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	Ben Tre Province - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Ben Tre (in Vietnamese, Bến Tre) is a Province of Vietnam.
		It is one of the country's southern provinces, being situated in the delta of the Mekong river.
		Geographically, Ben Tre is wedged between the two main branches of the Tien Giang river, which is itself one of the two main branches of the Mekong.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Ben_Tre_Province (295 words)

	Ben Tre Province -- Facts, Info, and Encyclopedia article (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		Ben Tre (in (A native or inhabitant of Vietnam) Vietnamese, Bến Tre) is a (The proper sphere or extent of your activities) Province of (A communist state in Indochina on the South China Sea; achieved independence from France in 1945) Vietnam.
		The extensive irrigation that this provides makes Ben Tre a major producer of (Grains used as food either unpolished or more often polished) rice, but also means that the area is prone to (The rising of a body of water and its overflowing onto normally dry land) flooding.
		At present, there are no bridges connecting Ben Tre province to the rest of Vietnam - access is only possible by (additional info and facts about ferries) ferries.
	www.absoluteastronomy.com /encyclopedia/b/be/ben_tre_province.htm (393 words)

	SAMA - Press Releases
		Ben Tré is truly a pioneer in the use of cast glass as a sculptural medium, with works included in more than 85 museums and public collections worldwide.
		Known for their powerful and evocative nature, Ben Tré’s cast glass sculptures have the ability to connect the modern industrial world to the ancient past, prompting viewers to contemplate the interlay between the artist’s modern technological methods and his deftly executed allusions to ancient forms and structures.
		Ben Tré, born in Brooklyn, N.Y. in 1949, began his career in the mid-‘70s, during a period of intense introspection.
	www.sama-art.org /info/press/2004/2004-09-01-b.html (2058 words)

	Howard Ben Tré
		Ben Tré's art is at once archeological, architectural, sculptural, and it is a study in apt contradictions.
		Ben Tré completes each form by wrapping portions with gold leaf or installing lead bars in the glass that are covered in gold leaf.
		Ben Tré has transformed the town by creating a universally appealing environment, centered on his glass structures, that responds to the aesthetic needs of the community.
	artscenecal.com /ArticlesFile/Archive/Articles2001/Articles0401/HBenTreA.html (525 words)

	Glass Sculpture Artist Howard Ben Tré at UA Oct. 28 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		Ben Tré's breakthrough technical innovations have extended his mastery of cast glass and allowed him to create monumental sculptures that can survive the rigors of outdoor installation.
		Ben Tré is a native of Brooklyn, N.Y., and a 1978 graduate of Portland State University and earned an Master of Fine Arts Degree from the Rhode Island School of Design in 1980.
		Ben Tré is a three-time recipient of the National Endowment for the Arts Fellowship.
	uanews.opi.arizona.edu /cgi-bin/WebObjects/UANews.woa/wa/ArtsStoryDetails?ArticleID=9980 (274 words)

	Tours operator in Saigon and Vietnam - Information about Saigon
		Ben Tre is made up of seven districts with Chau Thanh being the main city, surrounded by many islands that are covered in coconut trees.
		Ben Tre is known throughout Vietnam for its masses of coconut palms, and during the war the coconut oil was used as a valuable substitute for kerosene.
		This are is relatively untouched by tourism, and this is evident in the fact that NOBODY speaks English in Ben Tre.
	www.threeland.com /saigon2.htm (1245 words)

	Michigan in the News—Stephen M. Ross School of Business
		Howard Ben Tré's "Column 36," a 97-inch tall translucent sculpture of green cast glass and copper, on loan from the artist to the Business School, welcomes students and visitors to William Davidson Hall.
		Ben Tré, who is known internationally for his pioneering work in cast glass, loaned "Column 36" to the school, he says, "to help students see that art is part of our lives.
		For Ben Tré, drawing the sculpture is the most important step in the artistic process.
	www.bus.umich.edu /NewsRoom/ArticleDisplay.asp?news_id=1310&version=V_LIVE (446 words)

	Museum of Glass
		Ben Tré says the vertical glass forms allude to one of the Museum's dominant architectural features, the giant cone, but don't compete with it.
		Ben Tré's evolution as an artist has taken him to both coasts of the U.S. He studied art as an undergraduate at Portland State University in Oregon, and spent summers at the Pilchuck Glass School in Washington, where he met Dale Chihuly.
		Ben Tré's cast-glass pieces are massive in scale, made with teams of workers in industrial glass factories, and sometimes require three months or more to cool down from their molten state.
	www.museumofglass.org /s04_bentres.jsp (594 words)

	Charles Cowles Gallery: Past and future exhibitions (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		Internationally known for his pioneering work in cast glass, HOWARD BEN TRÉ continues his exploration into the formal and aesthetic qualities of this sculptural medium in his exhibition at Charles Cowles Gallery.
		BEN TRÉ’s technical innovations have extended his mastery of glass and allowed him to cast sculptures on an unprecedented scale, which can survive the rigors of outdoor installation.
		BEN TRÉ’s works are included in distinguished museum collections including the Metropolitan Museum of Art, NY; Museum of Fine Arts, Houston; Philadelphia Museum of Art; Los Angeles County Museum of Art; and Brooklyn Museum of Art.
	www.artnet.com /galleries/exhibitions.asp?gid=272&cid=10572 (293 words)

	Hidden fortresses (Metro Times Detroit) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		Howard Ben Tré’s mixed-media works on paper also escape an easy classification, shifting from figurative paintings of objects that have a historical presence (referencing ancient Egyptian or Roman artifacts) to suggestions of contemporary jewelry forms.
		Ben Tré is a renowned sculptor, whose work ranges from large castings of glass objects to functional public pieces such as fountains and seating, including actual city planning of public plazas and urban malls.
		The indefinable nature of both MacGaw’s and Ben Tré’s works — our inability to ascribe meaning and hence value to them — and the overall mystery that shrouds both, have the salutary effect of inspiring awe and reverence, for their output as well as for the creative act and life itself.
	www.metrotimes.com /editorial/story.asp?id=3059 (530 words)

	RFA: Vietnam Diary 7: Return to Ben Tre
		BEN TRE—I had been in and out of the Mekong Delta cities of My Tho and Ben Tre several times during the Vietnam War.
		I'm now returning to see how Ben Tre and the surrounding province are doing 30 years after the end of the war.
		After my departure from Ben Tre Province, the Vietnamese authorities report that bird flu has caused the death of one person in the province, but not in the district we were in.
	www.rfa.org /english/features/blogs/vietnamblog/2005/08/26/blog6_vietnam_southerland (694 words)

	www.bentre.gov.vn (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		This is one of the great features that make Ben Tre the land of poetic charm in the eyes of tourists from other parts of the country as well as the outside world.
		Coming to Ben Tre, you will be met with gentle-minded and righteous people, those who are born to live and die in the land of their ancestors.
		Ben Tre is also best known for many other aspects, one of which is its glorious history of fighting foreign invaders.
	www.bentre.gov.vn /english/index.php?option=content&task=view&id=640&I... (797 words)

	SOS Children's Villages: Ben Tre
		The SOS Children's Village is located in the centre of Ben Tre City, the provincial capital of Ben Tre province.
		Ben Tre is situated in the delta of the river Mekong about 80 km south-west of Ho Chi Minh City.
		The SOS Children's Village Ben Tre has its own SOS Kindergarten and an SOS Hermann Gmeiner School, both of which are open to children from the neighbourhood as well.
	www.sos-childrensvillages.org /html/ben_tre.html (489 words)

	THE RIVER WAR
		While proceeding southward along the Ben Tre River to land 4/47th Infantry Battalion troops for operations in Truc Giang and Giong Trom districts of Kien Hoa Province on 15 September RAD 111 was hit with automatic weapons and rocket fire from the west bank 5 1/2 miles southeast of Ben Tre.
		RAD 111 was again attacked on the Ben Tre River on the 16th; at 1053 from the east bank 6 miles southeast of Ben Tre, and at 1127 from both banks 2 miles east of Ben Tre.
		On the next day, 17 September, RAD 111 was fired upon for the fifth time on the Ben Tre River, this time from the south bank one mile east of Ben Tre.
	www.homestead.com /remembervietnam/theriverwar.html (1328 words)

	Business School exhibits "Column 36" (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		Howard Ben Tré's "Column 36," a 97-inch tall translucent sculpture of green cast glass and copper, is on loan from the artist to the Business School.
		Ben Tré, who is known internationally for his pioneering work in cast glass, loaned "Column 36" to the school "to help students see that art is part of our lives.
		Many of Ben Tré's cast glass and metal pieces are architectural installations in public places.
	www.umich.edu /~urecord/0304/Sept08_03/16.shtml (321 words)

	Ben Tre Province , ViêtNam \| WomPom.ca
		Ben Tre Province geography is a plain of 1.25 metres above sea level combined with a 65 kilometres coastline and riddled with tributaries of the Mekong Delta.
		Ben Tre is proud to be the motherland of poet NGUYEN Dinh Chieu.
		Ben Tre Tourist, 65 Dong Khoi Street, My Tho (Tel: +84-(0)-73-829-618) has a high speed boat for rent that costs about US$ 35/hour (5 persons).
	www.wompom.ca /vietnam/vnprovinc803.htm (414 words)

	Ben Artworks and Fine Art at arthistorynet.com
		Ben Sakoguchi, Leslie is not a Boy, 20th century
		Ben Shahn's New York will present a pivotal, but little examined body of photographic work from the...
		Ben Georgia is a full time, abstract oil painter known for his beautiful, lyrical and expressive use...
	www.absolutearts.com /masters/b/ben.html (825 words)

	Ben Tre, Tien Tuy and Can Tho (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		First stop was the river town of Ben Tre, known locally as City of Heroes as many Viet Cong were secretly in the area during the war.
		So also was Steve Spangler, and my first job, silly and small as it may seem, was to give some soccer balls from Steve to some soccer team in Ben Tre.
		But in Ben Tre it appeared that you can't get there from here.
	www.gohither.net /continents/asia/vn/stories/4mekong.sxml (926 words)

	Ben Tre Tourist Information and Travel Guide at InfoHub.com
		Ben Tre Town itself is a pleasant place, a world away from touristed My Tho.
		Once you've scanned Ben Tre's buzzing market in the centre of town, you'll want to pass over the quaint bridge leading to Ben Tre River's more rustic south bank, where scores of boats moor in front of thatch houses.
		The Ben Tre Floating Restaurant, near the bridge, has seen better days, but is a good spot for a sunset drink and more enticing than the hotel restaurants.
	www.infohub.com /Destinations/Asia/Vietnam/Ben-Tre (367 words)

	Coconut: Blogging the Tropical World
		The Vietnam Economy website reports that the Ben Tre province on the Mekong River delta is now exporting coconuts to 42 countries around the world.
		Targeting between US$33-35 million from coconut product exports, Ben Tre is pushing for the early operation of a 2,000-tonne coir fibre plant, a 2,000-tonne desiccated copra plant and a 1,500 tonne charcoal plant.
		Ben Tre province in Viet Nam was heavily hit in the war back in the 60s and 70s.
	www.coconut.com /blog/archives/cat_asia.html (343 words)

	[No title] (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		The project, known as "Success Alliance", is being carried out in eight communes in Ben Tre's districts of Giong Trom and Chau Thanh, providing farmers with techniques for cacao farming.
		Within the project's framework, a seminar was recently organised for cacao growers from the Central Highlands, the southeastern region and the Mekong delta, discussing post-harvest technologies to ensure a high quality of cocoa for export as well as the issue of trade-marks.
		Ben Tre has, by itself, already drawn up a 24 billion VND plan to develop 10,000 ha of cacao in the province.
	www.vnagency.com.vn /NewsA.asp?LANGUAGE_ID=2&CATEGORY_ID=30&NEWS_ID=128438 (451 words)

	Báo Điện tử - Thời báo Kinh tế Việt Nam (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		Ben Tre province is 86 km far from Ho Chi Minh City.
		The number of cattle and poultry of Ben Tre is estimated at 6.6 million in 2005.
		Ben Tre is now developing; its demand for plastic products for construction and consumption is increasing.
	www.vneconomy.com.vn /eng?param=article&catid=01&id=041119102055 (551 words)

	[No title]
		Nickisher, Heidi, "Howard Ben Tré," Artweek 23 (February 6), pp.
		Tarchinski, Pamela J., "Howard Ben Tré," Glass 45 (Fall), p.
		Kangas, Matthew, "Engendering Ben Tré," Glass 40 (Spring/Summer), pp.
	www.cowlesgallery.com /bibliographies/BENTREbib.html (1797 words)

	The Christian Science Monitor \| csmonitor.com (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		Ben Tré's career has elevated a seemingly everyday material - glass - to the level of a monumental art form.
		"[Ben Tré] has a deep understanding of many cultures from around the world," says Patterson Sims, deputy director for education and research at the Museum of Modern Art in New York, in a video that accompanies the exhibition.
		Ben Tré suggests that the power comes from the experience he hopes his art produces for people.
	www.csmonitor.com /cgi-bin/durableRedirect.pl?/durable/2000/02/18/f-p20s1.shtml (905 words)

	Saigontourist
		Ben Tre is a very special region for tourists.
		In fact, this is a joint tourism product of Ben Tre and Tien Giang provinces because the dune is located in the middle of the Tien River section in the two provinces.
		Ben Tre is a very special land, looking like a big island in the southern delta.
	www.saigon-tourist.com /news/detail_en.asp?id=1729 (302 words)

	Seafood from Vietnam Co., Ltd (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		Nearly 35.00 hectares of the coast in front of this island paradise with its countless waterways can be used for farming of fish and seafood from shrimps to oysters and other fruits of the sea.
		So the companies of Ben Tre sell to Spain, Portugal and Italy but also to the biggest European mussel market, Belgium and to the Netherlands and France.
		Right off the coast of Ben Tre, where the “Nine Heads of the Dragon” reach the sea is much more space for growing mussels and other aquaculture products in the future.
	www.seafoodfromvietnam.com /p6-2.htm (1800 words)

	vietspacetravel.com (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		Ben Tre is 14km from Mytho, and 86km from Ho Chi Minh City.
		Ben Tre is an island province accessible by ferry from Mytho.
		Ben Tre Tourist has a high speed boat for rent that costs about US$35/ hour (5 persons).
	vietspacetravel.com /html/ship.php (180 words)

	Cast Glass Sculptor to Speak at Gamble Auditorium March 2
		A pioneer in the use of cast glass as a sculptural medium, Ben Tré is internationally known for his unique sculptures and large-scale works of art for public and private spaces.
		Ben Tré’s work can be seen in more than 85 museums and public collections worldwide, including the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York and the Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden in Washington, DC.
		Ben Tré is a native of Brooklyn, New York.
	www.mtholyoke.edu /offices/comm/csj/022704/sculptor.shtml (377 words)

	Art in America: Howard Ben Tre at Charles Cowles - Brief Article
		Howard Ben Tre has been making alluring sculptures in cast glass for 25 years.
		Ben Tre casts sculptures once each year at a glass factory; the molds, which contain between 300 and 2,000 pounds of molten glass, must cool for 2 1/2 months before they can be opened.
		Ben Tre finishes the work by hand, often coating the concavities with color or gold leaf.
	www.findarticles.com /p/articles/mi_m1248/is_4_90/ai_84669351 (486 words)

	The Mary Baker Eddy Library for the Betterment of Humanity - Sculpting the Fountain (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		The focal point of the Hall of Ideas, Howard Ben Tré's fountain, is a cast glass and bronze sculpture that provides the source from which a state-of-the-art computer program and light projection system displays quotes and ideas from the world's greatest thinkers.
		Ben Tré is an internationally known sculptor who has been working with the medium of glass since the mid 1970s, when he was instrumental in shaping the studio glass movement that developed in Providence, RI.
		By combining translucent cast glass with minerals and metals, Ben Tré creates highly original sculptures, including works that currently grace public spaces and museums all around the world.
	www.marybakereddylibrary.org /exhibits/sculptingfountain.jhtml (286 words)

	[No title] (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		Ross Jaax, Director of the SAP, said that so far, four cacao semi-processing farms were built in the Mekong delta province of Ben Tre and one farm in the southern province of Ba Ria-Vung Tau as part of the project.
		The project has worked with Ben Tre's Science and Technology Department to establish a cacao quality management system and compiled documents training farming households to ferment cacao, he said.
		During the seminar, Ben Tre's Agriculture and Rural Development Department introduced its experiences in the management of the quality of cacao varieties and plans to distribute high-quality cacao varieties.
	www.vnagency.com.vn /NewsA.asp?LANGUAGE_ID=2&CATEGORY_ID=30&NEWS_ID=165572 (304 words)

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