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Writer Nguyen Khac Phuc. Writer Nguyen Khac Phuc, the author of the script for the 1000th Thang Long – Hanoi anniversary, has agreed to make the script for the National Tourism Year announcement ceremony 2010 in Hanoi from October 3-6, 2009 at Hanoi’s Thong Nhat Park. Phuc said he chose Thong Nhat Park because this [...]
Nguyen Phuong Mai, a student from the international RMIT University in Hanoi, was voted into the top ten of the Asian Supermodel contest in Nanning, China on July 26. Mai was one of three Vietnamese contestants at the Asian Supermodel competition, besides Nguyen Hong Nhung and Nguyen Ngoc Oanh. While Nhung entered the top ten [...]
The Vietnamese contestant in the Miss Universe 2009 pageant currently ranks second in the online poll on the pageant’s official website, after Miss Indonesia. The Miss University organising board posts photos and personal information of all contestants on its website and calls for worldwide readers to vote for their favourite face. With an average rating [...]
Co Bo is an ancient art of playing drums, which developed to serve the kings of the Nguyen Dynasty. This special musical performance has been maintained by people in a northern village, about 750km from the old imperial city of Hue in central Vietnam. Bump, bump, bump …the rhythmic sound echoes hollowly as a group [...]
Restoring folk festivals through the use of contemporary art is an audacious project being implemented by the Institute for Culture and Art of Vietnam. Vu Nhat Tan Phuong Vu Manh Pham Van Truong Interactive, modern styles of contemporary art will be highlighted at a ceremony of the Lanh Giang Temple Festival in the northern city [...]
A group of online writers have gathered to introduce an online literary website at vanhocmang.net. Writer Trang Ha (left) at the launching ceremony of vanhocmang.net. Writer Trang Ha, who came up with the idea, said that at the beginning, vanhocmang.net would post literary works written by bloggers of Yahoo!360o. Yahoo!360o closed on July 13. In [...]
People’s committees at city and provincial levels are now responsible for regulating local motorbike taxis (xe om) and other similar types of vehicles providing services to the public. Xe om drivers will be required to wear uniforms and badges as stipulated by the provincial and city people’s committees to distinguish them from other traffic participants. [...]
A shortage of safety inspectors has led to an increase in labour accidents in HCM City, the city’s Department of Labour, Invalids and Social Affairs (DoLISA) has said. The department will also open more professional training courses for inspectors as well as improve labour safety awareness among employees and employers through workshops. Tran Trung Dung, [...]
Vietnam has been found to be one of the five happiest countries in the world due to its long average lifespan, Vietnamese people’s satisfaction with their lives and low environmental impact level. A summer day of Vietnamese kids. The UK-based New Economics Foundation (NEF) announced the Happy Planet Index (HPI) on July 4 for 143 [...]
Five long stories by Nguyen Nhat Anh, a famous writer for teenagers, will be turned into graphic novels by Art Sign Corp. A page in “Before the Final Round” cartoon. The five stories are Truoc Vong Chung Ket (Before the Final Round), Bong Bong Len Troi (Bubbles Rise into the Sky), Bo Cau Khong Dua [...]