Brazil clown submits to literacy test for Congress seat

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Báo Tuổi Trẻ English 33 month(s) ago

A television clown elected to Brazil's congress submitted to a literacy test Thursday to try to disprove critics who claimed he could neither read nor write and therefore should be disqualified from office.

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German writers to visit Vietnam

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Báo Thanh Niên English 35 month(s) ago

To mark German Year in Vietnam, two German writers, Ingo Schulze and Juli Zeh, will visit the country.

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Ancient calligraphy exhibition opens at Temple of Literature

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Báo Dân Trí English 35 month(s) ago

Ancient calligraphy exhibition opens at Temple of Literature

Calligraphy is a type of special traditional art brought to Vietnam along with Chinese characters. With this art, scholars use quills to write Chinese characters under the form of Trien, Le, Hanh, Khai and Thao.

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Books for children still a challenge for Vietnamese authors

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Báo Dân Trí English 37 month(s) ago

Books for children still a challenge for Vietnamese authors

It has been a great recent achievement of publishing houses to have attracted children to comic books that have been translated from foreign languages; however, it is a big challenge for Vietnamese writers to fight this wave of translated stories that have captivated over 15 million Vietnamese students.

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A street for scholars

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Báo Dân Trí English 43 month(s) ago

A street for scholars

Tet is fast approaching and the festivities have already begun, but some people are still busy hustling about trying to prepare for the holiday.

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A look back on Vietnam’s music scene of 2009

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VietnamNet English 44 month(s) ago

A look back on Vietnam’s music scene of 2009

Singer Bao Thy.

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Calligraphy preserved as a Tet tradition

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VietnamNet English 44 month(s) ago 1 related news

Calligraphy preserved as a Tet tradition

A calligrapher writes for a guest.

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Van Mieu street covered with calligraphy

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Van Mieu street covered with calligraphy

(VOV) - Many calligraphy artists are gathering on the street outside Hanoi’s Van Mieu (Temple of Literature) to show their beautiful writings in both Chinese and Vietnamese characters to those who like to adorn their home with such gifts as best wishes for prosperity and happiness in the upcoming Year of the Snake.

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Promissory note falls due on… Feb 30!

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Báo Tuổi Trẻ English 9 month(s) ago

Promissory note falls due on… Feb 30!

A Long An Province court has judged that a man has to pay the debt shown on a promissory note written by him for another man, despite the fact that the due date of the debt is February 30, as shown in the paper.

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Chinese newspapers write about Ngo Thanh Van

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Hanoi Times English 21 month(s) ago

Chinese newspapers write about Ngo Thanh Van

The Hanoitimes- Van’s “The Rebel” was screened in China in early 2009 and Van was praised by the local media as Vietnam’s Zhang Ziyi. Chinese newspapers wrote that Van has professional working style and diverse style. Van is the o­nly Vietnamese artist who was introduced o­n Sina and Hudong websites.

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A new way of literary creation in Vietnam

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Báo Dân Trí English 24 month(s) ago

A new way of literary creation in Vietnam

The writer Vinh Quyen had over ten works of literature published, most of which were novels and short stories. Of course all of these were written in his native language, Vietnamese. It was not until 2008 that he quietly began to write his first work in English, Debris of Debris. Vinh Quyen was a graduate of the Faculty of Sino-Nom, but had not mastered the English language. For this reason, before he started to write the first lines, he attended...

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War scribe inspires young reporters (13-09-2009) Ly Van Sau s introduction to journalism was a baptism of fire, not only on the battlefield but also at press conferences, as Ha Nguyen discovers. As a reporter for Liberation News Agency, Ly Van Sau was

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VietNam News English 49 month(s) ago

War scribe inspires young reporters
(13-09-2009)
Ly Van Sau s introduction to journalism was a baptism of fire, not only on the battlefield but also at press conferences, as Ha Nguyen discovers.
As a reporter for Liberation News Agency, Ly Van Sau was

After the South s liberation in 1975, the LNA merged with the News Agency of Viet Nam, now the Vietnam News Agency.

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Tet of Vietnamese expatriates

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VOV News English 43 month(s) ago 1 related news

Tet of Vietnamese expatriates

During the traditional Tet (Lunar New Year) holiday, Vietnamese from everywhere, however busy they are, want to go back to their roots to burn incense to their ancestors at the temple or grave yard.
But not all overseas Vietnamese are able to return to Vietnam for Tet. Although they have to stay in the residence countries, they always turn their minds to their homeland.
Le Trong Van, cultural and historical researcher in the US:
Tet (Lunar New Year festival)...

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