Profiles

Electric skill with wool makes an artist
05/12/2008 05:00
VietNamNet Bridge - Electrician Tran Ngoc Tuan is a self-taught artist who specialises in creating portraits and landscapes from wool fragments. Tuan helps two students, Vo Thi Son (left) and Luong Ngoc Hue city (right) create a piece of...
Surgeon gives hope to nation’s kids
24/11/2008 05:00
VietNamNet Bridge - Paediatrics has been an area of medicine slow to develop in Vietnam, but thanks to the efforts of one man and his collegues, hundreds of sick children can look forward to a healthy future. Dr Nguyen Thanh Liem (centre)operates...
King of Vietnam sonatas reminisces
23/11/2008 05:00
VietNamNet Bridge - Hanoi celebrates its 54th anniversary of its liberation from French occupation on October 10th. Thanh Nga finds an eye-witness of the big day, still up and running at 84 years young. Musician Nguyen Van Quy plays his...
‘Nutty’ inventor brings dreams to life
16/11/2008 05:00
VietNamNet Bridge - On top of coming up with life-changing gadgets, one man is giving his disabled workers a second chance at success. From power generators to deal with the country’s constant shortages, to electric cats that catch mice and...
Happiness written by teacher’s kind heart
15/11/2008 05:00
VietNamNet Bridge - Do Xuan Bach, a primary school teacher in the Mong minority village of Sin Chai has dedicated his life to educating poor children with the help of the entire community. Teacher Bach not only teaches the children of Den...
Old artisan preserves the soul of embroidery
14/11/2008 05:00
VietNamNet Bridge - When one sees Pham Viet Dinh’s long fingers rhythmically working with a needle and thread, it’s hard to believe that he is already 77 years old. The man looks younger and stronger than his age with his bright eyes, close-cropped...
Erotic comics hurt growing kids
30/10/2008 05:00
VietNamNet Bridge – Hai Quan (Customs) newspaper spoke to Nguyen Cong Dung, member of the Viet Nam Education Psychology Association about two publishing houses who were fined for printing violent and salacious comic books. Poets and writers...