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LIFESTYLE IN BRIEF 19/11
18/11/2009 05:00
Prize hat trick for local movie Trang Noi Day Gieng; Artist crafts picture from coconut shells to toast capital’s birthday; Charles Dickens’ A Christmas Carol set The movie Trang Noi Day Gieng (Moon at the Bottom of the Well) by Nguyen Vinh Son has...
Online artists revolutionizing Vietnam pop
17/11/2009 05:00
LookAtVietnam – Singers are turning their back on expensive album production and costly promotion and turning instead to internet releases. Ung Hoang Phuc. The success of “online singers” Bao Thy, Thuy Chi, MR Siro, Akira Phan, Noo Phuoc...
Hue offers funds to upgrade garden homes
17/11/2009 05:00
There is a growing tendency to build nha vuon or garden houses in central Hue city city. The Thua Thien Hue provincial People’s Committee has decided that each owner of a nha vuon will receive financial support of VND100 million (US$5,597) to rebuild...
Former supermodel to be Miss Earth jury member
17/11/2009 05:00
Elite Vietnam’s manager and former supermodel Thuy Hanh has agreed to join the jury for the Miss Earth 2009 pageant in the Philippines. Thuy Hanh She went to Philippines on November 18 to meet the organizing board and contestants. Hanh said she...
Mrs. World ladies call on Hanoi
17/11/2009 05:00
VietNamNet Bridge – Twelve contestants of the Mrs. World pageant suddenly visited Hanoi on November 17. Mrs. World contestants at the Noi Bai Airport....
Hue offers finance to restore garden homes
16/11/2009 05:00
LookAtVietnam – The famed nha vuon or garden house of Hue city city could flourish and bloom again, nurtured by new policies of the Thua Thien-Hue provincial administration. It’s magic: The nha vuon, or garden house in Hue includes two main parts: a...
Actress supports blindness project
16/11/2009 05:00
Australian actress Jessica McNamee will visit Viet Nam this week for a first-hand look at the Fred Hollows Foundation’s blindness prevention programme in developing countries. See need: Australian actress Jessica McNamee serves as an ambassador for the Fred...