Posts Tagged ‘ The Website ’

British paper turns readers into newshounds 

November 13, 2011
British paper turns readers into newshounds 

A journalist looks at the ‘Newslist’ on the Guardian website on November 10. A British newspaper has thrown open its office doors, let the readers stride in, and invited them to peer over reporters’ shoulders — digitally, at least. The website of the left-leaning Guardian daily is publishing its ‘newslist’ — a schedule of stories [...]

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Online music award kicks off its second season 

November 12, 2011
Online music award kicks off its second season 

Singer Van Mai Huong The “Zing Music Awards” kicked off its second season on November 7. The awards honor local singers and bands that are online listeners’ favorites, as measured by votes and downloads of top 10 albums, songs and video clips from November 7 until January on the website http://awards.zing.vn. Awards will be given [...]

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Popular Vietnam websites lose domains to hackers 

October 29, 2011
Popular Vietnam websites lose domains to hackers 

A billboard put by hackers on diadiem.com saying that the website is for sale. Two of Vietnam’s most popular websites on destination directions and information technology have been hacked.   Administrators of vozForums, a big local IT forum, have moved their operation from the international domain vozForums.com to the Vietnamese back-up domain http://forums.voz.vn, while the [...]

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Gossips’ tentacles crawl across the information superhighway 

August 20, 2011
Gossips’ tentacles crawl across the information superhighway 

  A new entertainment website, Octopus Central, shows and tells all about the inner lives of Vietnamese celebrities The website Octopus Central has all the latest on actress Hoang Thuy Linh whose leaked sex tape shot her to fame in 2007. Have you ever wondered what’s up with pop icon Ho Ngoc Ha’s rich playboy [...]

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The way to a woman’s heart 

August 14, 2011
The way to a woman’s heart 

  Thu’s book, My Quest for Yummy Banh Mi in Vietnam, documents her discovery of different regional delicacies in Vietnam   “My belly and my heart are full of happiness and love now.” Vietnamese-Canadian Thu Nguyen did not believe she could actually write a book, but her fascination with one of the most common street food [...]

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Right to know 

August 13, 2011
Right to know 

  Government would do well to keep people informed about its actions on the East Sea conflict, prominent lawmaker asserts   The government stands to gain a lot, and lose nothing, if people know about the actions it is taking on the East Sea conflict, an outspoken legislator has said. An informed public would help [...]

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Hackers attack 1,500 Vietnamese websites 

June 19, 2011
Hackers attack 1,500 Vietnamese websites 

A popular forum for Vietnamese white-hat hackers at www.hvaonline.net has also fallen prey to black-hat hackers. Foreign hackers have attacked an estimated 1,500 Vietnamese websites, including the online forum for white-hat hackers, since early this month. The list of hacked websites ranges from government sites to sites dealing with real estate and electronics. In the latest [...]

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Vietnam to tighten digital information security after cyber attacks 

June 14, 2011
Vietnam to tighten digital information security after cyber attacks 

  The Vietnamese prime minister Friday asked all government agencies and local authorities to strengthen measures to protect digital information.   The order followed reports that hundreds of Vietnam websites, including the portals of many government agencies, have been hacked recently.   PM Nguyen Tan Dung required the agencies and local authorities to apply measures that [...]

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Amateur lens focus on Saigon’s beauty 

May 28, 2011
Amateur lens focus on Saigon’s beauty 

Photo courtesy of www.vnphoto.net. The website just released a photo book called Sai Gon dep lam, and the above picture is part of the compilation. Members of VnPhoto, the local biggest online photography community, have introduced a photo book named Sai Gon dep lam (How beautiful Saigon is) and exhibited some selected works from May [...]

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Official 48-hour movie website launched in Vietnam 

May 23, 2011
Official 48-hour movie website launched in Vietnam 

  Oganizers of the 48-hour film project have launched their official film screening website http://48.vivo.vn with media streamer ViVo.vn as they launch the second season of the competition in Vitenam this year. Vietnamese movie-lovers can see all the films from the 2010 season as also the entries from the 48 Go Green competition in high [...]

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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...