January 9, 2012
A man (L) stands in front of an ATM while a homeless man sleeps in front of an advertisement on a street in Hanoi January 3. Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung has acknowledged the surging influence interest groups have on the policymaking process, calling for increased transparency to tackle the issue. Prime Minister Nguyen [...]
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December 25, 2011
Part of the cover of the Vietnamese-Korean fairy tale collection, "The lazy Boy who Turns to a Cow," will be released in the middle of January 2012. A book release to introduce the second book in the collection “Vietnamese – Korean Fairy Tales” will take place at Hanoi’s National Library on December 28. The release [...]
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November 16, 2009
Talking about the implementation of the UN convention against corruption in Vietnam, UNDP’s advisor Jairo Acuna-Alfaro suggested that Vietnam oversees the assets of government officials as in other countries. Mr. Jairo Acuna-Alfaro.VietNamNet Bridge – Talking to VietNamNet about the implementation of the UN convention against corruption in Vietnam, Jairo Acuna-Alfaro, the UNDP advisor in anti-corruption [...]
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November 1, 2009
Two suspended deputies of Indonesiaâs Corruption Eradication Commission were arrested Thursday in a graft case that has complicated President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyonoâs drive for clean governance. Police named Chandra Hamzah and Bibit Rianto as suspects last month for allegedly abusing their power to issue travel bans against people being probed for corruption. Yudhoyono suspended them [...]
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October 9, 2009
Members of a California Vietnamese community marched outside government offices Tuesday, calling for an open grand jury inquiry into a police shooting that killed a Vietnamese-American man in May. Demonstrators in front of the Santa Clara County Government Office said they were calling for the Santa Clara District Attorney to open to the public a [...]
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August 2, 2009
LookAtVietnam – Viet Nam’s cheo (traditional opera) is beginning to attract audiences in the capital after the success of the latest show at Ha Noi Cheo Theatre, Chang Ka Tum va Nang Mi Tieu (Ka Tum and Mi Tieu) that was inspired by a famous Cambodian poem. A scene in the cheo show Katum and [...]
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April 29, 2009
LookAtVietnam – Part-privatised Vietcombank’s shareholders failed to set a date for its listing when they met yesterday. But its executives are confident that it will eventually happen. Vietcombank won approval in principle to list on the HCM City Stock Exchange without first having, sold 20 per cent of its shares to the public early last [...]
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April 14, 2009
The Department of Culture, Sports and Tourism of the central city of Hue refused to licence painter Nguyen Kim Dinh’s nude painting exhibition, reasoning low artistic quality and inappropriateness to Vietnamese habits and customs. A painting by Nguyen Kim Dinh. Painters Nguyen Kim Dinh and Phan Van Thuy planned to organise a joint exhibition on April [...]
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April 9, 2009
The top priority in the marketplace now is to create confidence in the General Motors and its products, said a GM spokeswoman here on Wednesday. The exhibition booth of GMC is crowded with journalists during the media preview of New York International Auto Show in New York April 8, 2009. New York International Auto Show [...]
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March 8, 2009
LookAtVietnam – Bai Hat Viet Contest gives new composers an opportunity to introduce their work to the public. Le Cat Trong Ly wrote last year’s winning song Chenh Venh when she was 19 years old. She talks about the prize. LookAtVietnam – Bai Hat Viet (Vietnamese Songs) Contest gives new composers an opportunity to introduce [...]
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