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New anthology marks General Giap’s birthday
20/08/2009 05:00
Academics from the HCM City University of Social Sciences and Humanities have compiled a giant anthology to mark the 99th birthday of General Vo Nguyen Giap Marching orders: Cover of the book General, Commander in Chief Vo Nguyen Giap, A Man of Peace....
Museum celebrates late leader
20/08/2009 05:00
LookAtVietnam – The Ton Duc Thang Museum in HCM City is displaying 200 images and objects related to the late president’s life and career. Meeting of mines: President Ton Duc Thang talks to workers at a coal mine in Quang Ninh province, in a photo on...
Vietnam dominates intâl music contest in Jakarta
19/08/2009 05:00
Students from the Vietnam National Conservatoire won more medals than any other group at the International Music Contest in Jakarta, Indonesia last week. The 12 students, who arrived in Hanoi on...
Renowned cinematographer gives lecture in HCMC
19/08/2009 05:00
American director of photography Matthew J. Siegel will lead a filmmaking course in HCMC August 19-21 Award-winning American director of photography Matthew J. Siegel on Wednesday began a course on shooting films with...
Rock star
19/08/2009 05:00
The giant rocks appear out of nowhere in a vacant lot on a road just outside the beach town of Nha Trang . Fossil wood, quartz rocks, granite rocks, amber and sapphire â“ most of them are...
Underground but loud
19/08/2009 05:00
Contestants from Miss Teen Vietnam 2009 The increasing popularity of homosexual beauty contests has raised eyebrows, with people asking whether or not such events are legal. A week doesnât go...
Guitar pioneer, composer and Hue music teacher dies at 91
19/08/2009 05:00
LookAtVietnam – Veteran musician-guitarist Ung Lang, one of Viet Nam’s most talented musicians in the 1940s, died in HCM City on Monday. He was 91. Double bar: Veteran musician Ung Lang. Born in 1919 in Hue city city, Lang began his music career at...