, The 1999 Nato, The Air, The Air Strikes, The Bombing, The Bombing Campaign, The Memorial, The Nato, The Nato Air, The Nato Bombing, The Serb, The Serbian, The Serbian Air, The Serbian Air Force, The Serbian Government, The Victims, Unilaterally Declared, victims
Posted in International, News | Comments Off