From: "andrea@vietworldkitchen.com" <andrea@vietworldkitchen.com>
Date: Wed, September 27, 2006 2:32 pm
To: webmaster@viet.net

http://vietworldkitchen.com/cookbook/about.htm

Dear friends,

As you may recall, for the past two years, I have been writing a Vietnamese cookbook — a lifelong dream of mine. Crafting the work has been amazing, and I am thrilled to announce that Into the Vietnamese Kitchen: Treasured Foodways, Modern Flavors has been published by Ten Speed Press and is currently being shipped to retailers. The estimated time of arrival is the beginning of October so look for it starting next week at bookstores and online vendors (e.g., Amazon.com, ecookbooks.com and Powells.com).

It is a gorgeous publication with over 175 tested recipes that range from easy, homey preparations, such as grilled chicken with a zippy salt, pepper, lime dipping sauce, to more complex specialties, such as Tet sticky rice cakes (banh chung) that are encased in bamboo and banana leaves and boiled for hours.

OAS Web Page to Receive Suggestions on the Convention
against Racism and Intolerance

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PRELIMINARY DRAFT CONVENTION AGAINST RACISM, DISCRIMINATION AND INTOLERANCE


The Organization of American States (OAS) has opened a Web page for suggestions and comments on the drafting of a future Inter-American Convention against Racism and All Forms of Discrimination and Intolerance. It is intended to encourage nongovernmental organizations, research institutes, universities, and other sectors of civil society to participate in preparing the new Convention.

During the June 2005 regular session of the OAS General Assembly, held in Fort Lauderdale, Florida, the Assembly adopted a resolution that created a working group to prepare the draft convention.

On November 28 and 29, at OAS headquarters, the Working Group held a special meeting attended by specialists from the United Nations, the academic world, NGOs, and representatives of various countries. The meeting emphasized the importance of active civil society participation in deliberations on a future inter-American convention against racism and intolerance.

For that purpose, the Working Group decided to create an informal civil society consultation mechanism.

The new Web page is ready to receive the opinions, queries, and comments of civil society through July 31, 2006.

The final text of the Inter-American Convention against Racism and All Forms of Discrimination and Intolerance will be adopted by representatives of the 34 OAS member states at a session of the General Assembly.

More Information : http://www.oas.org/OASpage/Events/default_ENG.asp?eve_code=2

FIRST MISS VIETNAM GLOBAL PAGEANT TO BE HELD IN LAS VEGAS
AUGUST 26TH, 2006

First Ever Miss Vietnam Global Event Will Have A $70,000 Purse And Feature Contestants From All Over The World.

SAN JOSE, California – May 30, 2006 – MFC Media Entertainment and Mr. Michael Nguyen, President of Miss Vietnam Global (MVG) Organization, announced today that Las Vegas, Nevada, will host the first Miss Vietnam Global Competition. The ground-breaking show will feature Vietnamese beauty contestants from all over the world. The extravagant event will also feature top-bill Vietnamese entertainers. The show will be held at the MGM Grand Casino and Hotel in Las Vegas on Saturday, August 26th, 2006 at 8:00 pm, and will be videotaped for later release in DVD format.

“We are excited to bring together the most beautiful Vietnamese young women from all over the world for this pageant,” said Mr. Michael Nguyen. “This will be the first time ever that there will be a global title conferred upon any Vietnamese woman. In addition to her title, Miss Vietnam Global 2006 will win a cash prize of $50,000 and other significant gifts. The runner-ups and other pageant titles will win a total of $20,000 cash and gifts, making this the largest purse ever for a pageant of this kind. We have picked a world-class venue, the MGM Grand, in Las Vegas, the entertainment capital of the world, and have put together a fabulous entertainment program with the best Vietnamese entertainers. This will truly be a global, world title event, an event to remember, and we hope to make it the first of many such pageants in the years ahead”.

The Miss Vietnam Global pageant will feature top-bill singers and comedians from the Vietnamese entertainment industry, including Đàm Vĩnh Hưng, Lam Trường, Thu Phương, Trường Vũ, Tuấn Anh, Bé Xuân Mai, Bé Rich Anh Tuấn, Hoài Linh, Chí Tài, Trịnh Kim Chi, Tommy Ngô, Linda Trang Đài, Cẩm Vân, Khắc Triệu, Ái Vân, Hồng Ngọc, Sai Varee, and Trina Bảo Trân.

Candidates wishing to sign up for the Miss Vietnam Global Pageant will be able to do so using the World-Wide Web. A MVG website (http://www.missvietnamglobal.com) will contain all pageant information, competition rules, and a registration form for prospective contestants. The website will also carry information about the entertainers featured at the event, as well as detailed information about the show’s venue, its sponsors, and how to obtain tickets to the show. The MVG website is being designed and will be maintained by MVG’s information technology and online marketing partner, Anh2.tv, a global Internet portal for the online Vietnamese community (http://www.anh2.tv). “The Anh2 team has been a very strong, effective online marketing partner for MFC Media frequent live musical events and DVD products,” added Mr. Michael Nguyen. “We shall look forward to another successful pairing of Anh2’s technical and Internet marketing expertise with MFC’s own track record of producing entertaining, innovative live events of this magnitude.”

# # # Press Contact:

Michael Nguyen
Tel: 1.888.308.1188
Email: info@missvietnamglobal.com

Christian Science Monitor
Research fraud rampant in China

By Robert Marquand, Staff writer of The Christian Science Monitor Tue May 16, 4:00 AM ET

BEIJING - The stunning revelation of fraud and fakery in the heart of China's R&D industry has vindicated a feisty set of scholars who are gaining traction in exposing a culture of fraud and corruption in China's colleges.
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Just days ago authorities revealed that the Hanxin digital signal chip, a so-called "Chinese chip" designed to enhance home-grown computer technology, is not an original. Chen Jin, "father of the Chinese chip," evidently used a product from a foreign firm to win a lucrative bid in 2003 - ironically, to spearhead a much publicized patriotic national drive to create a Chinese super microchip.

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Call for Papers:
Tibetan Museum Society Seeks Editorial Contributions from Asian Art and History Experts

Journalistic Content to Emphasize Appreciation of Buddhist Art and Culture from Mongolia and the Greater Himalayan Region

ALEXANDRIA, VA, FEBRUARY 2006 � The Tibetan Museum Society today announced a call for quality manuscripts and research papers. This peer-reviewed, on-line journal, and website of fine art, religious study and historical appreciation, welcomes contributions of factual articles, notes and images based on new research of Mongolia and the Greater Himalayan Region. "Our international audience consists of historians, social scientists and those who appreciate exceptional Asian art," said Delgermaa Dagva, Board Chair, and Executive Director of the Society.

***Asian American Theater Company (AATC) presents:

BANYAN by Jeannie Barroga
A World Premiere Theatrical Production
Directed by Francis Tanglao-Aguas

DATES & TIMES
November 3-20, 2005 (Wed � Sun)
Wed � Sat 8 pm
Sun 7 pm

BANYAN is a modern-day, multicultural variation on THE WIZARD OF OZ
that incorporates Pilipino fantasy, folklore, and humor. A woman,
during her 'dream vacation' to the Philippines, embarks on an
allegorical adventure sprinkled with aswang (witch) tales, hostages,
romance, intrigue, and 'symbolic' terrorism. Her journey through the
jungles of the Philippines mirrors her dilemma over her role in a
corrupt corporation's nefarious secrets in a paper shredding room.