• Franco, Hathaway fail to wow as Oscar hosts 

    07/03/2011 05:00

    Co-host James Franco (L), best actor nominee for his role in “127 Hours,” and co-host Anne Hathaway stand onstage during the 83rd Academy Awards in Hollywood, California, February 27, 2011. Oscar organizers tried something unprecedented...

  • Denmark budgets $1.2 mln support for Vietnamese contemporary art, culture  

    28/02/2011 05:00

    Denmark will provide US$1.2 million for promoting contemporary Vietnamese art and culture over the next five years, the Danish embassy announced Friday.   The Cultural Development and Exchange Fund...

  • ‘Concours’ 2011 focuses on contemporary music 

    27/02/2011 05:00

    Poster of the contest. The annual “Concours” contest held by the Institute for Cultural Exchange with France (Idecaf) will be held from the end of this month to the end of April. With its focus on contemporary French and Vietnamese...

  • ‘Airbender,’ ‘Sex and the City” win worst film gongs 

    27/02/2011 05:00

    A tour bus advertising the movie “Sex and the City 2” is seen in New York in 2010. Martial arts fantasy flick “The Last Airbender” swept the board at the pre-Oscar Razzie awards for worst movies of 2010 Saturday, while “Sex and the...

  • Using usable money to buy ‘useless’ money 

    26/02/2011 05:00

    Nguyen Thanh Minh, a member of the Gia Dinh Money Collectors’ club. You need money to make money, they say. Some people in Ho Chi Minh City want money, but don’t seek to make it. Brought together by their “love of money,” the...

  • Strike offers a lesson for FIEs

    25/02/2011 05:00

    VietNamNet Bridge - Big strike at a Taiwanese-backed motorbike and automobile manufacturer in Hanoi has again sparked off the issue of decent work for local labourers at foreign invested enterprises in Vietnam. Last week, 400 of 748 workers of United Motor Vietnam...

  • Walk and make children smile 

    24/02/2011 05:00

    Cover of the photo-book called “Power of the smile” By joining a public walk, held on March 20 and buying a photo-book called “Power of the smile,” you can restore smiles to the faces of many unfortunate children. With...

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