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A scene from “Living in Fear”. There is no place like Vietnam, where audiences turn their backs on films that win domestic and international prizes. Awarded movies = unmarketable In a meeting, director Bui Thac Chuyen outspokenly said: “Talking about the revenue of Song Trong So Hai (Living in Fear) is painful.” Few people bought [...]
Author Ha Pham Phu (R) and Chiniese scriptwriter Gia Phi. (Photo: SGGP) A film about Ho Chi Minh, Hanh trinh qua ba be (Journey across three oceans), will be made by Chinese producer Zhu Jiang and the Vietnam Writers’ Association, at cost of VND15 billion (US$833,000). Zhu Jiang is on the hunt for a director [...]
Students always complain about lack of time, but spending most of their time chatting and sleeping – these are the problems of students nowadays, dubbed ‘students diseases’. The old gossip At 4 pm every day, university campuses are full of students in groups of five or seven. They are students taking advantage of ‘good weather’ [...]
Students do not want to become computer science teachers, while teachers of informatics feel discouraged with their jobs because of low pay and the lack of promotion opportunities. “It has really been difficult for the last few years to recruit informatics teachers. HCM City is still lacking teachers,” said Van Cong Sang, Head of the [...]
Ex-prisioners of Phu Quoc jail listen to museum staff telling the “Phu Quoc Jail Crime” at the exhibition. (Photo: SGGP) An exhibition, including photographs and documents, highlighting the crime and cruelty of jailors in Phu Quoc jail are being displayed at the Ho Chi Minh City War Remaints Museum. The exhibition, “Phu Quoc Jail Crime,” which remembers the American [...]
Hanoi’s Vice Chairman Dao Van Binh on May 16 led a delegation that checked on dog meat preparation in Ha Dong district after cholera was found in dog meat sold in the area. Dog slaughterhouses there will be closed at least 15 days as of that day. Hanoi authorities will also spray Chloramin B to [...]
To May 18, 540 people in eleven northern provinces have been diagnosed with acute diarrhea, including 53 testing positive to vibrio cholerae bacterium, reports the Preventive Health and Environment Agency (PHEA). Acute diarrhea has spread to eleven provinces in the north. The affected provinces cover the entire Red River Delta area and adjacent Quang Ninh, [...]
Parents of five-year-olds are forcing their children to attend pre-school in order to give them a head start when entering Grade 1, despite the fact that it is illegal. Ha Noi’s Department of Education and Training last week issued an instruction, banning pre-school classes for five-year-olds who are entering Grade 1 in September. But parents, [...]
It is quite normal to have more children entering school every year. However, the increase in the number of 1st year primary school students this year is believed to be the highest ever. Predictably, there will be negative impacts on education quality. 15 to 25 percent increase foreseen Experts are warning that a record high [...]
The global economic recession is having a big impact on the national economy. The government’s urgent solutions, including stimulus packages worth billions of US dollars, have begun to pay off. However, specialists say that the fight against the economic downturn remains tough. Although Vietnam suffered from the impact later than other developed countries, it has [...]