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Artist Nghiem Diep Anh displays nearly 20 dragon paintings to welcome the New Year 2012, the Year of the Dragon, at an exhibition at 3D building, Duy Tan Street, Hanoi. Diep Anh, 40, introduces 19 dragon paintings at her personal exhibition in Hanoi, which opens today, January 3. Dragon in Diep Anh’s artworks look different [...]
The Viet Nam Writers Association announced their annual awards early this week for 2010-11, recognising the best literature works of the year. Prizes have been awarded to works in categories for novels, short stories, chronicles, poems, theory and criticism. Taking the top prize for a novel was veteran writer Nguyen Xuan Khanh for his novel [...]
Arguing that the 20-year contract approved by the Vietnam Football Federation (VFF) and digital TV service provider AVG is of no value, VPF — a partner company of the VFF — says it expects to settle the issue in court. Assigned to manage marketing, sales and the organization of competition of the top two football [...]
Vietnamese swimmer Hoang Quy Phuoc, who won two gold medals at the 26th SEA Games in November in Indonesia, will join five other swimmers for a six-month training session in the US in preparation for the London Olympics in July. They are scheduled to leave for the state of Florida on January 8, and the [...]
The London Organizing Committee of the 2012 Olympic Games has invited the 21-year-old chess player to run about 300 meters in the 70-day torch procession that will visit more than 1,000 cities and towns in the UK prior to the official opening ceremony on July 27 in London. Liem, who will join 100 other outstanding [...]
Many people are seeking to buy countryside specialties as gifts for their families and friends on Tet holiday, in addition to unique fruits of wine-gourds and other items. Many people are seeking to buy countryside specialties as gifts for Tet Countryside specialties grow in popularity Born in the northern mountainous province of Cao Bang, Tran [...]
Some international awards and new records in revenue are a little solace of the movies industry in the year that the movies were under heavy impacts after the loss of VND38 billion ($2 million) of the Vietnam Cinema Agency. A scene from Phan Dang Di’s “Bi, Don’t Be Afraid”. In 2011, Vietnamese cinema’s development tendency [...]
Nguyen Duy Hai’s only wish now is to get the 90-kilogram tumor on his right leg removed as soon as possible. The 31-year-old man from Da Lat (Lam Dong) told Tuoitrenews that he is now staying in a rented house in Ho Chi Minh City’s District 2, waiting for a final decision from FV Hospital [...]
A 112-member squad of disabled Vietnamese athletes is set to compete in seven events in the hope of a top three finish at the ASEAN Para Games, the largest regional sporting event for disabled athletes, in Indonesia from December 12-20. Aiming high: Vietnamese athletes train at the National Sport Centre in Ha Noi in preparation [...]
The Vietnamese Air and Air Defense Force on December 4 executed the firing of real rockets, anti-aircraft artillery, and ZCY-23 self-propelled artillery, as part of its 5-day drill in Bac Giang Province. The maneuver was aimed at checking the results of this year’s training courses for a number of units of the force. Below are [...]