A Chinese writer to find out more about Vietnamese youth

Chunqiu, a young Chinese writer, is going to participate in the International Book Fair scheduled in Ho Chi Minh next March and wishes to find out more about Vietnamese youths, favourite works by young Vietnamese writers and have exchanges with Vietnamese readers and writers.

Chunqiu shared that some Vietnamese films she had watched were very interesting. She even saw various films related to Vietnam, such as "The Lover" and "Norwegian Woods". However, she had not read any works by Vietnamese writers. Thus, she hoped to discover several young and new voices in Vietnam during her visit to Vietnam.

The Chinese writer, selected as a face representing Asia of 8X generation in 2004 by Time magazine, has toured Hanoi on Christmas Eve. About this visit, she confided that Vietnam was an ideal country to escape the cold weather in Beijing. Vietnam is the place where she would like to visit long time ago to enjoy warm and sunny weather and taste a cup of coffee.

The writer went to Vietnam by train to feel the simplest thing in life, such as seeing passengers or sceneries around, even just sitting down relaxing and doing nothing.

For her, Hanoi was warm, sunny with a lot of motorbikes, pedestrians and small nice shops. She would like to pay homage to Uncle Ho at his Mausoleum and buy some souvenirs for her friends and relatives. She gave a compliment on tasty but strong coffee in Hanoi.

During her stay in Vietnam until January 2 nd , 2012, she will visit Da Nang to enjoy nice beach and Ho Chi Minh City to discover historical stories in Continental Hotel where various famous reporters and writers used to stay.

Source: thanhnien

Translated by Mai Huong

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Vietnam plans Japan rep office to promote tourism

The plan is aimed at helping ratchet up Japanese tourist arrivals in Vietnam from half a million last year to one million by 2015.

Hoang Thi Diep, deputy head of the Vietnam National Administration of Tourism (VNAT), said this would be the first overseas representative office of Vietnam's tourism authority.

A memorandum of understanding between Vietnam and Japan on the opening of the office can be signed next month during the Festival Hue 2012, Diep said, adding local travel firms and their Japanese partners were looking forward to the launch of the office.

"Japan has set up a committee to promote the opening of the office. The cost of the office's establishment and management is huge for Vietnam, at around VND1 billion which is partly sourced from Vietnam's tourism promotion budget and the rest from Japanese partners," Diep told the Daily on Monday.

Japan has always been among the top five markets for Vietnam's tourism sector with nearly 482,000 Japanese coming to Vietnam last year, up 8.9% from the previous year, although it was devastated by the earthquake and tsunami in March last year.

The first two months of the year saw nearly 110,000 Japanese visiting Vietnam, up 16.9% year-on-year.

VNAT has drawn up a scheme with various specific activities intended to attract one million Japanese visitors, including the inauguration of the representative office. When the office is in place, marketing and advertising projects on television and in newspapers and direct interactions with customers will be conducted in a more regular basis.

The goal of attracting one million Japanese tourists by 2015 is deemed as ambitious but given available air links, efforts of travel firms in both countries and the appeal of Vietnam as a favorite destination of Japanese tourists, the target would be achievable.

Vietnam Airlines alone has 46 weekly flights between the two countries, Diep said.

SGT

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The Hanoitimes - Vietnam 's mobile phone market witnessed a quarterly growth rate of 43 per cent in the third quarter of 2011, despite the country's growing inflation. A market survey conducted by the International Data Company shows sales of smart phones and popular phones increased by 48 per cent and 42 per cent over the past three months, respectively. Nokia retained its leading position in the market, but Samsung emerged as the number-one seller in terms of smart phones. The military-run mobile phone service operator Viettel posted surprise growth in the segment of Vietnamese-brand mobile phones thanks to models V6102 and V6202. BTA

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SingTel moves into mobile ads to boost revenue

Singapore Telecom said it has agreed to buy US-based Amobee, a mobile marketing and advertising company, for about $321 million.

Southeast Asia's biggest telecom firm by revenue said in a statement: "SingTel is expanding its presence into the fast-growing mobile advertising and marketing industry.

"SingTel fully intends to harness these opportunities to become not only the leading mobile advertising company in Asia Pacific, but also among the top three worldwide," it said.

It added there were revenue opportunities beyond mobile advertising such as targeted deals, coupons and customer loyalty rewards programmes.

Silicon Valley-headquartered Amobee's management team will remain in control of the unit and will "serve operators, publishers, advertisers and agencies with leading edge mobile advertising technology and services," SingTel said.

The company said Amobee will complement its reach in Singapore and across Asia, where Singtel already has strategic stakes in a number of mobile phone operators.

SingTel, whose net profit fell nearly 10 per cent in its financial third quarter ended December 31 to Sg$902 million ($719 million), also has a wholly owned subsidiary in Australia called Optus.

Amobee is headquartered in Redwood City, California and has offices in Europe, Asia and Latin America.

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Cu Mi reminds us of old country

Tourists to the city who are looking to see a bit of the old country which has kept its charm over the years, should go along National Highway 22 toward Cu Chi. When you pass An Ha Bridge, you see Cu Mi Restaurant on the left hand side with an array of beautiful countryside scenery and popular dishes of the south. Stop there and enjoy the delights on offer. The rest stop covers two hectares in total, including three restaurants which specialize in weddings, a children's entertainment park, tennis court, swimming pool and other facilities.

Cu Mi reminds us of old country

By Tuong Nguyen in HCMC

Tourists to the city who are looking to see a bit of the old country which has kept its charm over the years, should go along National Highway 22 toward Cu Chi. When you pass An Ha Bridge, you see Cu Mi Restaurant on the left hand side with an array of beautiful countryside scenery and popular dishes of the south. Stop there and enjoy the delights on offer. The rest stop covers two hectares in total, including three restaurants which specialize in weddings, a children's entertainment park, tennis court, swimming pool and other facilities.

Cu Mi, which is open from 9 a.m. to 10 p.m., is located at 129 National Highway 22, Giua Hamlet in Tan Phu Trung Commune in Cu Chi District.

The triple gate of Cu Mi is de- signed in Vietnamese style and is a pointer for visitors heading to the restaurant

Floating houses where Cu Mi customers enjoy fi shing and cuisine

Buffalo meat dipped in hem (brewer's grains) offers diners an unforget-table flavor - Photos: Tuong Nguyen

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Celebrities build bridge in Quang Binh

Celebrities have joined the music show entitled "The Day of Women," which is a non-profit program to be held on March 6, to raise funds for building a bridge in the central province Quang Binh.

Celebrities join the music show to raise funds for building a bridge in Quang Binh Province (Photo: Minh Huynh)

The bridge will act as a shortcut on the road to school for hundreds of students of the Hung Trach primary and secondary school in Bo Trach District.

This meaningful show is also meant to express sincere thanks to women on the occasion of International Day on March 8.

This is also a voluntary activity in the series of musical events named "The Loving Bridge", with the participation of famed singers such as Thuy Vu of AC&M, Phan Ngoc Luan, To Nhu, Ly Mai Trang, Manh Tuan; actors Tri Quang, Quang Thao; and actress Ngoc Lan.

Donations from the events will be contributed to the Loving Bridge's Fund. In addition, event organizer An's Coffee will donate 20 percent of their revenue on the night of performance.

Months ago, a similar show was held in Nha Trang City.

Viet Horizon Club (Chan Troi Viet) -- a charity group which includes volunteers in HCMC and Nha Trang -- will also take part in the events, with a mission to help needy kids in Vietnam-especially those in orphanages who are unlikely to be happy or adopted. Their projects focus on improving living conditions, medical care, educational opportunities, and overall quality of life.

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Audis Visions will pimp your ride, light up the neighborhood

We don"t think there is such a thing as Racing stripes "2.0", but if there was, this is what it might look like.

We don't think there is such a thing as Racing stripes "2.0", but if there was, this is what it might look like.

Audi's "Visions" project brings the OLEDs we know and love to the outside of the not-so-humble automobile. Like something out of Tron, the fancy light array in the concept we see here hints at how external lighting on cars might look in the near future.

Stephan Berlitz, Head of Lighting Electronics for the car maker, states that we're still some way out from OLED surfaces replacing front and brake lights, due to low currents and the temperature ranges the diodes can presently operate under. We might, however, see it replacing tail and side lights before too long.

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