November 14, 2011
 Vietnam’s Ha Long Bay is one of the New Seven Wonders of Nature, announced the New7Wonders Foundation on November 12 after the first count of global voting ended a day earlier. In alphabetical order, the seven winners are the Amazon, Ha Long Bay, Iguazu Falls, Jeju Island, Komodo, Puerto Princesa Underground River and [...]
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June 4, 2011
Geof Heydon, vice president of Digital Economy at Alcatel-Lucent in Australia. Broadcasters, policy makers, regulators, and experts in media sector have met in Hanoi on May 24-25 for the 8th Asia Media Summit, which was viewed as a significant platform to address challenges and to identify opportunities in the new age of digital economy. The [...]
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January 8, 2011
Seventeen singers from ASEAN member countries are participating in the ASEAN Golden Voice Contest 2011 in Ho Chi Minh City from January 5 to 8. The singing contest opened with traditional and folk songs sung in the contestants’ native languages on January 5 at the HCMC Television Theater. The second show on January 7 [...]
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December 18, 2009
Vietnamese athletes grabbed 20 gold medals on the ninth day at the SEA Games on Thursday but were still three golds adrift of top-placed Thailand. They won six golds in pencak silat, five golds in wushu, four golds in wrestling, two golds in track and field, two golds in judo and one gold medal in [...]
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December 7, 2009
US Consul General Kenneth Fairfax encourages people to make a difference on climate change The US State Departmentâs âChange Your Climate, Change Our Worldâ video contest aims to help Vietnamese get involved in the fight for the environment, said US Consul General in Ho Chi Minh City Kenneth Fairfax. The department called upon Vietnamese filmmakers [...]
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December 2, 2009
National arts and crafts exhibition opens in Ha Noi; US consulate announces climate change video contest; Germans help restore gate of King Tu Duc’s tomb Craftsman Quach Van Hieu from Ha Noi will receive a gold medal at the opening ceremony of the Second National Arts and Crafts Exhibition in Ha Noi today, December 1. [...]
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November 3, 2009
The four winners (L to R) Hoang Manh Cuong, Phan Duy Linh, Phan Y Ly and Nguyen Manh Ha Vietnamese filmmakers win a chance to have their documentaries aired on the Discovery Channel. Documentary film treatments written by five Hanoi-based filmmakers will be made with the support of the Discovery Channel after winning the First [...]
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October 7, 2009
After a contestant in the Mrs. Vietnam 2008 beauty pageant raised questions about irregularities, local government sponsors of the event asked the police to investigate and punish complainers. Contestant Doan Thi Phuong. With a letter titled “Asking for Answers,” Mrs. Vietnam 2009 contestant Doan Thi Phuong raised five questions to competent agencies, including the Ministry of [...]
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September 27, 2009
LookAtVietnam – The Vietnam Art Association 2009 Prizes were awarded to five best paintings that have undergone several rounds of selections in eight regions of Vietnam. ‘Hanoi’s ancient quarter’, lacquer painting by Van Chien. LookAtVietnam – The Vietnam Art Association 2009 Prizes were awarded to five best paintings that have undergone several rounds of selections [...]
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September 1, 2009
The winner of the Vietnam Golden Whistle 2009 will receive 30 million dong (over $1700) from the Vietnam Football Federation. One of the two FIFA-acredited referee in Vietnam, Duong Van Hien. There are four criteria VFF uses to choose the best referees of the year: officiating at least 15 matches, having up to two matches with [...]
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