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Five schoolgirls from the Mang But secondary school in Kon Plong district, in the central highlands province of Kon Tum, have quit their studies to get married, said Hoang Van Dam, the school’s principal, last Tuesday. Upon learning that these students had suspended their studies to get married, teachers and the school managing board cooperated [...]
A research group led by Dr Nguyen Ba Hai, a lecturer at the HCMC Technical Teacher Training University, has successfully invented a prototype instrument that facilitates the blind when they travel. The device, which is named the SPKT Eye, was revealed by the group after three years of study on the project. Looking like the [...]
President of the Hanoi University of Foreign Trade Hoang Van Chau met local press to clarify the story about Vietnamese students who have to work as toilet doormen in Singapore. The sensational news that excellent students of the Hanoi Foreign Trade University have to push wheelchairs for disabled and help undress passengers to [...]
While the capital may be renowned for its street food stalls, customers have to put up with increasingly bad service. Famous for arguing with customers Treated like beggars Some of Hanoi’s most famous street food stalls have been accused of treating their customers like beggars. Stall owners have gained reputations for rude service and swearing. [...]
A delegation including five out of six monks who have volunteered to practice Buddhism in Truong Sa (Spratly) islands, led by Tran Son Hai, deputy permanent chairman of Khanh Hoa central coastal province, left for the archipelago on a boat Thursday. The monks have been appointed to rub some of the pagodas located in the [...]
The American Chamber of Commerce in Hanoi will host a fund-raising event on April 14 to benefit the Amcham Scholars programme, which identifies and rewards the host talented final-year students in universities of Hanoi. This year’s gala will feature a New Orieans-style Mardi Gras party, live auctions, food, drink and music. The venue has been [...]
At the age of 12, Phung Hoa Hoai Linh won the Best Actress award at the International Dubai Film Festival, for her leading role in “Mother’s Soul” by well-known director Nhue Giang. Phung Hoa Hoai Linh in “Mother’s Soul”. Linh who has big, black eyes and plump and intelligent face, had her first role at [...]
Cyclo is the favorite of foreign tourists, who see it as Saigon’s “specialty,” but this kind of vehicle is banned in Vietnam’s largest city. Cyclos at the Great Church. ‘Eradicating’ cyclo The correspondent who wrote this article dropped by the head office of the cyclo trade association of District 1, on March 14. He saw [...]
A chau van (spiritual singing) club has been established in the capital in a bid to preserve the traditional art form. Chau van is performed in praise of the Mother Goddesses and junior deities. Chau van is accompanied by flutes, castanets, drums and dan nguyet (the moon-shaped zither). Hundreds of chau van singers attended the [...]
Katy Perry, Sean Paul and Lana Del Ray dominated the stage of Germany’s annual ECHO Music Awards in Berlin, where Adele picked up two awards to add to her string of BRIT and Grammy wins. The British star scooped Album of the Year for “21″, as well as Best Female International Artist at Thursday evening’s [...]