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Billboard names Taylor Swift big money maker of 2012

Billboard names Taylor Swift big money maker of 2012

Country singer Taylor Swift, 22, was named Billboard Magazine's biggest money maker on Friday, beating powerhouses U2, Lady Gaga and Adele to top the list with earnings of more than $35 million in 2011.

Preserving language a must, say experts

The Vietnamese language has been developing very quickly along with the development of the country but many strange and complicated words and phrases being used by young people nowadays have altered the language, says Associate Professor Ha Quang Nang.

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With "Speak Now" Swift goes from country gal to Broadway baby

Taylor Swift has such an exceptional flair for capturing intimate moments and little emotional quirks on her records that it was bracing to realize, a tour or two back, that the sensitive girl with the teardrops on her guitar is really, at heart, a Broadway baby.

Obama hails Lee in state visit

President Barack Obama and South Korean President Lee Myung-bak on Thursday radiated warmth and praised a finally unblocked trade deal as a win for both nations during a friendly state visit.

US envoy to celebrate Tet in his homeland

US envoy to celebrate Tet in his homeland

Le Thanh An, an ethnic Vietnamese, is back home after 45 years and will celebrate the Lunar New Year in traditional style

San Diu folk songs fade with time

The folk singing of the San Diu ethnic group in the northern province of Tuyen Quang is fading with time, worry local elders.

Vietnamese children’s art elicit answers for reconciliation

Vietnamese children’s art elicit answers for reconciliation

Ed Tick talks to Tuoi Tre about his project to promote reconciliation through reactions to Vietnamese children’s art

Children’s art elicit answers for reconciliation

Children’s art elicit answers for reconciliation

Ed Tick talks to Tuoi Tre about his project to promote reconciliation through reactions to Vietnamese children’s art

Vietnam gov’t leader calls for whistle-blower protections

Vietnam gov’t leader calls for whistle-blower protections

Deputy Prime Minister Truong Vinh Trong has instructed the Central Anticorruption Commission and the Ministry of Public Security to issue regulations to protect individuals who speak out against corruption.

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Nutrious milk smugglers confiscated

THUA THIEN – HUE – Hue City's police turned away a smuggling ring and confiscated 10,000 US's Abbott milk-cans with labels transformed, the town investigative police confirmed with Viet Nam News today.Ton Nu Cam Dung was altering labels of Abbot's Ensure milk at her house with an Cuu Ward's Phan Chu Trinh Street. A lot more than 5,000 cans with yellow labels, 1,600 with blue labels and 500 without label were grabbed.Law enforcement also discovered 50 boxes of milk-cans that contains cans with changed

No funds to evacuate landslide areas

HCM CITY — The dearth of enormous sums of cash to maneuver citizens from landslide – and natural disaster-prone areas causes it to be hard for local government bodies to satisfy the Government's target.Families residing in 100s of landslide-prone areas and 60 river valleys threatened by surges were set to become gone to live in safe areas and assisted with moving, based on the Secretary of state for Agriculture and Rural Development.Pham Khanh Ly, deputy director from the ministry's Department of