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Many foreign channels of pay TV services in Vietnam which are not edited and translated into Vietnamese will not be licensed to broadcast in the near future. 16 out of 75 foreign channels of pay TV services in Vietnam are licensed for being edited and translated into Vietnamese. At present, only 16 out of 75 [...]
A businessman invested VND600 million ($30,000) to produce an album for Dung Da Lat, a famous guitarist in HCM City. The album consists of ten 10 classic music works. In Vietnam, instrumental music holds a modest position, with a small number of audience. As a result, artists are not eager to invest in this genre [...]
Vietnamese fans of Kpop have been excited to receive greetings sent from South Korean artists via video clips before having the chance to see them on stage at two concerts in Ho Chi Minh City and Hanoi later this month. A number of South Korean artists including bands Wonder Girls, SNSD, T-ara, KARA, [...]
The plan by the Hanoi authorities to have 50 percent of nursery and general schools meeting the national standards by 2015 proves to be unfeasible for Hanoi, which seriously lacks the land fund and money. Commercial hub lacks schools Only 12 out of the 74 schools in Hai Ba Trung district have been recognized [...]
In the minds of millions of students and dozens of generations, Nguyen Ngoc Ky is an extraordinary example of the will and strength, and an image of a “hero” of today and the future. Teacher Ky does everything by his feet, from writing to eating, wearing clothes to taking care of ornamental trees and typing. [...]
The nine-member band, Girls’ Generation, will join the other 12 South Korean bands and singers at the K-Pop Festival 2012 – Concert in Vietnam next month A slew of well-known South Korean bands and singers will be performingfor one night only next month in Hanoi, in what local media have dubbed “one of the most outstanding cultural events in Vietnam” [...]
Swing Quartet, the group consisting of French and Vietnamese jazz musicians will perform for the first time in Ho Chi Minh City tonight, October 12. The quartet will perform swing tunes by French composers like Gus Viseur, Marcel Azzola and Richard Galliano. Established two years ago in Hanoi, the quartet comprises Belgium young accordion player [...]
A young teacher in Hanoi has resigned and is currently being treated at a local hospital after being harshly criticized by netizens and ridiculed by online newswires for failing to recognize the difference between chicken soup and a cockcrow. Ha Thi Thu Thuy, a young literature teacher at Lomonoxop High School in Hanoi, has been [...]
Vietnam has been cherishing the ambitious plan on making biofuel, which would be consumed domestically as the “fuel of the future.” However, this proves to be a far-away dream. Two years ago, when launching the program on developing biofuel E5, Vietnamese officials believed that E5, which helps prolong engine’s life expectancy and protects the environment, [...]
Visitors to Hanoi will soon have two more options for city routes run by solar electric cars, set to be put into operation in December. Electric car tours operate in Hanoi The tours, launched by Dong Xuan Joint Stock Company, will take tourists to visit a number of famous sites in the city, including Hoa [...]