Creative Documentaries at Hanoi DOCLAB 2015 (K7) Deadline: 20 Apr 2015 DOCLAB Goethe-Institut Hanoi 56-58 Nguyễn Thái Học Ba Đình, Hà Nội DOCLAB is currently looking for interested participants to take part in Creative Documentaries 2015 (K7) course. The course will be conducted in Vietnamese. For more information, please refer to Vietnamese version of this post. If you're interested in getting news, announcements from DOCLAB for its activities, workshops, and schedule of film screenings, etc., please email us at [email protected] to subscribe to DOCLAB news. Gala "Melody of the Motherland" Sun 19 Apr 2015, 8 pm HCMC Opera House No. 7 Lam Son Square, D.1, HCMC You are invited to the gala "Melody of the Motherland" with three kinds of artistic performances: Contemporary dance, symphony and vocal themed on the love dedicated for the motherland, the country and people of Vietnam. Some of the work have been created recently by contemporary musicians, choreographers who … [Read more...] about EVENTS SCHEDULED FOR APRIL 10-20 (daily updated)
Spy 10 year return
Paris killings leave France troubled by 30 years of failures
Latifa Ibn Ziaten knows a thing or two about terror. Her son, Imad, a soldier in the French military, was shot dead in 2012 by Mohammed Merah, who killed six other people, including three children at a Jewish school in Toulouse. Now, as France emerges from the trauma of its worst terrorist attacks in more than 50 years, she says children of immigrants in poor, crime-ridden ghettos need a chance at a future to keep them from falling prey to those peddling radical Islam. Shootings last week in Paris by three self-proclaimed Islamist gunmen claimed 17 lives, leaving the country shaken and bringing millions into the streets to honor the victims. "We can’t forgive what they did, but we have to do something," Ibn Ziaten said in an interview. "We can’t just demonstrate and go on with life. We have to do something for this lost youth. There’s so much work to do, with youth educators, in schools, in neighborhoods, with families. That’s how we can prevent these youth … [Read more...] about Paris killings leave France troubled by 30 years of failures
Larry Berman and the “Perfect Spy” (Part 2)
VietNamNet would like to introduce the second part of columnist Viet Lam's talk with American writer Larry Berman about his book entitled "Perfect Spy". Larry Berman and the "Perfect Spy" (Part 1) Viet Lam: This is a question from Do Hung, the translator of the second edition: "As I was reading and translating this book into Vietnamese, I had an impression that you have many untold stories about Pham Xuan An. So, since the second edition has been released, do you intend to reveal certain secrets? And could you talk about them now?" Larry Berman: Do Hung is a good reporter. He never stops asking questions and this is a good question. There is only one or two things that An told me that I will never tell anybody. They are not earth-shattering. They are more personal about people. And as long as those people are alive, I cannot tell those stories. But he told me nothing about the secret of his spying that I have not written about or shared or anything like that. There are two … [Read more...] about Larry Berman and the “Perfect Spy” (Part 2)
Russia says CIA agent caught trying to recruit spy
Russia said on Tuesday it had caught an American red-handed as he tried to recruit a Russian intelligence officer to work for the CIA, a throwback to the Cold War era that risks upsetting efforts to improve relations. The announcement came at an awkward time, just days after a visit by U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry during which Washington and Moscow agreed to try to bring the warring sides in Syria together for an international peace conference. The Federal Security Service said Ryan Fogle, a third secretary at the U.S. Embassy in Moscow, had been detained overnight carrying "special technical equipment", a disguise, a large sum of money and instructions for recruiting his target. The Russian Foreign Ministry said it had summoned U.S. Ambassador Michael McFaul over the case and a Russian television station published photographs which it said showed Fogle being detained, apparently wearing a blond wig. A successor of the Soviet-era KGB, the FSB said Fogle worked for the … [Read more...] about Russia says CIA agent caught trying to recruit spy
BUSINESS IN BRIEF 11/10
Official predicts rally in Q4 A recovery in the Vietnamese stock market in the fourth quarter of this year and a strong rebound in July next year has been predicted by vice chairman of the National Financial Supervisory Commission Le Xuan Nghia. He told a conference in the capital yesterday the domestic market had recently been affected by negative information from the global market. "However, the European market will not collapse and a double crisis will not happen," Nghia said. Meanwhile, the Asian market would continue to be the economic centre of the world in the next 5-10 years, Nghia said. "The toughest period has passed, with inflation and interest rate having declined," he said, estimating inflation in October would increase by only 0.5-0.6 per cent against last month. Interest rates might also be reduced to 14-15 per cent next year, he said. Nghia noted that many potential foreign investors showed interest in the Vietnamese stock market but low corporate … [Read more...] about BUSINESS IN BRIEF 11/10