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Indonesian ballroom dancers promote cultural ties with Viet Nam

Get together: Vietnamese youth watch an Indonesian artist execute a Topeng dance (mask dance) throughout a public event in HCM City. Ornately costumed entertainers put on masks and interpret traditional stories about fabled nobleman, heroes and misconceptions, supported by gamelan music. Photo Van Dat HCM CITY — Fantastic dance performances by Indonesian artists and Vietnamese students on Saturday at HCM City's Youth Cultural House began per

Japan's Honda to open second Indonesia car plant

Japanese auto giant Honda on Thursday said it would invest US$320 million in a new car plant in Indonesia, just days after saying it would build a new motorcycle factory in the fast-developing country

VN, Indonesia urged to tap joint potential

PM: VN, Indonesia should take advantage of their potential to serve cooperation and development.

SingTel to buy US firm to boost mobile ad business

Singapore Telecom said Monday that it will buy a US mobile advertising start-up for $321 million to expand group revenues from phone ads and marketing across Asia

Indonesia's car market takes the fast lane

Automakers from Japan to India are eyeing a bonanza in Indonesia, Southeast Asia's largest economy where a newly wealthy middle class are splashing out on cars like never before

Indonesia, Vietnam to make Kung Fu movie

Vietnamese and Indonesian filmmakers will join hands to make a movie about Kung Fu titled “Ranh Gioi Trang Den” (The Boundary between Black and White)

VN goods to be sold in foreign supermarkets

The purchasing division of LotteMart Vietnam, the owner of a chain of supermarkets, is preparing to offer Vietnamese goods for sale at 122 foreign overseas supermarkets, including 94 in China and 28 others in Indonesia.

Suzuki Motor to build new Indonesia engine plant

Japan's Suzuki Motor Corp. said Wednesday it would build a new engine factory in Indonesia in a bid to help boost output of small cars in the fast-growing Southeast Asian market

Ha Thanh named athlete of the year

After a successful 2011, gymnast Phan Thi Ha Thanh has been voted athlete of the year.

Indonesian hotels, malls splurge on Christmas glitz

An imported Christmas tree. Santa taking wish lists from children. Fake snow and carols at shopping malls. Christmas is serious business in Indonesia, the world's most populous Muslim nation.

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Documentary fest debuts in Dong Nai

DONG NAI — Two workshops concentrating on making documentaries for television will open the very first Southern Area TV Documentary Film Festival in Dong Nai Province today.The festival has been locked in Bien Hoa City's Buu Lengthy Tourist Park.The big event has attracted filmmakers and producers from 41 TV and r / c in addition to film companies in the area.The 3-day festival is organised through the Dong Nai Tv and radio and it is partners. It's designed: "Viet Nam and it is people while renewal and

Culture Vulture (May, 23 2012)

Composer Vu Nhat Tan intends to debut his work on the inaugural LA Worldwide Audio Festival in La from May 9 to 26.Tan spoke about his work.You stated that the latest piece for that orchestra was inspired by and modified in the book of poetry The Song of Napalm through the American poet Bruce Weigl. How was the collaboration setup?I met the Southwest Chamber Music orchestra in 2008 once they first co-operated with Viet Nam. This Year, I had been a guest artist in another