Tieng Viet lovers club

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Originally Posted by Hurricane88

sometimes you even know how to bluff...hehe...

He only can bluff VBs....

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Originally Posted by KangTuo

film so so only.. but songs by suboi is good

I never ever watch 1 full Film of VN cos I dun understand what they say U are better mate

[SureScore]

Originally Posted by jackbl

Simply that u are too lazy!

KT had reached a highest doctorate level so no challenge for him to translate chicken feed tieng viet.

[Hurricane88]

Originally Posted by jackbl

He only can bluff VBs....

this statement i fully agreed...hehe...

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Originally Posted by yummyymym

Vay Thi CHON e di a ken lau chi chon toi chon lui phi thoi gian nam a do anh

My guess:

Like that choose me then. You choosy for what. Choose here and there ( 选来选去) , waste time man.

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Originally Posted by SureScore

KT had reached a highest doctorate level so no challenge for him to translate chicken feed tieng viet.

That sentence not easy to translate.... I look thru many times then I guess, not sure correct or not...

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Originally Posted by KangTuo

your TV improve... u can translate..

If dun check dickionary or ask around, TV won't improve automatically

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My Tam wins Singer of the Year award
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VietNamNet Bridge – Pop star My Tam was named Singer of the Year in the Cong Hien (Devotion) Music Awards, which took place in HCM City's Hoa Binh Theatre last night.

Tam, a judge on Viet Nam Idol 2012, was the first and only Vietnamese performer to receive the Best Asian Artist title at the South Korea's Mnet Asian Music Awards last year.

Her song Chuyen Nhu Chua Bat Dau (A Story That Has Not Begun), composed by Hoang Nha, became a runaway hit with over eight million views on YouTube.

Veteran composer Quoc Trung, currently a judge on TV singing contest The Voice of Viet Nam, won the Musician of the Year award.

Trung judged Viet Nam Idol in 2011 and 2012. Last year, he launched the "Listen with Copyright Awareness" programme, which aims to protect music copyrights in Viet Nam.

Album of the Year was granted to young soprano Pham Thu Ha's Classic Meets Chillout album, which combines classical and chill-out music, as its title would indicate.

Produced by musician Vo Thien Thanh and Dream Studio, the album includes nine classic masterpieces like Serenade, Habanera and Ave Maria, mostly translated into Vietnamese by Thanh.

In The Spotlight, a series of live music performances organised by the My Thanh entertainment and advertising company, won Show of the Year.

The programme, launched in 2012, focuses on the musical career of popular singers Tuan Ngoc, My Linh and Hong Nhung and musicians Tran Tien, Trinh Cong Son and Thanh Tung.

Best New Artist and Song of the Year were given for the first time this year. These titles went to 17-year-old Huong Tram - the Nghe An-based winner of the first season of The Voice of Viet Nam – and Doan Nho, composer of Chiec Khan Pieu (The Pieu Scarf).

Chiec Khan Pieu, which describes the beauty of the traditional scarf of Thai ethnic people, was performed by Tung Duong. Last year, the composition won Song of the Year on Viet Nam Television's Favourite Song show.

Since 2004, the Devotion Music Awards has honoured popular performers and musicians like Hong Nhung, Ho Ngoc Ha, Tung Duong, Thanh Lam and My Linh. The awards are organised by Vietnam News Agency's publication The Thao & Van Hoa (Sports and Culture). This year, 101 journalists from Ha Noi and HCM City were invited to vote for their favourite shows and performers in six categories. Truong Le Kim Hoa, editor in chief of The Thao & Van Hoa, said the awards aimed to promote Vietnamese music and honour artists who made significant contributions to the industry.

Source: VNS

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Tien Giang: A penis-biting bet brought to court
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VietNamNet Bridge - The shocking thing happened in My Thanh Bac commune, Cai Lay District, Tien Giang Province in the afternoon of March 12. The man whose penis was bitten to bleeding is TTH, 64 years old. The one who bit TTH is Mrs. NTL, 38 years old.

According to the commune police, at about 4pm on March 12, a party was held at the home of Mr. Nguyen Van Chang, with the participation of seven men and two women - NTN, 58 and NTL, 38.

The odd thing happened when people began getting drunk.

According to police records, while drinking, Mr. TTH and Mrs. NTN recalled their love affair many years ago. Mrs. NTN was more daring to say that Mr.TTH’s penis had a scar. Mr. TTH did not hesitate to take off his trousers three times for other people to “check,” despite their dissuasion.

Before the party, Mr. TTH and Mrs. NTL, 38, had argument, so after a short squabbling, Mr. TTH challenged Mrs. NTL to bite his penis then undressed and laid down on the floor. Mrs NTL bit NTL’s penis as his challenge.

On March 23, Mrs. NTL told a correspondent that she bit Mr. TTH’s penis because the man challenged her and intended to humiliate her in front of people.

Being bitten for the VND100 million bet?

After the incident, Mrs. NTL denounced to the police that Mr. TTH had challenging and humiliating act against her. The police summoned Mr. TTH, Mrs. NTL and witnesses to take their testimony.

According to Mrs. NTL, when being bitten painfully, Mrs. TTH took a chair to beat Mrs. NTL and was dissuaded by others. The man also threatened to hire gangsters to beat her and to "flatten" her home.

At the mediation meeting on April 1, a witness, Mrs. NTN confirmed that Mrs. TTH challenged: "If Ms. Ut (Mrs. NTL) bites my penis, I will give her VND100 million ($5,000)." This coincides with the testimony of other witnesses at the party.

However, in the statement and the testimony of Mr. TTH with the police, he denied his challenge and his VND100 million bet.

The local authorities tried to mediate the case. The commune representative concluded that the cause of the incident is that the two sides were drunk so they could not control themselves. The incident affected social security in their hamlet.

However, the mediation board agreed to not impose administrative fines on Mr. TTH and Mrs. NTL and required both parties to stop the case.

However, Mr. TTH and Mrs NTL did not agree and asked the local authorities to transfer the case to the police of Cai Lay district.

Lieutenant Colonel Nguyen Van Tao, Cai Lay district police chief, said after studying the records, the police defined that the disability of Mr. TTH is inconsiderable so they could not handle the incident as a criminal case.

It is the jurisdiction of the court to handle both Mrs. TTH and Mrs. NTL’s claim for honor compensation and Mrs. TTH’s VND100 million bet, Tao said. Therefore, the district police guided the commune policy to transfer this case to the Cai Lay District Court.

Talking to reporters on April 23, Mr. Phan Van Tien, Party Secretary of My Thanh Bac commune, said the incident made the local authorities get a "headache."

The commune Party Committee has directed the local veterans’ association to dismiss Mr. TTH from the post of the chief of the veterans’ society of village 3.

Compiled by Mai Lan

[KangTuo]

Originally Posted by jackbl

Simply that u are too lazy!

Originally Posted by jackbl

That sentence not easy to translate.... I look thru many times then I guess, not sure correct or not...

not lazy.. i did check up translator/vdick... but very messy so never translate
you also say its not easy leh..

Originally Posted by jackbl

If dun check dickionary or ask around, TV won't improve automatically

i always go HMB to check and ask... but they always answer me "ah ah ah"

[Hurricane88]

Mỗi khi nói về sex, con trai các anh thường nói con gái chúng tôi là "thích bỏ mẹ ra còn làm trò". Ừ thì chuẩn, con gái hay con trai thích như nhau hết, thậm chí con gái còn thích hơn con trai. Nhưng "thích còn làm trò" thì xin lỗi đi không có :-j
Vì sao chúng tôi không thể hiện, đơn giản vì chúng tôi là con gái, vì chúng tôi nhường quyền chủ động cho đàn ông các anh. Vì muốn lên giường với tôi thì anh phải là một người đủ tinh tế, đủ tinh tế để biết rằng tôi muốn lên giường với anh
Yêu đương tầm này, người ta khôn hơn nhiều rồi và phụ nữ vốn rất khó hiểu. Muốn ăn cũng phải ăn từ từ thôi không lại nghẹn!

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Anyone want to help me to translate the above?

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Men struggle with societal pressures too
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VietNamNet Bridge – Some Vietnamese men say they are "jealous" that Vietnamese women have two days to be honoured, Mar 8 and October 20, while there are no holidays devoted to men.

This is just said in fun, but in fact, many men do feel pressure to be strong and successful.

Nguyen Van Thai, a businessman in Cau Giay District, says he had always struggled to measure up to what people said a man should be.

Growing up, his parents taught him that a man must be strong, independent and successful so he could act as a "pillar" to support his parents, wife and children.

"A man must not cry or be weak. If he does so, he's considered helpless, incompetent and useless. Everybody says so. If I didn't obey these rules, I would be a bad child, a useless husband and a terrible father," he says.

On the surface, the businessman fulfills the "strong and successful" masculine ideal. He owns a private trading company and has a lot of money.

But underneath, he wonders what he will get out of maintaining this facade.

When he married a young woman who was intelligent and independent, they had many conflicts. Her assertiveness and independence made Thai feel like he was "not manly enough".

His parents were also displeased, as they thought his wife did not behave as a wife should.
After those conflicts, the couple separated.

He quickly married a new woman who was gentler and more naive. But his new wife's knowledge is so limited that the couple do not have much in common.

"All my life, I have tried to be a man," Thai says. "I have to constantly prove that I am successful, strong and tough. I can't ever be weak or tired. The result is that I have a wife so naive she does not know how to talk with me. She can hardly understand when I talk about social matters. She absolutely relies on me. I feel lonely in my own family."

Most people who took part in a recent survey said the ideal man had qualities such as assertiveness, independence, generousity and ability to help others, says Vu Pham Nguyen Thanh, a researcher at Canada Path.

One participant said that "a successful career makes a man different from other people."

According to psychologist Trinh Trung Hoa, while women have made many achievements in recent years with regards to career advancement, men have a heavier burden.

"During wartime, women viewed soldiers as ideal men. Seeing a man in uniform, a woman would become instantly convinced of his worth," Hoa says.

"During the State-subsidised economy, the ideal man finished eight 'golden hours' in his office and then came home to do work around the house like raising pigs and repairing bicycles for extra incomes. But today, a man must be far more than a bread winner. Wives often wish their husband not only to share in their family worries, but also to be sociable, successful, make good money and understand their thoughts and feelings."

Many new standards

Many men feel trapped by societal pressures - which are often contradictory.

A man who cares for his wife and children, does housework, goes shopping or cooks for the family is often dismissed for "clinging to his wife's skirts".

But a man who does not share household chores is called "selfish and lazy".

Many wives compare their husbands to other successful men who earn more money.

But at the same time, a man who spends the whole day working to develop his career is often said to be "irresponsible to the family". And if he does not spend enough time at home, his wife may suspect him of being unfaithful or being involved in social vices such as gambling, even if he is just talking with friends.

These expectations can pressure men into feeling depressed and useless. Those who fail to achieve what their families expect of them sometimes succumb to alcoholism, or try to find other women who give them the respect they believe they deserve. But this can result in a family crisis - or even breakdown.

Source: VNS

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The schools for the rich and the schools for the poor
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VietNamNet Bridge – Since state owned schools provide different education quality, parents have to spend big money in “under-the-table fees” to obtain the seats at prestigious schools for their children. Those, who cannot afford the fees, will have to go to less prestigious schools. As such, there exist the schools for the rich and the schools for the poor.

Thy, an office worker, lives in Go Vap district, which means that in principle, her daughter has to go to the Chi Lang Primary School in the district. However, Thy wants to bring the daughter to the Dinh Tien Hoang in district 1.

She said her office is located in district 1, so it would be better for her to meet and see off the daughter at a school in the same district. However, more importantly, Dinh Tien Hoang is a “star” school where all the parents wish to send their children to.

Thy said she has met someone who committed to help her obtain a seat at Dinh Tien Hoang School for her daughter, if she accepts to “pay underground money.” In fact, the money is not a problem for Thy, a banking officer. However, Thy fears that even if she accepts to pay, her daughter still may not be enrolled in the school.

Thousands of parents in big cities, including Hanoi and HCM City, have been running a race to enroll their children in the “star” schools, though the new academic year would only begin in 5 months.

In HCM City, the targeted schools are Nguyen Binh Khiem, Le Ngoc Han, Dinh Tien Hoang in district 1, Hoang Dieu, Luong The Vinh in Thu Duc district, Chinh Nghia and Bau Sen in district 1.

Dr. Le Ngoc Diep, Head of the Primary Education Division of the HCM City Education and Training Department, said the parents in big cities, many of whom are the high income earners, tend to send their children to the best schools. They want their children to study with the best teachers, learn in the best pedagogical environments and enjoy the best material facilities.

The HCM City People’s Committee has been trying to stop the race for “star” schools by prohibiting the schools to receive students from other districts. However, in fact, students from other districts still can enter the schools through different ways.

In principle, parents have to show to the schools’ management boards the family residential books to show that they enroll to the right schools. However, it seems that the regulation does not help much.

Vo Ngoc Thu, Head of the Education Sub-department in district 5, said that sometimes the sub-department discovered the abnormally high number of the students in the same districts.

The problem was that the parents “played tricks” to register the residences’ addresses in the districts, where there are located the schools they target.

Meanwhile, a teacher of a primary school said that the school cannot refuse the proposal of some parents, who are the big donors of the school, to reserve some seats for their children.

The teacher has noted that the “star” schools, therefore, in many cases, also mean the “schools for the rich,” since the parents are willing to pay big money to enroll their children into the schools.

Meanwhile, the less prestigious schools would be “poor” for every, because the rich parents do not think to give financial support to them.

Tien Phong

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The reasons behind Vietnamese youth’s decision to go studying abroad
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VietNamNet Bridge – A lot of Vietnamese students try to go studying abroad at any cost, though they know the training courses would be very costly and a lot of difficulties would surround them.



Studying overseas to “renew” themselves

Thai Ha, 19, a Hanoi student, felt bored when she finished the first-year study at a university in the city. Ha decided to look for a full scholarship for a music course in South Korea. Though she is not sure she would be a musician or take the music-related jobs, she still decided to say goodbye to the school in Hanoi and leave for South Korea.

“My life has become dynamic since the day I set foot in South Korea, which makes me feel excited. I love music, and I would return to come back to my school in Hanoi to follow the marketing major,” she wrote in an email to a high school classmate.

Ha believes that Vietnamese youth should study overseas not only to get knowledge from the developed educations, but also have interesting experiences which would be useful for their future lives and jobs.

Going abroad to escape from the current boring studies

This seems to be a popular reason cited by the youth when asked why they insist on going abroad. The students still have not programmed for their future. They still do not know what they want to be and how they will live. They also don’t feel the eagerness for learning. And they decided to leave Vietnam.

Bao Nhat, 23, in Da Nang City, said he got so tired of the numerals when he was a third year banking student. Therefore, Nhat decided to leave Vietnam for the UK to study fashion stylist. The young man said he feels happy with his current life and study, though he admits that he is not sure if he can use the knowledge he receives now from the British school later when he returns to Vietnam.

Vu Trang, a student in Australia, asked her parents to fund her overseas study course when she was a high school student. The girl told her parents that going abroad was the only choice for her, who absolutely did not feel the eagerness for learning.

The current life is really good for Trang in Australia, where she takes a part time job to earn money to satisfy her like of traveling.

Preparing to become the bosses

Duy Phuong in Hanoi graduated a university two years ago and he had worked for several companies until one day he felt that he needs to prepare well for his own business by going to study abroad.

“Studying in a country with the advanced education and obtaining good foreign language skills are the things I need to have to prepare for my future,” Phuong said.

Phuong now nearly completes his study plan at a school in Singapore, while planning to return to Vietnam in some days to turn his dream of setting up a business of his own into reality.

Studying abroad to follow the friends’ move

Though having weak foreign language skills and bad learning capability, Ngoc Anh in district 3 in HCM City still insisted on a study course overseas, simply because 2 her friends in the group of 5 have gone abroad.

Anh said she does not want to lag behind the friends by studying at a domestic school. For the students like Anh, it’s a shame to study domestically, because only poor families cannot afford their children’s overseas study.

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