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VietNamNet Bridge – Mrs. World 2009 will take place in the southern city of Vung Tau in several months but the organisers are facing difficulties in seeking funds for organisational works, estimated at $7.4 million. Doan Thi Kim Hong (right) in the signing ceremony for Mrs. World pageant in Vietnam. The expenditures for this event [...]
Tra My signs her book Giac Mo Doi Chan Thien Than (Dream of the Angel’s Feet) at the launch earlier this week. Leaning against the metal walker, Tran Tra My moves slowly towards her old computer. She has trouble moving her feet, but she refuses to use a wheel chair. She wants to be able [...]
The Vietnamese designer Nguyen Cong Tri and ABC Ao Dai will take care of costumes for the Vietnamese contestant, Vo Hoang Yen, at the 2009 Miss Universe pageant over August 1-23. Cong Tri measures Vo Hoang Yen to begin designing her costumes for the 2009 Miss Universe pageant. (Photo: Courtesy of Uni Corp) Designer Cong [...]
State-owned publishing houses have been urged to switch to new business structure model for five years since Viet Nam ratified the Berne Convention, but this process has been tardy and beset with challenges. Readers browse a book exhibition at HCM City’s Youth Culture House. State-owned publishing houses are finding it difficult to switch to a [...]
ietnam’s quan ho has passed the round of consideration for recognition as intangible cultural heritage of humankind (ICS), said a senior official. The Cultural Heritage Agency’s Vice Chief Dr. Le Thi Minh Ly said that the Advisory Council of the Convention 2003 Inter-governmental Committee has just completed consideration of 111 nominees for recognition as ICS [...]
The Vietnam National Administration of Tourism (VNAT) has asked local tourism firms to reduce the number of tours to or temporarily stop sending tourists to countries where the super flu is spreading under the warning of the Vietnamese Health Ministry and the World Health Organization (WHO). VNAT’s vice head Nguyen Manh Cuong asked local departments [...]
Ex-prisioners of Phu Quoc jail listen to museum staff telling the “Phu Quoc Jail Crime” at the exhibition. (Photo: SGGP) An exhibition, including photographs and documents, highlighting the crime and cruelty of jailors in Phu Quoc jail are being displayed at the Ho Chi Minh City War Remaints Museum. The exhibition, “Phu Quoc Jail Crime,” which remembers the American [...]
Cellist Jussi Makkonen (L) and pianist Rait Karm will play in Hanoi on May 20. Two internationally famous artists – cellist Jussi Makkonen and pianist Rait Karm – will perform the works of Jean Sibelius at the L’Espace in Hanoi on May 20. Jussi Makkonen, 30, came into public notice in Finland when he won [...]
Duc Thanh Primary School, where Nguyen Tat Thanh (Ho Chi Minh) taught at young age (Photo: SGGP) A film about Uncle Ho’s early life, “Nhin ra bien ca” (Look out over the sea), by scriptwriter and Hodafilm’s director Nguyen Thi Hong Ngat, will be on screens by 2010 to celebrate his 120th birthday. The script [...]
The Hue Royal Traditional Theatre, under the Hue Monuments Conservation Centre, has performed and popularised nha nhac (royal music) for students and youths in Huong Tho Commune, Huong Tra District, in the central province of Thua Thien-Hue. Get royal: Nha nhac (royal music) is performed with royal dance. This is the first time royal music [...]