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For the first time in Vietnam, HCMC Circus will present ‘Jungle Festival’, an old fashioned circus complete with trained performance animals, to delight children of all ages and their parents. These shows will take place each evening from July 17 to 26 at September 23 Park with an extra show at 9:00 p.m. on Saturday [...]
A performance of Nha Nhac (Hue royal court music) A special performance of Vietnamese and Japanese royal music, Nha Nhac and Gagaku, will be held at Thai Hoa (Supreme Peace) Palace in the Hue Imperial Citadel on July 17, said the Hue Relic Preservation Center. The Tokyo New City orchestra and four other Japanese artistes [...]
Artist Pham Van Truong. “Bom” (Bomb), an installation exhibition on war by Pham Van Truong, or Truongart, will be held at the Vietnam Art Museum, 66 Nguyen Thai Hoc, Hanoi from July 22-27. Truong, 27, suffered great losses as a result of the war. His grandmother was burnt by napalm while another close relative was [...]
The closing party of the Wedding Fashion Week on July 12 gathered nearly 100 the most famous beauties and models in Vietnam. Among them were Miss Vietnam 2008 Thuy Dung, Mister International 2008 Tien Doan, supermodels Vu Thu Phuong, Thanh Tuyen and Binh Minh, Vietnam’s entrant to Miss Universe 2009 Vo Hoang Yen, supermodel and [...]
Called the photographer of young girls and flowers, Xuan Chinh has won many photographic awards at home and abroad. Through his lens, Hanoi’s landscapes appear beautiful and romantic. Girl and lotuses Rice flowers Summer night Loc vung tree Spring peach flowers Hanoi sunset Hanoi’s sua flower season Sunset on West Lake Red-leaf tropical almond The [...]
A scene from Deserted Valley. Some of the famous films of Vietnam cinematography will be screened at the Hanoi Cinematheque, 22A Hai Ba Trung from now until August. The programme entitled ‘Vietnam on Screen’ aims to introduce Hanoi cinema fans famous films of Vietnam such as ‘Bao Gio Cho Den Thang 10’ (When the Tenth [...]
Coroners and family members alike are still trying to sort out the major issues arising from the death of troubled pop star Michael Jackson exactly one week after he died, sources close to the investigation said on Thursday. Pop star Michael Jackson rehearses for his planned shows in London at the Staples Center in Los [...]
Viet Nam had 101.7 million telephone subscribers by the first half of this year, according to the Ministry of Information and Communications. Viet Nam has six mobile phone service providers: Vinafone, Mobifone, Viettel, S-Fone, EVN Telecom and Vietnamobile. Next month, the domestic market will welcome Beeline. The total included 82 million mobile phones and 19.7 [...]
The first online singing contest in Vietnam for youth between the ages of 14-22, named K4Teen, will be held from May 29 to August 27. The organisers, Zing Star and Coca Cola Vietnam, said that they are holding this contest because many young music lovers often upload songs they themselves sing onto online forums. Some [...]
A scene from “Living in Fear”. There is no place like Vietnam, where audiences turn their backs on films that win domestic and international prizes. Awarded movies = unmarketable In a meeting, director Bui Thac Chuyen outspokenly said: “Talking about the revenue of Song Trong So Hai (Living in Fear) is painful.” Few people bought [...]