Vietnamjournalism http://vietnamjournalism.com/english Vietnam Journalism en-us minhlq@vietnamjournalism.com Buddhist Sangha launches e-paper http://vietnamjournalism.com/english/modules.php?name=News&file=article&sid=317 The Ho Chi Minh City Buddhist Sangha on May 2 launched the online version of its “Giac Ngo” newspaper at www.giacngo.vn. The first electronic paper of Vietnamese Buddhism provides information on the policies and activities of the Vietnam Buddhist Sangha (VBS) and Buddhist followers nationwide.  Lao Party official meets Vietnamese journalist http://vietnamjournalism.com/english/modules.php?name=News&file=article&sid=316 The Editor-in-Chief of the “Tap Chi Cong San” (Communist Review) of the Vietnam Communist Party, Ta Ngoc Tan, met with Laos ’ Party Politburo member Samane Vignaketh in Vientiane on April 28. AP cuts prices, announces mobile product http://vietnamjournalism.com/english/modules.php?name=News&file=article&sid=315 The Associated Press announced it will further cut fees paid by struggling newspaper members and will develop an advertising-supported service that will deliver stories and photos to advanced cell phones, including the iPhone. Half of EU citizens on the net, but rural Europe left behind http://vietnamjournalism.com/english/modules.php?name=News&file=article&sid=314 Out of the half a billion EU citizens, more than 250 million regularly use the internet, according to newly released figures. A European Commission report on the results so far for i2010, the EU's digital-led strategy for growth and jobs, further showed that of this number, 80 percent have access to some form of broadband connection. FT to launch Chinese-language title http://vietnamjournalism.com/english/modules.php?name=News&file=article&sid=313 The Financial Times Group is to launch a Chinese-language magazine aimed at China's growing business class. The FT hopes to launch the monthly title, which will focus on lifestyle and wealth management, ahead of the Beijing Olympics in August. Top editor of Wall Street Journal resigns http://vietnamjournalism.com/english/modules.php?name=News&file=article&sid=312 Marcus Brauchli stepped down as the top-ranking editor of The Wall Street Journal after less than a year in the job, the newspaper announced. His resignation comes four months after the News Corporation, led by Rupert Murdoch, took control of the paper. HCM City media, officials review Press Law http://vietnamjournalism.com/english/modules.php?name=News&file=article&sid=311 The Press Law that was passed eight years ago has significantly helped in developing the media but it could do with changes to several provisions, delegates told a conference held in HCM City on April 24. Newspaper ad revenue down 7.9 percent http://vietnamjournalism.com/english/modules.php?name=News&file=article&sid=310 Newspaper advertising revenue fell 7.9 percent in 2007, the second-worst year in more than half a century, the Newspaper Association of America said on Friday. Those figures include continued growth in online advertising. Applications invited for UN journalism fellowships http://vietnamjournalism.com/english/modules.php?name=News&file=article&sid=309 The Dag Hammarskjold Scholarship Fund for Journalists is now accepting applications from professional journalists from developing countries for its 2008 Fellowship Program. The application deadline is April 25. Vietnam News Agency opens bureau in Canada http://vietnamjournalism.com/english/modules.php?name=News&file=article&sid=308 Vietnam News Agency officially opened its 27th bureau abroad, in Ottawa, Canada on April 7.  The ceremony included the participation of Vietnamese Ambassador to Canada Nguyen Duc Hung, Chairman of the Canada-Vietnam Parliamentary Friendship Group Bryon Wilfer, Senator Mac Harb and representatives from the Canadian Parliamentary Press Gallery and the Foreign Affairs and International Trade Ministry of Canada.