Posts Tagged ‘ The Work ’

Making the big move 

November 14, 2011
Making the big move 

  A local worker prepares before moving the 1,500 ton Van Linh Pagoda on Cam Mountain in An Giang Province 20 meters backward and simultaneously turning it 90 degrees. They call him a genie, but Do Quoc Khanh waves it off, saying there is no magic to his work. “As soon as all the procedures [...]

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Expats find the good life in Vietnam 

October 31, 2011
Expats find the good life in Vietnam 

  An Australian chef in a restaurant in Hanoi Radhakrishnan from Sri Lanka has been a businessman for a long time. Of the several countries where he has worked, he finds it easiest to make money and live comfortably in Vietnam, and this is where he intends to stay. “Compared to my home country, it [...]

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Central Hanoi in between past and future 

October 14, 2011
Central Hanoi in between past and future 

  The central area of Hanoi, which comprises the four downtown districts of Ba Dinh, Dong Da, Hai Ba Trung and Hoan Kiem, has not seen much development over the past few years, a contrast to the fast growth seen at other new urban areas in the capital city. Modernizing central Hanoi while retaining its [...]

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War of words 

July 2, 2011
War of words 

  A scene in the play Sam hoi (Penance), a box office top hit at Phu Nhuan Theater in 2009. The play’s scriptwriter, Dieu Nhu Trang (below) is accused of plagiarism by a university student who claimed to have written 60 percent of the play but was not paid for it. A director has a [...]

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Novelist turns fantasy into reality 

May 22, 2011
Novelist turns fantasy into reality 

Jenny-Mai Nuyen, now 23, is the writer of six best-seller fantasy novels which have been translated into German, English, and Vietnamese. Jenny-Mai Nuyen started writing when she was five years old. At the age of 13, she penned her first fantasy novel. At 18, the Vietnamese-German published, Nijura – Das Erbe der Elfenkrone (Nijura – [...]

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‘Public work’ does not confer infallibility 

December 7, 2010
‘Public work’ does not confer infallibility 

Scooters wade through flooded Nguyen Huu Canh Street in Binh Thanh District When we were young, we were taught that if we did something wrong, knowingly or otherwise, we must apologize, accept responsibility and make things right. There were no exceptions. No one was exempt from this common-sense rule. Authorities in particular would not be [...]

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Delta job seekers enslaved in southern hub 

November 9, 2010
Delta job seekers enslaved in southern hub 

Xe om drivers wearing blue shirts wait at the Mien Tay Bus Station for customers Xe om drivers around Ho Chi Minh City major bus stations have abducted youth from the Mekong Delta and sold them to people who forced them to work without wages, according to a Tuoi Tre investigation undertaken following readers’ tipoffs.   [...]

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Shelved scientific research is a waste of money for Vietnam

January 28, 2010
Shelved scientific research is a waste of money for Vietnam

LookAtVietnam – Economics scientific research is being left unused meaning Vietnam is wasting billions of dong and the ideas of its finest minds. Dr Dao Duy Huan from the Finance-Marketing University said that in general, economics and business administration schools have to spend billions every year on scientific research. While a lot of economics scientific research [...]

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Vietnam to open first paintings authentication center

January 18, 2010
Vietnam to open first paintings authentication center

A foreign visitor looks at a lacquer painting by Le Xuan Chieu at the Ho Chi Minh City Fine Arts Museum Vietnam’s first fine arts authentication center will open later this year, aiming to protect both authors and buyers, Vi Kien Thanh, director of the Vietnam Fine Arts Museum, told Thanh Nien. He said the [...]

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Chinese contractors blamed for delays in infrastructure project

December 20, 2009
Chinese contractors blamed for delays in infrastructure project

LookAtVietnam – Two Chinese contractors are being blamed for delaying Ho Chi Minh City’s major environmental sanitation project that began in 2001 and was scheduled for completion by June next year.A representative from the US-based consultant Camp Dresser & McKee International Inc. (CDM) said that the China State Construction Engineering Corporation (CSCEC) is in charge [...]

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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...