Local website to use copyrighted songs legally NCT Corporation, the owner of popular Vietnamese music website www.nhaccuatui.com, will sign a contract with Universal Music Group and Sony Music Entertainment on Tuesday for the right to use their songs. According to the contract, NCT will pay these two labels for the songs it will use for its audio and video services. The website also said it would offer a new "Premium Content" service to provide "high quality" music for a fee by the end of this year. … [Read more...] about ART & ENTERTAINMENT IN BRIEF 31/8
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BUSINESS IN BRIEF 19/5
Farmers trapped by Chinese traders: an old story The fact that many local farmers in the southwestern provinces have suffered from a sharp decline in purple sweet potato prices as Chinese traders have suddenly stopped buying is just the latest episode in a long story containing myriad similar cases reported over the last few years. While local farmers have been repeatedly trapped by Chinese traders under the same trick, no intervention or support from authorities and relevant agencies has ever been offered to protect them from the trap. So far this year, three cases have been added to the story, in which Chinese traders left local farmers with a huge unsold stock of sweet potatoes, defaulted on crab purchases, and encouraged locals to hunt leeches for them. In mid-2010, as many Chinese traders came to Vietnam to buy Japanese purple sweet potatoes at high prices, a number of farmers in the Mekong Delta province of Vinh Long began scrambling to grow the vegetable. Things were going … [Read more...] about BUSINESS IN BRIEF 19/5
ART & ENTERTAINMENT IN BRIEF 6/1
Next Top Model to feature circus performance on final night The best three candidates of Vietnam's Next Top Model, Tra My, Hoang Thi Thuy and Le Thi Thuy, will give a circus-style flying performance on the final night of the competition on January 8, said the programme's organizing board. They were sent to the Ho Chi Minh City Circus to prepare for the show and were introduced by Phi Vu, a veteran performer there. The three had done a photo shoot in the air before, when they were lifted up by a crane, but they could only change their styles in a fixed position. Therefore, they felt very excited that this time they were able to make as many movements as they wished while they were flying. They all hoped to contribute to an impressive performance for the audience. They were extremely happy to hear that they will have the chance to meet international supermodel Tyra Banks, the founder and host of the reality television show 'America's Next Top Model', on the final night. Banks … [Read more...] about ART & ENTERTAINMENT IN BRIEF 6/1
ART & ENTERTAINMENT IN BRIEF 29/11
Work starts on Zen monastery The Vietnam Buddhist Church last week kicked off construction of Truc Lam Phuong Hoang Zen Monastery in Nham Son Commune, Yen Dung District, Bac Giang Province, reports VietnamPlus. The Zen monastery is designed with many towers and temples, and architectural and art works on Nham Bien Mountain Range in Minh Nhuong Hamlet. The project is being implemented out of the wish of local Buddhism believers to preserve, honor and promote intangible cultural values of Truc Lam Zen in the mountainous area. The Zen Monastery is believed to contribute to promoting spiritual and cultural travel to the area which is already home to multiple pagodas, historic relics and tourist attractions including Tay Yen Tu relics, Vinh Nghiem Pagoda and Kiep Bac Temple. Especially, Truc Lam Phuong Hoang will house bibliographies, dharma materials of Truc Lam Zen, a Vietnamese strain of Zen Buddhism created by King-Monk Tran Nhan Tong (1258-1308), the third king of the Tran … [Read more...] about ART & ENTERTAINMENT IN BRIEF 29/11
Social News 6/12
Vietnam, US hold labour dialogue The Vietnamese Ministry of Labour, War Invalids and Social Affairs (MoLISA) and the US Department of Labour (DoL) held their 11 th labour dialogue in Hanoi on December 5. Addressing the event, MoLISA Deputy Minister Doan Mau Diep said that since the two agencies set up their links 15 years ago, they have jointly organised regular dialogues and actively exchanged information on issues of mutual concern. They have also expanded cooperation to law making and technical assistance in the fields related to labour, employment, labour safety and sanitation, and child labour. … [Read more...] about Social News 6/12