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Winners of French cultural contest win trip to France
13/05/2009 05:00
Nguyen Dinh Chuong (L) and Doan Thanh To Diem at the Concours IDECAF contest held from March 29 to May 8 by the the Institute of Cultural Exchange with France. The pair won the top prize, a 10-day trip to France. (Photo: SGGP) VietNamNet Bridge - The...
Plaintiff loses screenplay authorship dispute
12/05/2009 05:00
LookAtVietnam – The plaintiff has failed to prove his case and the defendant has not fulfilled his responsibility as a co-author, the Ha Noi People’s Court ruled on Monday to settle a copyright dispute over a movie screenplay. Mr Nguyen Thanh claimed he...
Calligraphers of the @ age
12/05/2009 05:00
Instead of wearing tunics and ready-to-wear turbans, the three young calligraphers of “@ Scholar” impressed attendants of the “Mother’s Lullaby” calligraphic exhibition in modern T-shirts and jeans. Calligrapher Phan Kien. These authors of...
Mississippi River through a Vietnamese camera
12/05/2009 05:00
The first episode of “Ky Su Ben Dong Mississippi” (Chronicle of the Mississippi River), a 60-episode documentary series about the lives of American people along the world’s third-longest river, was aired on HTV7 channel on May 13. Cameraman Tran Duc...
Globe trotter
12/05/2009 05:00
Thierry Posty in the Dominican Republic. The French psychologist spends much of his life crossing nations on horseback. French adventurer Thierry Posty arrived in Hanoi last week to start the next leg of his ambitious...
Vietnamese TV: A cut-throat business
11/05/2009 05:00
Television is a “hot” commodity, with many businesses wanting to enter the industry. However, it is a sector fraught with risk. Vietnam Idol is co-produced by HCMC TV and a private company (Photo: SGGP) Television is a “hot” commodity, with...
Hanoi court rejects screenplay authorship claim
11/05/2009 05:00
Military reporter Nguyen Thanh A court in Hanoi Monday rejected a suit filed by a military reporter claiming sole authorship and copyright payment for the screenplay of a 1986 hit film, saying the plaintiff had failed to...