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Beauty pageant observer website Globalbeauties has recently announced its annual beauty ranking Miss Grand Slam spotlighting the most beautiful faces of the year, Tien Phong Newspaper reported Friday. Vietnamese beauties Daniela Nguyen Thu May, Truong Tri Truc Diem and Le Huynh Thuy Ngan made it to the top 100 ranking, which Globalbeauties chose from thousands [...]
This is not meant to be cheap sensationalism. Far from it, our heart is always saddened by the news of such tragedies. Here we simply wish to follow in the tradition of muckraking journalism, hoping to bring about social progress through the exposition of social maladies. 1) Cau Ghenh train crash (February 6) Two people [...]
The US embassy in Thailand warned on Friday that “foreign terrorists” could be looking to conduct attacks in areas of the capital, Bangkok, frequented by tourists and told its citizens in a message to be careful. Walter Braunohler, spokesman at the embassy, declined to give further details but said: “We’re warning all US citizens to [...]
Culture, beautiful landscapes and reasonable prices have made Vietnam one of the top destinations for tourists from several Asian countries, a recent survey revealed. International tourists are interested in Vietnam’s cultural identity and exotic landscapes The Visa Global Travel Intentions Survey 2011 showed that as many as 24% of future tourists to Vietnam [...]
Top US officials strongly condemned a video that appears to show Marines urinating on dead insurgents in Afghanistan, while the Pentagon said it had identified the unit involved. US Defense Secretary Leon Panetta said the behavior in the video was “utterly deplorable,” US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton spoke of her “total dismay,” and both [...]
Singer My Tam, who dominated the Mai Vang music award for several years, fell from this year’s top ten to be replaced by Ho Ngoc Ha. My Tam fell out of the Mai Vang music award 2011’s top ten In addition to Ho Ngoc Ha, singers in the top-ten list included Minh Hang, Dam Vinh [...]
Flowers are arranged on the 2km bank and on boats at the flower market along Tau Hu canal in District 8, HCM City. The market is the home to tens of thousands of ornamental trees from southern provinces of Ben Tre and Tien Giang. Boats carrying flowers from southwestern provinces have landed at the market [...]
Thanks to the help of the Taipei Economic and Cultural Office in Ho Chi Minh City, a Vietnamese bride in Taiwan has been saved from the violent behavior of her Taiwanese husband and will be taken to Vietnam in the weeks to come. Efforts to save 29-year-old Pham Thi Kim Thanh, a native of Thoi [...]
Scanty dress style, lip-synch of artists, violation of show organizers, etc. will be discussed at a seminar, held by the Art Performing Administration, in HCM City on December 27. Entitled “Improving aesthetics in performing art,” the seminar will attract officials from the Art Performing Administration, the Association of Vietnamese Performing Artists, the Association of Vietnamese [...]
Le Huynh Thuy Ngan, the first runner-up of the Vietnam Jewelry Queen pageant, left Vietnam to China on December 12, to compete in the Miss Tourism Queen International 2011. Le Huynh Thuy Ngan in ao dai. Nguyen Thanh Nhan, an official from the Art Performing Administration, said that Ngan was licensed to attend the Miss [...]