Posts Tagged ‘ The Prize ’

Lawsuits, confusion taint local art contests 

January 7, 2012
Lawsuits, confusion taint local art contests 

   Tran Tuy’s Khuc dong ca (a children’s song) (Under), which was eerily reminiscent of photographer Duy Anh’s Tiep buoc cha ong (Follow in the ancestor’s footsteps) (Above). Since the list of award-winning works were announced in June, a provincial literature and arts contest in central Vietnam has received several petitions of denouncement regarding a [...]

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Polluting company granted with environmental award 

May 13, 2011
Polluting company granted with environmental award 

The Luksvaxi Cement Plant under the Hong Kong-invested Luks Group has been accused of causing pollution to the surrounding residential areas. Residents in the central province of Thua Thien-Hue have petitioned against a foreign-invested company, which was awarded a prize for environment-friendly enterprises last year, for causing pollution to the surrounding residential areas. The Luksvaxi [...]

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From Italy with amore 

May 9, 2011
From Italy with amore 

  An Italian artist aims to be the man behind a successful Vietnamese woman Italian artist Richard di San Marzano at home with his paintings. He was born in England, studied painting in Australia and Italy, and worked for many years in France and the United States. Then, seven years ago, Richard di San Marzano returned [...]

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Music gongs awarded by Voice of HCM City

December 29, 2009
Music gongs awarded by Voice of HCM City

Pop and R&B artist Ha Anh Tuan received the newly instituted “Favourite Album” prize at this year’s Lan Song Xanh Awards given away by radio station Voice of HCM City. Belting it out: Ha Anh Tuan performs at the Lan Song Xanh Awards ceremony on Sunday. He won the “Favourite Album” prize.The winning work, his [...]

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Contest fights architectural ignorance

December 15, 2009
Contest fights architectural ignorance

A farming house design competition, seen as a move to combat architectural ignorance about the needs of over 70 per cent of the country’s population, . . . Conflicting styles of construction and design make the architecture in a small village in the northern province of Ninh Binh appear disorderly.Seven first prizes were given to [...]

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2009 Nobel laureates receive their prizes

December 11, 2009
2009 Nobel laureates receive their prizes

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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LIFESTYLE IN BRIEF 8/12

December 9, 2009
LIFESTYLE IN BRIEF 8/12

Male model in Mr International; Ethnic arts, literature awards; Wood-block paintings on display Vietnamese model Vinh Thuy. – File PhotoThe 1.85m tall, 103-77-99 male model is confident and thinks he will have an impact on the disco night and talent competition where he will play the piano.Hair designer Tan The Gioi and image director Long [...]

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Roots grow strong

December 6, 2009
Roots grow strong

Astrophysicist and astronomy professor at the University of Virginia Trinh Xuan Thuan in Paris last August A world-renowned Vietnamese-American astrophysicist says traditional Vietnamese values were never separated from his scientific work. Each time Professor Trinh Xuan Thuan returns to Vietnam, he always makes sure to make time for a leisurely stroll around Hanoi and a [...]

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Two U.S. economists win Nobel Prize for economics

October 13, 2009
Two U.S. economists win Nobel Prize for economics

Elinor Ostrom and Oliver E. Williamson, both from the United States, won the 2009 Nobel Prize for economics for their analysis of economic governance, The photo taken on Oct. 12, 2009 shows the images of the 2009 Nobel Economics Prize winners Oliver Williamson (R) and Elinor Ostrom displayed by the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences [...]

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Three American scientists win 2009 Nobel Prize for Medicine

October 6, 2009
Three American scientists win 2009 Nobel Prize for Medicine

Elizabeth H. Blackburn, Carol W. Greider and Jack W. Szostak, all from the United States, won the Nobel Prize for Medicine for 2009 on Monday. The trio were awarded the prize for the discovery of “how chromosomes are protected by telomeres and the enzyme telomerase,”the Nobel jury — the Nobel Assembly announced at a press [...]

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Vietnam, Cuba foreign ministries to bolster ties

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Vietnam’s top diplomat has affirmed that the Foreign Ministry will closely cooperate with its Cuban counterpart to implement the agreements reached by the two...