Posts Tagged ‘ Vietnamese people ’

Competition necessary to develop the arts 

December 31, 2011
Competition necessary to develop the arts 

   The Vietnam National Symphony Orchestra plays at a concert in Hanoi last February Graham Sutcliffe, who has been living in Vietnam for 20 years, is now conductor of the Vietnam National Opera Ballet. Previously, he was the conductor of the Vietnam National Symphony Orchestra in Hanoi and also worked in Ho Chi Minh City. [...]

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US veteran gives back in Da Nang 

December 30, 2011
US veteran gives back in Da Nang 

US veteran Chuck Palazzo with Vietnamese victims of Agent Orange in Da Nang in central Vietnam. US veteran Chuck Palazzo has spent the past 40 years compensating victims of the Agent Orange he helped spray during his 13 months serving in the Vietnam War. Palazzo arrived in Da Nang in central Vietnam in 1970 as [...]

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US veteran gives back in Da Nang 

December 21, 2011
US veteran gives back in Da Nang 

US veteran Chuck Palazzo with Vietnamese victims of Agent Orange in Da Nang in central Vietnam. US veteran Chuck Palazzo has spent the past 40 years compensating victims of the Agent Orange he helped spray during his 13 months serving in the Vietnam War. Palazzo arrived in Da Nang in central Vietnam in 1970 as [...]

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Rural treasures 

December 19, 2011
Rural treasures 

  Jars of tương being dried in the sun “I don’t know when the first jar of tương (soya sauce) was made but our family has been producing the sauce for five generations,” says an old woman in Duong Lam, a village in Hanoi’s Son Tay District famous for its tương recipe as well as [...]

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Private low-cost carrier set to take off in Vietnam 

December 6, 2011
Private low-cost carrier set to take off in Vietnam 

  The first private airline licensed in Vietnam four years ago officially joined the market Friday, introducing itself as a low-cost carrier.   With its “Save more, fly more” slogan, VietJetAir aims to make air transport accessible to all Vietnamese and foreign tourists including low-income earners through affordable and flexible prices, the VietJet Aviation Joint Stock [...]

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Vietnamese poet believes in Russia reclaim of cultural uniqueness 

November 12, 2011
Vietnamese poet believes in Russia reclaim of cultural uniqueness 

  As Russia marked the 94th anniversary of the October Revolution (November 7), Vice Chairman of the Vietnam Writers’ Association Nguyen Quang Thieu says while the country seems confused by changes under westernization, but it will prove its once powerful culture in the future. For you, as a poet, what is the meaning of Russia? Landscapes and people, [...]

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‘Hurdles’ at hospitals still hard for Indian pharma companies 

October 11, 2011
‘Hurdles’ at hospitals still hard for Indian pharma companies 

Pham Viet Thanh at Indian Pharma Outlook seminar 2011 at Sheraton Hotel Saigon on Friday September 30. Indian pharmaceutical companies have been doing good business in Vietnam but they say there are still ‘hurdles’ at public hospitals, according to speakers at seminar in Ho Chi Minh City on Friday. Addressing the meeting called “Indian Pharma [...]

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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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Police warn against risks of selling kidneys abroad 

August 26, 2011
Police warn against risks of selling kidneys abroad 

Tran Van Dai, 21, from the Mekong Delta province of Hau Giang, shows his scar after returning home from China to sell his kidney. People who illegally enter China to sell their kidneys may lose other internal organs without knowing it, a police official has warned. Senior Lieutenant-Colonel Nguyen Phu Thuong of Can Tho City [...]

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Vietnam beware! 

August 14, 2011
Vietnam beware! 

  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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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...