Profiles

Engineer breathes life into longan trees
24/01/2009 05:00
An old lady prepares to sell her longan fruits, an example of the changes made thanks to Vui’s work in Bac Ninh Province’s Thuan Thanh District. Lookatvietnam - Nguyen Van Vui has taken it upon himself to return fruit inhospitable branches of...
Failed student becomes star chef
24/01/2009 05:00
Lookatvietnam - Frustrated, depressed and embarrassed are about the only words to describe Dao Duy Khanh’s feelings when he failed his university entrance exam in 2006. Proud and overjoyed is the best way to describe his mood two years later...
Vietnamese girl invents new economic model
24/01/2009 05:00
Le Vo Phuong Mai, a Vietnamese student at the UK-based Cardiff University, has successfully defended her doctoral dissertation, which rejects the European-American economic model and introduces a more perfect one. Le Vo Phuong Mai in her recent...
Building a global brand of craftsmanship
10/01/2009 05:00
VietNamNet Bridge - We discovers a master artisan hoping his handmade guitars will spread the word about Vietnamese creativity. Cuong calculates the right size for the guitar’s soundboard and neck at his workshop in his home at...
Dean Wilson: American actor “stuck” in Vietnam
26/12/2008 05:00
VietNamNet Bridge – With charming blue eyes, bobbing blonde hair, an attractive smile, Dean Wilson looks more like a Hollywood actor than a lecturer. But actually, he is a doctor of cinematography and a lecturer of the Ford Foundation’s movie project in...
Farmers covet age-old treasure collection
09/12/2008 05:00
VietNamNet Bridge - They may not be rich but Ta Man and his wife refuse to sell their precious relics from the pre-Christian Oc Eo era to foreign collectors. The treasures belong to the nation, they say. The archaeological site of Oc Eo...
Old man time
06/12/2008 05:00
VietNamNet Bridge - One Vietnamese clock repairer has heard the ticks and tocks of nearly every major clock ever installed in Hanoi. VietNamNet Bridge - One Vietnamese clock repairer has heard the ticks and tocks of nearly every major clock...