Profiles

The detective who became a deputy
21/03/2010 05:00
“I was a detective, and met a lot of people in that role. Meeting the people as a National Assembly deputy is very different,” said Tuyet Minh, a police officer from Kien Giang. This is another in VietNamNet ’s ‘Know Your...
Top lawyer, also a legislator, plays key role in drafting bills
07/02/2010 05:00
“Attending National Assembly sessions is a bit stressful because we sit for days, but actually, I’m more stressed on my ‘normal’ days,” says Deputy Pham Quoc Anh in an interview with VietNamNet. Pham Quoc Anh was born in...
The lady who digs up dead bodies
06/02/2010 05:00
At the age of 15, Pham Thi Binh first followed her father to cemeteries where he was paid to exhume bodies. Now she has taken on the role herself. Binh always uses bared hands at work. Binh, 37, said that her life has always been closely...
Constituents want more than a candid answer from the PM
01/02/2010 05:00
VietNamNet talks with Deputy Tran Thi Quoc Khanh, who posed three questions to the Prime Minister during the National Assembly’s last session. I and many other deputies and constituents wished for a law to ban doctors from taking money and...
“Endeavour to be independent voice”
28/01/2010 05:00
In the latest in our “Discover our Vietnamese Congressmen” series, VietNamNet talked with congress deputy Duong Trung Quoc, who is also a historian. Insider view of National Assembly Duong Trung Quoc was...
Insider view of National Assembly
24/01/2010 05:00
VietNamNet will provide portraits of the 12th National Assembly deputies through a new column: “Discover Vietnamese Congressmen”. Readers are invited to send questions to them at evnn@vietnamnet.vn. Thuyet was born in 1948 in Thai Nguyen,...
Village’s mysterious mask dances intrigue
11/10/2009 05:00
Artisan Bui Van Hung practises his dance routine. Performers of Xuan Pha Dance wear painted masks and don strange costumes. They sing and dance, and sometimes howl, causing viewers to feel as if they are in some kind of wonderland. Xuan Pha...