October 15, 2011
A scene from Canh dong bat tan (Floating lives), a box-office hit adaptation of Nguyen Ngoc Tu’s 2005 sensational short novel of the same name. ‘Floating lives’ was short-listed but not selected to represent Vietnam at next year’s Oscars. As the National Film Selection Committee was debating which of its three candidates – Canh [...]
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October 7, 2011
TV audiences complain that Vietnamese shows are just cheap rip-offs of foreign hits Tinh yeu trong sang (Pure love) has been accused of being a copycat of one of Korea’s most popular serials, ‘All about Eve,’ which was released in 2000. But the Vietnamese series’ producer announced that they had purchased the copyright for [...]
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May 1, 2011
The iPad 2 went on sale in many countries across Asia and beyond on Friday as Apple’s updated gadget enters a market that is becoming ever more crowded with tablet computers. The iPad 2 went on sale in many countries across Asia and beyond on Friday as Apple’s updated gadget enters a market that is [...]
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April 16, 2011
The elderly have a harder time multi-tasking than young adults because older people are far less nimble at switching neurological connections in their brains between activities, according to research released on Monday. The findings of neuroscientists from the University of California at San Francisco add new insights to a growing body of studies showing [...]
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February 26, 2011
Game fans hit Japanese stores early on Saturday to be among the first to get their hands on Nintendo’s new 3D-capable game player, but the gadget’s sales may be squeezed in the longer term by competition from smartphones and tablets. The 3DS, set to launch in the United States and Europe in a month, [...]
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January 28, 2011
 (L-R) Top 3 of the first season ‘Vietnam’s Next Top Model’ Thu Thuy, Tuyet Lan and Huyen Trang compete in swimsuit. Tallest contestant Huyen Trang is the winner. Last November, Vietnam joined a handful of countries looking to jump aboard the Next Top Model train. Five hundred women from all over the country turned [...]
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December 10, 2010
Component suppliers for Apple Inc’s iPad are gearing up for a new round of production in the first quarter, sources said on Friday, with one saying the product will be a revamp of the popular tablet computer including front- and back-mounted cameras. Touchscreen chip designer Wintek Corp, battery maker Simplo Technology Co Ltd and [...]
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January 27, 2010
Despite high ratings, Ngoi nha hanh phuc (Full House) has suffered heavy criticism due to sub-par acting Original screenplays yet to become safe bets for TV serial makers. First, they â“ foreign productions â“ were overwhelmingly strong competitors, crushing the domestic industry.National channels VTV and HTV were accused of undermining the growth of the fledgling [...]
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January 27, 2010
Soldiers carry the coffin containing the mummified corpse of Vietnamese King Le Du Tong The mummified corpse of a Vietnamese king who died hundreds of years ago was reburied on Monday, half a century after farmers accidentally dug it up. Local television showed a red cloth, decorated with dragons, being draped over the coffin at [...]
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January 17, 2010
An installation of wooden doors is the centrepiece of a solo exhibition by artist Tran Lam Binh.LookAtVietnam – Old wooden doors have been used to express the artistic ideas of young painter Tran Lam Binh in his first-ever solo exhibition, recently opened in Ha Noi. The former student of the Hue Fine Arts College has [...]
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