November 7, 2011
Retired stage artists are happy to be among their own in the autumn of their lives Then and now: Doan Thien Kim with a photograph taken during her heydays as a cai luong artist in HCMC several decades ago Former cai luong (reformed theater) artist Doan Thien Kim, 77, looks sad whenever she receives [...]
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November 3, 2009
Miss World 2007 Zhang Zi Lin at a 2008 press conference announcing that Miss World 2010 would be held in Nha Trang A late bid to shift the Miss World 2010 finals from Nha Trang to the Mekong Delta province of Tien Giang has got people debating the pros and cons of each location. Miss [...]
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October 26, 2009
LookAtVietnam – The US-based RAAS group, which will organize the Miss World 2010 pageant in Vietnam, informed Khanh Hoa province that the pageant will be moved to Tien Giang province. RAAS’ Chairman Hoang Kieu and Miss World 2008 in Nha Trang. Hoang Kieu’s dispatch to Khanh Hoa authorities stated that RAAS would ask the Ministry of [...]
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July 12, 2009
LookAtVietnam – Co Bo is an ancient art of playing drums, which developed to serve the kings of the Nguyen Dynasty. This special musical performance has been maintained by people in a northern village, about 750km from the old imperial city of Hue in central Vietnam.Bump, bump, bump â¦the rhythmic sound echoes hollowly as a [...]
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July 2, 2009
In the central Vietnam, around 200 hydro-power projects have been built, are being built or are on the drawing boards. With Vietnam facing chronic shortages of power in the summer months, electricity generation has become a hot product. The Zahung dam on Zahung river, built to serve the 30 MW Zahung hydro-power plant. Many companies, including [...]
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June 17, 2009
Phap lam products displayed at the Museum for Hue Royal Antiques in Hue city.LookAtVietnam – In the system of Hue’s cultural heritages, phap lam is a very important part, but the phap lam-making technique was said to be lost. Some scholars have been striving to restore the technique. Nguyen Dynasty books wrote that phap lam (bronze [...]
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May 2, 2009
VietNamNet Bridge – Co Bo drumming, once used to serve the kings of the Nguyen Dynasty, is being preserved in a northern village.Music researchers believed the traditional art of Co Bo drumming, used to serve the last monarchy in Vietnam, died out in the central ancient capital of Hue. But this echo from the past [...]
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May 1, 2009
A practice session of the Co Bo drumming team in Bac Ninh Provinceâs Thi Cau Ward Co Bo drumming, once used to serve the kings of the Nguyen Dynasty, is being preserved in a northern village. Music researchers believed the traditional art of Co Bo drumming, used to serve the last monarchy in Vietnam, died [...]
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April 24, 2009
Those companies which cannot meet the requirements set by commercial banks to get bank loans will get guarantees from the Vietnam Development Bank (VDB) for loans. VDB’s General Director Nguyen Quang DungOutstanding loans with VDB’s guarantee in the last two months since the credit guarantee programme was kicked off prove to be modest. However VDB’s [...]
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