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Thomas Dold from Germany, the world’s defending champion of vertical run, was crowned the winner today at the 178m vertical race in Ho Chi Minh City’s Bitexco Financial Tower.
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After four days, Nguyen Son Lam reached the peak of Vietnam’s highest mountain. The 90cm-tall man shares pictures of his memorable trip to the press.
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Vietnamese pop singer Tran Thu Ha or Ha Tran, currently living in the U.S., is working with her lawyer to explore the possibility of a plagiarism lawsuit against Rihanna and Coldplay.
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Senior officials have been banned from playing golf – after the game was blamed for their sub-par performances in the office. And the greens and fairways even remain out of bounds for executives on weekends and holidays.
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Well-known Agent Orange victim and sports journalist Nguyen Son Lam is set to trek up Mt Fansipan, Vietnam’s highest peak, this weekend to raise funds for his charity.
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TOKYO: Phan Thi Ha Thanh won Vietnam’s first world-class gymnastics medal as she finished third in the women’s vault at the world championships in Tokyo Saturday on the eve of her 20th birthday.
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Is it worthy to give them a cash prize of US$1 million if Vietnam’s national U-23 football team wins the Southeast Asian Games to be hosted in Indonesia next month?
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At a woman’s cultural center in Ho Chi Minh City one evening, 39-year-old Kim Chi watches instructor Bach Van An show trainees how to react when someone tries to strangle from behind. Soon she starts to practice the moves herself.
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Lam Van Tay, a breeder of ornamental cocks in Ho Chi Minh City’s Binh Tan District, has brought along two small cocks to show them off. The beautiful birds suddenly flare their neck feathers, angrily flap their wings, and aggressively attack each other with raised claws.
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Live broadcast of European football matches is causing a headache in Vietnam where betting is completely outlawed because of stadium advertising by bookmakers in Vietnamese and other languages.
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Eighteen teams from 10 countries and territories, including Japan, China, Hong Kong (China), Laos, Malaysia, Kazakhstan, Thailand, Indonesia, Australia and host Vietnam, will compete in the tournament.
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Shocking news has spread in the transfer window of the 2011-12 football season in Vietnam when the star striker Le Cong Vinh has agreed to move to Hoa Phat Hanoi after completing his three-year contract with Hanoi T&T.
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While in the past it might have been regarded as a regrettable scandal for an actor, singer or model’s private photographs to be leaked on the internet, it seems today an increasing number are more than happy to press release the media with shocking or titillating images.
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‘Are you too shy to take the mike during karaoke with your friends?’ ‘Train your voice and win over the audience in just 4-6 months!’
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In an online poll organized by a website in Brazil, the host country of the Miss Universe 2011 pageant, Vietnam’s Hoang My ranks third among the most favorite contestants.
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More than just a type of dance, Beth Young learns that hip hop is a complete lifestyle for these young Vietnamese girls
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Sunday, August 28 was a big day for the Blue Dragon Children’s Foundation soccer team. The team, Blue Dragon United, has now played their 1000th soccer game.
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The UK’s leading football team, Manchester United, has signed a three-year partnership with Beeline, Vietnam’s mobile telecoms company.
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Vietnamese – Canadian photographer Viet Huy Lam has just debuted his special portrait paintings made of thousands of letters and words.
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If well-known painters could come back to life by a miracle, they would have wanted to die again when they see their artworks being imitated and sold at dirt cheap prices in Vietnam.
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