The organization has been honored with the World Service Medal Award for its dedication to the community. With appreciation for what COPI has done for Vietnamese children, Kathy O’Brien, an American businesswoman in Singapore, initiated a group called “Friends of COPI” in 2010 to raise funds for poor children. “Friends of COPI” established with the aim of raising funds for poor children Kathy developed her love for Vietnamese children during business trips to Vietnam. In 2002, when Kathy was a single person, dedicating all her time to her business, she adopted a new-born orphan in Vung Tau and named him Van Cuong. Raising Cuong has changed her life. She loves Cuong as if he was her biological son and spreads her love for other Vietnamese children living with difficulties. Eight years later, Kathy met Binh Rybacki, an overseas Vietnamese in the US and COPI founder, which led to the establishment of “Friends of COPI”. Kathy said, “We are a group of people in Singapore who really want to help those who need it but we need to be sure that the organization is trusted and careful with the money. When we started years ago, I knew COPI did a very good work in Singapore so I told all my friends about this organization and we decided to do one event to raise some money. And the event went so well. We have done 11 events over years and have raised more than US$100,000”. “Friends of COPI” often hosts gatherings with… [Read full story]
The standalone app, called Moments, allows users to share photos with friends who are in them, and to get images of themselves. WASHINGTON: Facebook on Monday (Jun 15) unveiled a new feature that allows smartphone users to privately share photos of friends, by sifting through images with facial recognition technology. The standalone app, called Moments, allows users to share photos with friends who are in them, and to get images of themselves. "It's hard to get the photos your friends have taken of you, and everyone always insists on taking that same group shot with multiple phones to ensure they…... [read more]
As I look out my window at the ice-coated branches of the Massachusetts woods sparkling in the thin February sun, I recall a hot June day in Ha Noi, 20 years ago. A British colleague had brought big news out to the Ha Noi Foreign Language College in Thanh Xuan: an English language daily had just published its first issue. I don't know what possessed me, but I had to have a copy. Forsaking the leafy shade of the college grounds, I pedaled my way across the rice fields that surrounded the college and out into the heat and dust…... [read more]
A Kieu Nom copy (Chinese-transcribed Vietnamese) printed in 1866 under the reign of King Tu Duc has recently been discovered in Vinh city of the central province of Nghe An. It is the oldest one so far. It was carved and printed by Lieu Van Duong in the ninteen year under the reign of King Tu Duc, i.e. 1866. It is 13x19 cm, printed on Do paper (rhamnoneuron). Inside its cover is preface written by Pham Quy Thich in Chinese script, who was friend of the great poet Nguyen Du. The latter gave his draft to the former, who corrected…... [read more]
State President Nguyen Minh Triet received in Hanoi on Nov. 5 Andre Menras, a French friend close to Vietnam during the war against the US. At the reception, Menras expressed his aspiration to become a Vietnamese citizen. He said he has devoted his sentiments to and would do everything he could to help Vietnamese people, particularly poor children. Praising Menras's sentiments and contributions to Vietnam, President Triet affirmed that the Vietnamese Party, State and people are grateful to special friends who were shoulder to shoulder with the Vietnamese people during wartime and who have contributed to the country's construction and…... [read more]
SEOUL - While Samsung Electronics is reeling from a patent pounding by its smartphone rival Apple Inc, this is unlikely to damage the other part of their relationship - where Samsung is the sole supplier of Apple-designed chips that power the iPhone and iPad. Photo: Reuters At an emergency meeting in Seoul early on Sunday following the damning U.S. legal defeat, the South Korean group's post mortem was led by vice chairman Choi Gee-sung and the head of the mobile business JK Shin, rather than by CEO Kwon Oh-hyun, whose primary role is in charge of the components business. The…... [read more]
