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Look on the bright slide
2008-03-17 05:55:00 Overseas Vietnamese musician Ngoc Long has been through war and diaspora, all the while drowning out his sorrows with the melancholic warble of the Hawaiian slide guitar.Born in 1939 in northern Ha Nam Province, Ngoc Long spent his childhood in Hanoi.At 10, he began learning to play Hawaiian slide guitar with William Chan, a music instructor from Hong Kong who trained many celebrated Vietnamese musicians.He later moved with his family to Saigon (now Ho Chi Minh City) where he studied violin at the Saigon Music-Theater National Conservatory.After graduating at the age of 25, Long played for the Saigon Radio Station and made his living performing live at popular nightspots such as the Queen Bee, and Arc-en-ciel.In 1976 he joined Huong Mien Nam (Southern Scent), an art troupe that held performances throughout the country.From 1982-2003, Long performed nightly on the HCMC Voice of the People radio.His euphonious but sorrowful music provided the background for several films, including Do... More About: Entertainment , Slide , Bright
Versatile beauties
2008-03-15 02:09:00 Not all of Vietnam?s most popular starlets have always been career actresses ? in fact several of Vietnam?s biggest hits recently have starred models and singers. Thanh Hang surprised local audiences this Tet as a sharp-tongued but soft-hearted bartender in Nu Hon Than Chet (Kiss of Death), one of Vietnam?s highest-grossing films ever.Initially famous for her long legs, Hang made a splash with her first supporting role in 2002?s Gai Nhay (Bar Girls), which is considered a landmark Vietnamese film.She took on the role confidently without ever attending an acting class.In this year?s romantic comedy Kiss of Death, Hang plays An, a young bartender who meets her dream man just days before she is scheduled to die.The audience learns that she is about to die because her dream man is in fact an angel of death sent to take her to the underworld.An desperately tries stay alive but gives in to her death in the arms of her lover, whose kiss takes her away from the earthly world.Nguyen Quang Du... More About: Entertainment
Free PDF to Word Doc Converter version 1.1
2008-03-13 02:15:00 Free PDF to Word Doc Converter - easy and powerful pdf converter software.How to edit PDF files without purchasing an expensive PDF editor? How to extract text/images from PDF files? What you need is a PDF to Word Converter.Free PDF to Word Doc Converter is such a desktop document conversion tool to convert Adobe PDF file to Mcirosoft Word Doc file - and it's totally for FREE!The program can extract text, images, shapes from PDF file to Word Doc file and preserve the layout. It can convert all the pages, or any pages range of the PDF file.And it is a standalone program - you can convert PDF to Word Doc without Adobe Acrobat Reader or Microsoft Word installed!Key Features :Convert PDF to Word and preserve the original layout of your PDF in an editable Word Document.Extract text labels, graphics, shapes from PDF file into Word Doc file.Convert all the pages, or partial pages of PDF file to Word file.Support Adobe PDF 1.0 - 1.6 formats.Can automatically open the output Doc file when t... More About: Free , Version
The river of time
2008-03-11 02:28:00 Whenever he hears of fishermen finding precious artifacts, Ho Tan Phan, goes down to the river to bargain with them.On one occasion he agreed on a price with one of the fishers but had no money, so he asked the man to keep it until he returned with the cash.After a week, he bought it with his wife?s house keeping money and loans from his friends.?Holding the antique in my hand, I felt happy.?The 70-year-old resident of Phu Hiep Ward in Hue, Thua Thien-Hue Province has collected thousands of antiques.Locals call him the ?researcher of Hue? and the ?king of antiques.?Phan quit his job as a teacher to begin collecting and studying antiques at age 49.He loved antiques so much that sometimes he forgot his meal times and spent any money he had buying them.?Wherever there were antiques, I went and tried to buy them anyway I could. Honestly, they were quite cheap at that time but now it?s very difficult to buy them,? he says.Phan spends all his days with the fishermen who work the Huong Riv... More About: Entertainment , Time , River
GT Ripple
2008-03-08 03:56:00 GT Ripple ripples your desktop wallpaper making water pictures come alive. You can even put a lake into a picture that has no water by using the mirror option!Requirements : Windows 95,98,ME,NT,2000,XPRecommended : Pentium II 300 / 4Mb Video Card / 32bit colorSee a RIPPLE REGION in actionSource : GTDesktop Subscribe in a reader
Goodnight Timer v1.1
2008-03-07 03:12:00 Like listening to music or audiobooks in bed? Then this is for you! Goodnight timer reduces the sound volume of your computer in a given amount of time and speed and then shuts down your computer.Features :Set shutdown time by timer or at a specific timeVolume reduction - choose between a linear and an exponetial profile, set reduction start time and duration. Start and end volumes can be freely choosen.Restores your normal sound volume after next system start.Platform : Windows 95/98/Me/NT/2000/XPGoodnight Timer is freeware, which means that you can use it freely without any charge.Source : Immortal Softwares Subscribe in a reader
Add Y!M Online Presence to Your Web Pages !
2008-03-06 07:42:00 Online presence allows people to see if you are currently online and using Yahoo! Messenger. To add online presence, you simply need to add some HTML to your web page. I'm Online Not OnlineIf a Yahoo! Messenger user clicks your online presence, an instant message window will open for them so they can type you an instant message.Copy and paste the above HTML code into your web document. Remember to replace yourYahoo!ID :"http://messenger.yahoo.com/edit/send/?. target=yourYahoo!ID""http://opi.yahoo.com /yahooonline/u=yourYahoo!ID/m=g/t=2/l=us/ opi.jpg"t=0 : t=1 : t=2 : t=3 : t=4 : t=5 : t=6 : t=7 : t=8 : t=9 : Subscribe in a reader More About: Online , Presence , Pages
?Charming Vietnam? welcomes London audiences tonight
2008-03-05 01:57:00 The 20th ?Charming Vietnam ? gala will kick off tonight at London ?s Westminster Central Hall after two months of preparations.More than 100 performers including singers, composers, models and dancers traveled to the UK on different flights.Tiredness from the long journey and the different temperatures, however, did not prevent them from joining in rehearsals in readiness for the extravaganza.Overseas Vietnamese and many other British people are eager to enjoy the show.Londoners often schedule their work and entertainment activities several months before.Many people made exceptions, however, for ?Charming Vietnam? by promising to come to the performance despite only receiving tickets two weeks ago.The Vietnamese Embassy in the UK said most of the guests responded warmly to the invitation, some even wanting to buy tickets for relatives.Everybody in the ?Charming Vietnam? delegation, including organizers, performers and volunteers living in the UK have tried their utmost to contribute t... More About: Entertainment , Tonight
Hanoi?s coffee culture ? like no other
2008-03-04 02:56:00 Not only do Hanoi ans love drinking coffee but there is a special kind of coffee culture here where it is done at a cornucopia of different and decorative cafes. Hanoians drink a lot of the dark, caffeinated beverage and love sipping their stronger blends outside in front of a small shop with some sweet milk and a spoonful of sugar. Every morning, on hot days in the summer and cold and dull days in the winter, you can see people all over the city with a cup of coffee in one hand and a newspaper in the other.The ancient capital city of Hue has cafes in green orchards. The resort city of Da Lat features romantic, quiet cafes. Saigon has both street and luxury cafes. What about Hanoi?It is difficult to draw a complete picture of Hanoi?s cafes because the city has hundreds, all with different styles. In the past, Hanoians only knew Lam Café or Nhan Café, and to enjoy a real cup of coffee, aficionados had to go to the old quarter in the morning. This is no longer the case. Nowadays, Hanoi... More About: Culture , Coffee
Reel music
2008-03-03 02:23:00 Having fallen in love with music before the days of CDs and iTunes, a generation of music fanatics has taken to relishing the old way of listening.As the digital revolution sweeps Ho Chi Minh City, many nostalgic music collectors have opted for old-fashioned reel-to-reel audio players, which they say provide richer sounds and a way to remember the past.At the Nhat Tao electronics Market in district 10, 30- and 40-year-old reel-to-reel Akai players are all the rage.Several years ago, shop owners regarded Akai products as trash.But now, the musical relics have found their position at the front of the shop.?I bought these old players for justVND50,000-70,000 (US$3-4) each,? said experienced Nhat Tao shop owner Xuan Hai as he pointed toward some Akais.?But after spending some VND3 million (US$200) to revamp them, I?ve been able to sell some Akais for as much as VND80 million (US$5,000).?Several different kinds of reel-to-reel audio recorders can be found at Nhat Tao.Most models are over... More About: Music , Entertainment , Reel
Download Embedded 0.5
2008-02-29 10:07:00 Download Embedded 0.5by Andrew Ruder Downloads all or selected embedded objects on a webpage. Can be used for downloading movies, mp3s, flash, quicktime, or other embedded files (although this does NOT work on video embedded in flash [ youtube, video.google.com, etc.. ]).Works with : 1.5 ? 2.0.0.Source : Firefox Add-ons Subscribe in a reader More About: Download
Dr.Web anti-virus link checker 1.0.15
2008-02-29 09:14:00 Dr.Web anti-virus link checker 1.0.15by Eugene Kuzin This plugin allows you to check any file you are about to download, any page you are about to visit with online version of Dr.Web anti-virus!New menu item "Scan with Dr.Web" will appear on hyperlink context menu.Works with : 1.0 ? 2.0.0.Version 1.0.15 ? August 29, 2007 ? 18 KBIn this version :Thunderbird support addedMultiple scan windows allowedSource : Firefox Add-ons Subscribe in a reader More About: Anti Virus , Virus , Anti-Virus , Link , Anti
Sun Spa Resort - Quang Binh, Vietnam
2008-02-28 04:42:00 Sun Spa Resort is set in the picturesque Central Vietnam city of Dong Hoi, some 150 kilometers to the North of Imperial city of Hue and on the banks of the legendary of Nhat Le river. This idyllic resort is located 30 kilometers from the mystical, UNESCO recognized caves of Phong Nha. Sun Spa Resort provides the ideal location for your perfect getaway in Central Vietnam. Sun Spa Resort has put into being a complex of 7 beachfront villas. Stretching to most-end point of Bao Ninh peninsula facing to the unspoiled beach, this is a place where spectacular sunrise over the sea can be observed.The Resort offers a wide variety of International Restaurants which take a fresh, modern approach to dining and serve an exciting blend of Asian and Western culinary specialties, indoors and al fresco. The Ocean meeting room can accommodate up to 350 people. Available latest audio/ visual equipment, it offers flexible settings for all types of corporate events including meetings, seminars, conferenc...
Window Manager ver.3.1
2008-02-27 05:01:00 Provides an easy way of window management for 95/98/ME/NT/2000/XP.The program allows to hide window, make window transparent and switch window into the 'always on top' mode. The user can manage the Explorer task bar and any window of a started applications.The GiPo@Window Manager puts the icon to the Explorer system tray.The program can be configured to start on the Windows startup. Download ver. 3.1 (English), EXE-setup (157 Kb)Download ver. 3.1 (German), EXE-setup (160 Kb)Source : Gbin Software House Subscribe in a reader
SpyPig - Find out if your email has been read!
2008-02-27 01:56:00 SpyPig - Free Email Tracking System - Find out if your email has been read! Now you can find out when your email has been read by the recipient! No more guessing: "Has he or she read my email yet?"SpyPig is a simple email tracking system that sends you a notification email as soon as the recipient opens and reads your message.It works with virtually all modern email programs: Outlook, Eudora, Yahoo Email, Gmail, Hotmail, AOL Email and many others.Source : SpyPig Subscribe in a reader More About: Read
System Protect - Protect Your System and Important Files!
2008-02-25 09:06:00 Why should you use System Protect?Have you ever experienced a virus attack that completely destroyed your computer system, or have you or another person using your computer deleted an important document by mistake? This won't happen again if you use System Protect.System Protect is a free, easy-to-use computer protection software that helps keep your operating system stable and protected. Prevent deletion of important programs, files and folders caused by viruses, antivirus/antispyware programs, other users on your computer such as kids, or unintentional removal.System & Program Files ProtectionSystem Protect prevents deletion of important system files whose loss could cause your operating system to crash. Don't leave these files vulnerable to attack by viruses or accidental deletion by you or your kids.Stable Operating SystemSystem Protect guards essential system files to keep your operating system stable.User Selected File ProtectionSystem Protect lets you pick files and fol...
Street of nostalgia
2008-02-25 07:52:00 Many tourist guidebooks in Vietnam highlight Le Cong Kieu Street as a great place for visitors who enjoy rummaging for one-of-a-kind trinkets or nostalgic items.Le Cong Kieu Street always attractstourists and antique hunters to the bustling quarterAt just 100 meters long, Le Cong Kieu Street in Nguyen Thai Binh Ward, District 1, is perhaps one of the shortest streets in Ho Chi Minh City.It is one of the most well-known streets, however, thanks to its bustling flea-market atmosphere.Antique hunters and tourists can find everything from souvenir stamps, coins and pipes, to bronze and stone statues, wooden tables and even altars.According to locals, the street used to be very quiet.About 30 years ago, however, a group gathered on the pavement and began selling old bowls, plates and other ceramic products.Over time, the street sellers began to trade other antiques.Le Cong Kieu Street is now a HCMC institution and is especially popular with foreign visitors.With so much interest, and in ... More About: Entertainment , Nostalgia
for ALL to ALL's Directory
2008-02-25 05:15:00 If you'd like us to put your link here, please fill in the form as follows :Your name :Country :URL :Title :Description :E-mail :Submit your Site or Business now! Subscribe in a reader More About: Directory
Ha Long Bay leads seven world wonders vote
2008-02-25 02:55:00 Ha Long Bay tops the list of 77 candidates for the New Open World Foundation?s ?New Seven Wonders of Nature? competition. While the northern province of Quang Ninh?s Ha Long Bay tops the list, Vietnam accounts for three of the contest?s top five choices so far.Phong Nha ? Ke Bang National Park in the central province of Quang Binh holds the fourth position while Fansipan, a 3,143-meter-tall mountain in the northwestern province of Lao Cai Province, ranked fifth Wednesday, up from seventh on Tuesday.Lao Cai Province shares a border with China.All three places are in northern Vietnam.The voting includes three stages.The first stage, a voting stage from August, 2007-August, 2008, will determine 77 semi-finalists.A panel of experts will then short-list 21 finalists from which voters worldwide will elect seven new natural wonders.Source : Thanh Nien Daily Subscribe in a reader More About: Leads , Vote
Love Wallpapers [1024x768]
2008-02-23 03:14:00 Source : Flash-Screen.com Subscribe in a reader More About: Love , Wallpapers
Prof. Dr. Tran Van Khe - The greatest masters of the traditional Vietnamese
2008-02-22 02:49:00 Professor Dr. Tran Van Khe is one of the greatest masters of the traditional Vietnamese music. Born into a family with four generations of musicians, he was taught the musical tradition of the family by his paternal aunt Tran Ngoc Vien and his maternal uncle Nguyen Tri Khuong, having lost his parents at a very early age. Professor Tran Van Khe is a Doctor in Musicology; he carried out research at the Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (C.N.R.S.), has been a teacher at Paris-Sorbonne University, and is Honorary Member of the Conseil international de la musique (Unesco). His scientific research along with his activity in traditional music (participation in numerous festivals, several recordings edited with Ocora, l'Unesco and A.C.C.T.) have led to his receiving many distinctions and prizes from prestigious universities, academies and international institutions. He is able to play many Vietnamese instruments: dan kim or dan nguyet (moon-shaped lute), dan tranh (sixteen strin... More About: Entertainment , Prof , Masters , Traditional
Tran Quoc An - Plates of The Stars
2008-02-22 02:23:00 Noted calligrapher Tran Quoc An hopes his 100 porcelain plate caricatures of local and foreign celebrities will earn him another Vietnamese record.Born in 1961 in the central-southern beach city of Nha Trang, Tran Quoc An?s Calligraphy has already given him two spots in Vietbooks, the national record book.His calligraphic rendering of Ho Chi Minh?s poetry collection Nhat Ky Trong Tu (Prison Diary) holds the record for largest piece calligraphy, weighing in at 40 kilograms.When it was released in 2003, An?s Nhat Ky Trong Tu won the Ho Chi Minh City Book Association?s Original Book Prize as well the Essence of Vietnam award at the 2003 Festival Hue.In 2005, he wrote Vietnam?s longest ever parallel sentences (2.4 m x 30 m), which were written to commemorate the 30th anniversary of the US-led war?s end.His latest artistic endeavor is a collection of 100 porcelain caricatures including local singers My Linh, Dam Vinh Hung, Hong Nhung, as well as several Vietnamese singers living abroad ?... More About: Stars , Entertainment
SeoQuake 2.0.11 by SeoQuake Team
2008-02-20 04:41:00 SeoQuake 2.0.11 by SeoQuake Team Seoquake is a Mozilla Firefox extension aimed primarily at helping web masters who deal with search engine optimization and internet promotion of web sites. Seoquake allows to obtain and investigate many important SEO parameters of the internet... Seoquake is a Mozilla Firefox extension aimed primarily at helping web masters who deal with search engine optimization and internet promotion of web sites. Seoquake allows to obtain and investigate many important SEO parameters of the internet project under study on the fly, save them for future work, compare them with the results, obtained for other, competitive, projects.Beginner web masters will find SeoQuake useful for estimating effectiveness and competitive ability of their SEO efforts. In the hands of professional SeoQuake will become a powerful and indispensable tool for analyzing optimization and promotion level of internet web-projects.SeoQuake can be distinguished from similar projects by a wide ...
Largest underwater group wedding party consummated in Vietnam
2008-02-19 02:25:00 Vietravel?s Nha Trang office Thursday organized Vietnam ?s biggest- ever underwater group wedding at Mun Island in the central coastal city of Nha Trang, which boasts one of the world?s 30 most beautiful bays. The four participating couples were Vu Hoang Huong Phuong and Tran Hung Quoc Viet, Nguyen Van Thanh and Le Thi My Ha, Nguyen Thang Loi and Huynh Vo Ngoc Ha, and British nationals Grant Hesketh and Eleanor Lawrence.To prepare for the event, diving experts from Vietravel?s Vinadive trained all the couples in advance.As planned, the four couples traveled along Tran Phu Street at 8 a.m.They then got on the wedding boat and headed offshore.At 9:30 a.m., festivities kicked off on Mun Island involving champagne, and wine toasts and cutting the cake.The couples then dove into the water to partake in a ceremony that spanned half an hour.The brides stood behind the gate with the sign ?Underwater Wedding ? and the grooms swam to the brides to present flowers and wedding rings.They swam han... More About: Entertainment , Party , Group
Artweaver - the artist way
2008-02-18 02:17:00 Artweaver is a Windows Freeware program to simulate natural brush tools. It is therefore suitable to leave your creativity free run. Artweaver offers you a clear program window, which can be used without training immediately.Artweaver is available in English and German language. Through support for language files, the Artweaver program window can be translated easily into other languages.Artweaver Features :Support of many different digital brushes e.g. chalk, charcoal, pencils...A wide variety of adjustment settings to customize the default brushes or to create new brushes.Standard image editing tools like gradient, crop, fill and selection tools.Support for the most common file formats like AWD (Artweaver), BMP, GIF, JPEG, PCX, TGA, TIFF, PNG, and PSD (no layer support).Transparency and Layers support.Effect filters like sharpen, blur, emboss and mosaic.Editable text layers.Pen Tablet support for a realistic feeling.History function to und/redo last editing steps.Expandable by Plu... More About: Artist , The Artist
Den Gion Ninh Chu Resort
2008-02-14 10:04:00 Den Gion Ninh Chu is an ideal eco-resort with 7ha in area and 5 km eastern far from Phan Rang city, lying on charming and romatic Binh Son ? Ninh Chu beach. This area is one of the most beautiful beaches in Vietnam with a weeping willow forest lying along beautiful seashore, which looks like a long green ribbon standing out in warm sunshine all year round.Den Gion Ninh Chu Resort is decorated in earthern red tones which is burned in fire. By using rock sculpturing art on terracotta material, our craftsman has brought a new breath of Bau Truc traditional pottery village to Den Gion resort to make a full-of-arts space.Our tents at camping garden will bring couples romatic moments in warm yellow lamp light, or take cosy environment to whole family. You will have opportunities to enjoy white sand, sea breeze and calming moment of your soul. Den Gion is truly a place for lovers.Source : Den Gion Ninh Chu Resort Subscribe in a reader More About: Travel
Phuong Nam Pearl Resort
2008-02-14 10:03:00 In the middle of two rivers Vam Sat and Long Tau, Phuong Nam Pearl Ecological beach Resort is brightest pearl in Can Gio mangrove forest (Preserved biosphere of the wnrld by UNESCO), Long Hoa commune, Can Gio district, at two hours driving distance from Ho Chi Minh city center (65Km), Phuong Nam Pearl Resort is interesting in tourists by fresh air of mangrove forest anh long beautiful beach.... Source : Phuong Nam Pearl Resort Subscribe in a reader More About: Travel
Valentine's wallpapers - 1024x768 pixels
2008-02-13 04:10:00 What I Love About YouI love the way you look at me,Your eyes so bright and blue.I love the way you kiss me,Your lips so soft and smooth.I love the way you make me so happy,And the ways you show you care.I love the way you say, "I Love You,"And the way you're always there.I love the way you touch me,Always sending chills down my spine.I love that you are with me,And glad that you are mine.By Crystal JansenSource : dgreetings.com Subscribe in a reader More About: Wallpapers , Pixels
Mod-cons for the dead a sign of good life in modern Vietnam
2008-02-12 07:54:00 Luxury villas, flatscreen TVs and mobile phones will all go up in smoke this Tet lunar New Year as newly affluent Vietnam ese burn paper models of the latest mod-cons for their dead relatives.In a sign of Vietnam's growing wealth, especially in the big cities, the product range of 'hang ma' votive offerings burnt for ancestors has shifted from common household items to a catalogue of high-end luxury goods.Among the latest paper-and-bamboo replicas meant to make life easier in the afterlife are models of new Japanese motor scooters, sleek Sony television sets and DVD players, karaoke sound systems and even multi-storey family villas.Under Vietnam's age-old ancestor worship tradition - discouraged by the communist government but still widespread - families at Tet burn these items to ritualistically send them through the smoke to the world of the dead."The Honda SH150 and Dylan models are now the favourite scooters for the departed," said craftsman Nguyen Huu Nang, 60, at a paper wo... More About: Life , Entertainment , Dead , Sign
Cruise tourism target impracticable, warn critics
More articles from this author:2008-02-05 02:21:00 Vietnam aims to attract one million international cruise tourists per year by 2015, but many believe it to be an unrealistic target.It is true that the number of international cruise tourists coming to the country is rising sharply, critics say.In the first 11 months of 2007, 200,000 out of a total 3.8 million foreign tourists traveled to Vietnam by sea.Saigontourist alone received 40,000, a 159 percent increase over the previous year.The year also saw other auspicious events for the marine travel industry, including the launch or resumption of several sea tours to the country by a series of cruise operators.Hong Kong-based Star Cruise s Limited resumed its weekly Monday tour to Ha Long Bay in addition to its current tour packages to the southern and central regions.Other major cruise lines like Costa Croupiers, Silver Sea Cruises and P&O Princess Cruises also jumped on board.Singapore-based V.Ships (Asia Pacific) Pte. Ltd.?s chief executive Chui Mun Yew Daniel said his company w... More About: Entertainment , Tourism , Target , Critics 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7 |
