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Found in translation 

August 27, 2011
Found in translation 

  Guenter Giesenfeld and Marianne Ngo, who won a notable award in Germany this year for their translation of a short story collection by Vietnamese author Le Minh Khue I first met Professor Guenter Giesenfeld at an international conference on promoting Vietnamese literature more than a year ago. Our paths crossed again after Le Minh [...]

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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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Lecturer denounced for plagiarizing Korean dictionary

January 27, 2010
Lecturer denounced for plagiarizing Korean dictionary

VietNamNet Bridge – A Korean grammar dictionary, popular among students, has been found to be have been plagiarized.   The book is Ly Kinh Hien, a lecturer of the HCM City University of Social Sciences and Humanity, however it turns out that it’s merely a translation of South Korean work. A group of Vietnamese postgraduates in [...]

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Profiling Vietnamese literature’s growth and popularity overseas

January 20, 2010
Profiling Vietnamese literature’s growth and popularity overseas

To mark the international conference introducing Vietnamese literature to the world (January 5-10), Tuoi Tre Cuoi Tuan reviews the impact Vietnamese literature is making internationally. From the left: writers Phan Thi Vang Anh, Le Minh Khue, Ho Anh Thai and Nguyen Huy Thiep at the Gothenburg International Book Fair in Sweden 2003. In the early 1990s, [...]

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Foreigners lap up poetry translation

January 10, 2010
Foreigners lap up poetry translation

An English translation of a collection of Vietnamese poetry, Memory of Black Eyes, has proved to be a big hit with foreigners, with the book flying off the shelves at bookshops. Nguyen Trong TaoLookAtVietnam – An English translation of a collection of Vietnamese poetry, Ky Uc Mat Den (Memory of Black Eyes), has proved to [...]

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Writers say good translations key to international markets

January 9, 2010
Writers say good translations key to international markets

Only 570 Vietnamese works that have been translated and introduced in foreign countries Vietnam needs to support foreign translators of local works if the country wants its literature to be appreciated overseas, intellectuals from Vietnam and around the world agreed at a six-day conference in Hanoi. About 13,700 literary works from writers around the world [...]

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2nd international conference on Vietnamese literature

January 6, 2010
2nd international conference on Vietnamese literature

LookAtVietnam – The second international conference on Vietnamese literature to the world opened at the My Dinh National Convention Centre in Hanoi on January 5.The event attracted the participation of 150 representatives from 30 countries and more than 200 domestic and foreign writers, translators and journalists.Addressing the conference, Deputy Prime Minister Nguyen Thien Nhan, who [...]

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Turning a new page

November 15, 2009
Turning a new page

LookAtVietnam – A meeting portends exciting happenings for Vietnamese literature, but it’s no time to get carried away.  As Hanoi prepares to make the most of its 1,000th anniversary next year, the Vietnamese Writers Association is making a momentous move of its own. With blessings from the highest authority in the country, the association will [...]

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Turning a new page

November 14, 2009
Turning a new page

A Spanish translation of Truyen Kieu (Tale of Kieu) at Xuan Thu bookstore in downtown Ho Chi Minh City. A meeting portends exciting happenings for Vietnamese literature, but it’s no time to get carried away. As Hanoi prepares to make the most of its 1,000th anniversary next year, the Vietnamese Writers Association is making a [...]

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Little Vietnamese literature read overseas

October 7, 2009
Little Vietnamese literature read overseas

LookAtVietnam – Foreign works of literature, translated into Vietnamese, have become hot reads in the last few years, yet few Vietnamese works are read overseas.  Korean students Choi Dae Hoon and Jung Hyun Woo look for Vietnamese literature works in Fahasa bookstore. LookAtVietnam – Foreign works of literature, translated into Vietnamese, have become hot reads [...]

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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...