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Vietnamese female fencers bring home gold at Southeast Asian Champs
Vietnamese fencer Nguyen Thi Nhu Hoa took home one gold medal in the women's epee event at the Southeast Asian Fencing Championships in the Philippines on May 18. -
A book saleswoman and Records at Para Games
Being nearly 40 years old, Tran Nguyen Thai has many achievements. She is especially well known for her 5 medals at the Para Games in 2001 and 2005. To achieve these victories as a disabled female, Tran Nguyen is a bright example for all of us to follow. -
Vietnamese models on int’l catwalks
Recently, Vietnamese models Bao Hoa and Vu Thu Phuong were invited to work with US modeling companies. They become the nation’s first models to work abroad. -
“Sleepless Souls” – A Play about Martyrs Dang Thuy Tram and Nguyen Van Thac.
After much consideration and thought, director Doan Hoang Giang has made a play about Dang Thuy Tram, Nguyen Van Thac and other martyrs. -
Female Latin-American Journalist and President Ho Chi Minh
In 1959, Marta Rojas, a newly graduated journalist, started work at a Revolution Newspaper of the Cuba Communist Party. As the Vietnam War fiercely escalated in 1964, Marta came to see the representative of the South Vietnam National Liberation Front in Havana and proposed her visit to Vietnam. -
Women volleyball team to compete at Queen Cup
The Vietnamese women’s volleyball team will compete at the Queen Cup in Bangkok, Thailand, from June 6-12. -
Vietnamese women’s medals at world weightlifting contest for disabled
Vietnamese weightlifters won two silver and a bronze medal at the world contest for the disabled in the Republic of Korea, reported the Sports Daily. -
Chess: Women’s team seeded 24 in world Olympiad
The women’s chess team with Hoang Thi Bao Tram, Le Thanh Tu, Nguyen Thi Thanh An and Pham Bich Ngoc, are seeded 24 at the forthcoming world championship. -
2006 Toyota Women's Open Tennis Tournament to take place
The 2006 Toyota Women's Open Tennis Tournament will open in Ho Chi Minh City on May 13 with the participation of 90 tennis players from 18 countries and territories, the organising board announced at a press briefing on May 9. -
Tennis: Hanoi win gold in women’s event of National Sports Games
Team Hanoi won a gold medal in the women’s tennis event of the National Sports Games one match ahead, reported Ho Chi Minh City Sports newspaper. -
Expat photographers explore the lives of Viet Nam’s women
Visitors to the Sofitel Plaza Ha Noi recently have the opportunity to understand more about the daily life of Vietnamese women, as seen through the eyes of expatriates living and working in Ha Noi, in an art and photography exhibit that opened last Friday. -
A Chinese company sponsors uniforms for 2 national football teams
On April 12th, in Hanoi, Vietnam Football Federation announced that Bejing Lining Sports Goods Co., Ltd of China will sponsor training and competing uniforms for Vietnam’s national men’s and women’s football team’s for 3 years (2006-2008). -
Female artisan brings traditional fans to the world
Lan Tuyet is working around the clock to prepare to turn out fans in a new material: brocade. She also plans to use this new material for next month’s International Festival of Tourism, where she will have a chance to show off all her hard work: hundreds of intricately designed traditional fans -
French artist finds inspiration across Southeast Asia
French painter Sophie Chardonnet displayed 24 acrylic paintings inspired by the diverse faces of Vietnam at an exhibition in the Art Vietnam Gallery in Hanoi. -
French artist debuts in Hanoi
French artist Helen Kling is debut-ing over 40 Vietnam-inspired oil paintings in her first Hanoi exhibition entitled Vietnam, My Love. -
Spanish Guitarist to Perform in Support of Vietnamese Poor and Agent Orange Dioxin Victims.
Duet artists will perform works of C.G. Scheilder, E. Granados, M. Giuliani… -
Tennis star off to the US
A young female tennis player from Hanoi, Ngo Viet Ha, has received a scholarship from the International Olympic Committee (IOC) -
Singer Phuong Thanh’s New Live Show
Chanh live show by singer Phuong Thanh to celebrate her fifteen years of singing will be organized on May 12, 2006, at Military Zone 7 Stadium, Ho Chi Minh City -
VNA releases photo book of Agent Orange victims
The Vietnam News Agency (VNA) yesterday presented an illustrated book titled "For the Victims of Agent Orange," depicting the effects of Agent Orange/dioxin on generations of Vietnamese, to the Viet Nam Association for Victims of Agent Orange/dioxin (VAVA). -
Music Night in Remembrance of Trinh Cong Son held in England
A Committee representing ex-students of Hanoi – Amsterdam High School in the United Kingdom (HAO-UK) organized the first “Music Night in Remembrance of Trinh Cong Son” in London on the 29th April to perform the most famous and selected songs from the last 40 years of this famous composer.