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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January 14, 2012
A disassembled Olympus camera and its parts are seen in this illustrative photograph taken in Tokyo November 24, 2011. Private equity firm TPG Capital is willing to invest about $1 billion in Japan’s Olympus Corp in a joint deal with Sony Corp or another suitor circling the scandal-hit firm, a person familiar with TPG’s thinking [...]
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December 30, 2011
Tran Quoc Tuan (L) has resigned from his post as Vietnam Football Federation General Secretary, leaving a vacancy that is difficult to fill. Vietnam Football Federation (VFF) general secretary’s resignation has left a huge vacancy that is difficult to fill, and the federation’s Steering Committee may convene an extraordinary meeting to discuss it. General Secretary [...]
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December 29, 2011
Tran Quoc Tuan (L) has resigned from his post as Vietnam Football Federation General Secretary, leaving a vacancy that is difficult to fill. Vietnam Football Federation (VFF) general secretary’s resignation has left a huge vacancy that is difficult to fill, and the federation’s Steering Committee may convene an extraordinary meeting to discuss it. General Secretary [...]
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November 21, 2011
Psychologists warn increasing violence among local youth indicates modern life in crisis An image extracted from online video footage depicting a schoolgirl in Hai Phong City brutally attacked by her schoolmates Nguyen Viet Cuong had no idea that yelling at one of his students would effectively sign his 8-year-old son’s death warrant. When he [...]
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August 16, 2011
Parkson Holdings Bhd. (PKS) is planning an initial public offering of its retail operations in Malaysia, Indonesia and Vietnam, according to a person with knowledge of the matter. The sale of the business, called Parkson Retail Asia Pte., may raise S$300 million ($250 million) to S$500 million in Singapore, said the person, who declined [...]
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July 17, 2011
French artist seeks to create a universal comfort zone Betrant Peret as a DJ at the Esperantopolis 2011, a cultural event featuring a variety of arts, held at the French Consulate in Ho Chi Minh City last month A space, an atmosphere where art interacts with life in a way that everyone is comfortable, [...]
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January 13, 2011
The robot scans a man's face to analyze his emotions An academic in Ho Chi Minh City says he has made the first robot in Vietnam that can recognize human emotions.  The robot operates automatically, using its camera to record a person’s facial expressions.  It then analyzes them on a screen to conclude if the [...]
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November 17, 2009
Vincom Joint-Stock Co., Vietnamâs second-biggest listed property company, raised $100 million from the countryâs first overseas sale of convertible bonds, according to a person familiar with the matter. The 6 percent notes have a 5 percent conversion premium, said the person, who asked not to be named as theyâre not authorized to discuss the matter.Credit [...]
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August 17, 2009
Nguyen Thi Lanh, a rice farmer in the central province of Quang Nam, put five years of her savings into a hui scheme, hoping to buy a house somewhere other than in the middle of a field. But early this month she was told that the hui operator Dinh Thi Xe had fled claiming that [...]
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TPG willing to invest $1 billion in Olympus
A disassembled Olympus camera and its parts are seen in this illustrative photograph taken in Tokyo November 24, 2011. Private equity firm TPG Capital is willing to invest about $1 billion in Japan’s Olympus Corp in a joint deal with Sony Corp or another suitor circling the scandal-hit firm, a person familiar with TPG’s thinking [...]
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