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Thanh Nien reporter wins JICA Vietnam Media Award
26/11/2010 05:00
The photo from Long’s story that features a farmer making the garlic-chilli pesticide. Thanh Nien journalist Bui Ngoc Long has takenÂ first prizeÂ in a national media contest launched by the Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA)....
Miss Earth contestants have fun in Nha Trang
25/11/2010 05:00
VietNamNet Bridge – Nearly 90 contestants returned to Nha Trang city on November 23 to prepare for the final night on December 4. They each had interesting moments on the beach....
French guitarist to play jazz in Hanoi
25/11/2010 05:00
French guitarist Manu Codjia, one of the original French Â jazz guitarists will perform at the Tuoi Tre Theatre in Hanoi on December 10. The artist and his friends, contrabass player JÃ©rÃ´me Regard and drummer Philippe Pipon...
Arts journal now also in English
25/11/2010 05:00
The Viet Nam University of Fine Arts’ Institute of Fine Arts has published an English translation of its annual academic bulletin Studies on Vietnamese Fine Arts Scientific Information 2008, with plans to issue translations of the 2009 and 2010 editions...
One-in-three women abused by husbands
25/11/2010 05:00
One in three ever-married women said that they had suffered physical or sexual violence at the hands of their husbands at some time in their lives. A scene of a film. (Photo: TT&VH) The results from the National Study on...
Aid for thousands in four poor provinces
25/11/2010 05:00
Nearly 5,000 poor households in four provinces will be given a helping hand to increase income and job opportunities during the next two years. Farmers dry woven bamboo trays and baskets at Hoang Thinh Commune in Hoang Hoa...
City bus crushes motorbikes on Saigon bridge, no casualties
24/11/2010 05:00
Motorbikes end up under a public bus during a collision in Ho Chi Minh City on Wednesday A public bus in Ho Chi Minh City lost control and hit a series of motorbikes on Wednesday as it was driving down the Saigon bridge. Â Six...