January 2, 2012
Outpouring of frustration and disappointment among youth indicates a need to strengthen pride and confidence in the nation, experts say Young people at an enlistment ceremony in Ho Chi Minh City last September. A national enlistment program this year saw thousands of youth voluntarily join the army. Experts say the sense of national pride [...]
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December 14, 2011
The orange-flavored yogurt drink made by Coca-Cola subsidiary Minute Maid that is sold in Vietnam Coca-Cola has said it does not sell in Vietnam a beverage it had to recall in China when one child died and three others became ill after drinking them late last month.  Nguyen Khoa My, public relations chief of Coca-Cola [...]
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November 16, 2011
American student’s singing ambitions rekindled by the sound of Vietnamese Singing and teaching in Vietnam has not made Kyle Cochran (aka Kyo York) rich, but his life is better than ever. Photo courtesy of Kyo York When he first set foot in the Mekong Delta as a volunteer to teach English under a Princeton [...]
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October 31, 2011
If the current state of zero accountability for wildlife protection continues, other species will follow the rhino to extinction Participants watch projected images including of smuggled rhino horns (R) seized during a press conference on the launch of a rhino population survey report in Vietnam in Hanoi on October 25. A critically endangered species [...]
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October 23, 2011
A classic comedy sets the stage for realizing theatrical dreams for a couple of expats A scene in the dress rehearsal of ‘The Importance of Being Earnest.’ Critics said that Vietnamese up-and-coming Lan Phuong (in red) has fulfilled her role with good acting and English-speaking skills. “When one is in town one amuses oneself. [...]
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September 24, 2011
A recent diplomatic row with China highlights India’s moves to beef up its influence in the East Sea via more cooperation with Vietnam, observers say Indian Navy personnel march on Indian Independence Day at the Red Fort monument in New Delhi. India’s recent actions demonstrate that countries are looking for ways to balance the [...]
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September 21, 2011
The story of Hai Ba Trung (The Trung sisters) riding their elephants to fight against Chinese rule, is part of “The show of Vietnam” show. Hon Viet – “The Soul of Vietnam,” a series of performances for tourists presenting Vietnamese history set to traditional folk music, will make its debut on September 23 at the [...]
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August 15, 2011
A set of wall paintings by young graffiti artists has inspired a conversation about art, culture and the changing times in a HCMC neighborhood. One of the half-length portrait murals portraying a member of the Click9 project The area around this old Pho Shop will never be the same. Pho Dau, one of Ho [...]
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August 14, 2011
Activists worry multinational corporations that produced Agent Orange could perpetrate another ecological disaster through genetically modified organisms Agent Orange victims Chu Quang Duc (C), 27 years old, and his father Chu Quang Chien (R) who served in Vietnam’s central Quang Nam – Da Nang area from 1971-1975 during the Vietnam War, attend a computer [...]
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August 9, 2011
50 years after the US began spraying Agent Orange over Vietnam and 36 years after the end of the war, victims suffer as realpolitik considerations offer faint glimmers of hope Teacher Nguyen Ngoc Phuong (C), 31, an Agent Orange victim, walks among other victims during a lesson at a hospice in Vietnam’s Da Nang [...]
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Disaffected youth?
Outpouring of frustration and disappointment among youth indicates a need to strengthen pride and confidence in the nation, experts say Young people at an enlistment ceremony in Ho Chi Minh City last September. A national enlistment program this year saw thousands of youth voluntarily join the army. Experts say the sense of national pride [...]
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