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Nguyen Le (left) and Ngo Hong Quang have been nominated for Echo Jazz 2018 awards. (Source: thanhnien.vn) Hanoi (VNA) - Vietnamese musicians Nguyen Le and Ngo Hong Quang have been nominated for Echo Jazz 2018, a prestigious jazz award hosted by the ACT Music recording company. The winners will be announced on May 31 in Hamburg, Germany. Nguyen Le (real name Le Thanh Nguyen), 59, is a French Vietnamese. He has been nominated in the International Guitar Artist category. Ngo Hong Quang, 35, has been nominated for the Instrumentalist of the Year, Various Instruments category. He is a graduate of the Traditional Instruments Department of the Vietnam Music Academy and has a master’s degree in contemporary composing from the National Music Academy in the Netherlands. Both musicians have been nominated for their joint album, Hanoi Duo, released in January 2017. The album includes 10 of their newly composed songs, some of which bear deep traditional Vietnamese characteristics. … [Read more...] about Vietnamese musicians nominated for German awards

  Illustration by Trịnh Lập   By Nguyễn Mỹ Hà   The dreams of millions of Vietnamese people came true on Tuesday night. They had been dreaming for 30 years, or was it 60 as some said? Now it doesn’t matter, as the dreams are reality. The Việt Nam men’s U22 football team won a gold medal at the 30th Southeast Asian Games in the Philippines by defeating Indonesia 3-0 in the final. A popular saying goes ‘phúc bất trùng lai’, which means happiness does not repeat itself, but the men’s victory came just days after the women’s team won their own gold medal at the Games. Double happiness, truly, because despite the fact the women’s football team had won for the sixth time, it was the men’s first triumph. “Though this is the sixth time,” said women’s coach Mai Đức Chung, “I still feel very touched.” Sheer joy and happiness brightened … [Read more...] about Let the Vietnamese spirit soar

Apple and Samsung are now controlling the high-end smartphone market segments. Other brands have disappeared. “What should I buy with tma budget of VND20 million?” It’s easy to answer in Vietnam, because there are only two choices, either Apple or Samsung. The Vietnamese smartphone market Statistics from GfK showed that the two manufacturers have ‘swallowed the high-end market’. High-end smartphones are products with the prices of VND15 million or more. In March 2019, the two giants made up 99.2 percent of the high-end smartphone market share, with 42.8 percent belonging to Apple and 56.4 percent to Samsung. In April, Apple jumped to the No 1 position with 59.1 percent of market share. Samsung was in the second position with 34.1 percent, leaving Huawei far behind with 6.5 percent. In March 2019, the two giants made up 99.2 percent of the high-end smartphone market share, with 42.8 percent belonging to Apple and 56.4 percent to Samsung. As … [Read more...] about Vietnamese have only two choices for high-end smartphones

Vietnamese President Tran Dai Quang and his Bangladeshi counterpart Mohammad Abdul Hamid at the welcome ceremony (Photo: VNA) Dhaka (VNA) – Bangladesh’s daily English-language newspaper The Daily Star has carried several articles emphasising the importance of Vietnamese President Tran Dai Quang’s three-day State visit to Bangladesh from March 4 at the invitation of President Mohammad Abdul Hamid. The newspaper quoted President Tran Dai Quang as saying in an interview granted to the Bangladeshi press that Vietnam and Bangladesh have a time-honoured friendship based on historical similarities and shared values of independence, peace, cooperation and development. Since the establishment of diplomatic ties 45 years ago, leaders and people of the two nations have treasured and preserved this valuable tradition, and at the same time, spared no effort to further enhance the development of bilateral relations.  “We want and believe that relevant agencies of both … [Read more...] about Bangladeshi newspaper highlights Vietnamese President’s visit

The follow up was the yellow-jersey winner of the first stage Quang Van Cuong of the Loc Troi Group team, and Desriac Loic of the Dong Nai team came third. Cyclist Phan Hoang Thai of Domesco Dong Thap team came first in the second stage Accordingly, the organizing panel presented the trophy to the winner of the second stage. Speaking at the event, Senior Colonel Phung Kim Lan, Deputy Editor-in-Chief of the People’s Army Newspaper (PAN) thanked the provincial authorities for their support, and stressed that this cycling tournament was a meaningful activity to celebrate the 65th anniversary of the Dien Bien Phu Victory, and offered a chance for domestic athletes to share experience and learn more skills from international ones, and improve their professional competencies via practices. On the occasion, the organizing panel, provincial leaders, and donors presented 65 gifts to local policy beneficiaries, VND 100 million of the Vietnamese Study Promotion Fund of … [Read more...] about People’s Army Newspaper Cycling Tournament concludes second stage