Some film projects for 2009 have been declared. Johnny Tri Nguyen and Ngo Thanh Van. Model, singer and actress Ngo Thanh Van and Vietnamese-American actor Johnny Tri Nguyen will kick off their own movie, invested in by Chanh Phuong Film, this March or April. Ngo Thanh Van said the script was written by Johnny Tri Nguyen. [...]
Lookatvietnam – The combined beauty of the Lam River and the Hong Mountain Range impresses every visitor to Nghe An province. The Lam River. Driving down National Highway 1, one reaches the city of Vinh and can see the Ben Thuy Bridge spanning a large river. That is the Lam River. From one end of this [...]
VietNamNet Bridge – Like other Vietnamese people, Vietnamese students celebrate Tet with banh chung (square glutinous rice cake) and lean pork paste. However, the Tet of Vietnamese students, the young people, still has something special. Charles Whalen Ruttherford from the Hanoi University of Social Sciences and HumanityCharles Whalen Ruttherford, a student of the Hanoi University [...]
VietNamNet Bridge – It is necessary to give prominence to higher education, give preferences to educators and help students develop personalities – these are all ideas given by leading professors in Vietnam about ways to improve education and training in Vietnam. Prof Vu Duong Ninh The biggest worry of society now is that education still [...]
VietNamNet Bridge – The economic stimulus package, worth US$6 billion, according Deputy Prime Minister Nguyen Sinh Hung, is not a specific financial package which will be directly pumped into the economy, but it comes from tax reductions, the issuance of bonds, guarantee for international loans, and social welfare. Minister of Planning and Investment Vo Hong [...]
VietNamNet Bridge – While Vietnamese farmers cannot sell their rice, high-quality rice has been flocking in from Cambodia, and low-quality rice is being sent by farmers from the Cuu Long River Delta to HCM City. Dr Le Van BanhDr Le Van Banh: Vietnamese people’s living standards have improved, and they have a demand for high-quality [...]
Students say the Hong Bang University campus in Binh Thanh District is deteriorating and badly in need of renovation despite increased tuition fees Students say they don’t get their dong’s worth at Ho Chi Minh City schools. While private universities and colleges in the southern hub increase tuition fees, students say their facilities remain sub-par [...]
VietNamNet Bridge – Possibly no one knows when banh khot (a somewhat small Vietnamese pancake) appeared in Vietnam’s cuisine and people are sure if the popular and cheap dish is the specialty of the southern coastal province of Ba Ria-Vung Tau. Cooking banh khot in Vung Tau City. (inset) A dish of banh khot at [...]
