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The final round of the first Mrs. Vietnam pageant began today, September 14, in Vung Tau. The organizing board announced that seven contestants had withdrawn from the finals because of poor health or conflicts with work. These vacancies will be filled by five others who will enter the final round without having to compete in [...]
Visitors look at exhibits in the display hall. An art exhibit to celebrate the 40th anniversary of the implementation of President Ho Chi Minh’s testament opened in Ha Noi last Friday. Organised by the Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism, the exhibit features the best 600 photos and paintings collected from the movement Studying and [...]
The Fighting – Long Hair Army in Mo Cay, Ben Tre in 1965. This oil on canvas was painted by veteran Huynh Phuong Dong. Some well-known artists are display their latest paintings and sculptures to mark the August Revolution and National Day, to be cetebrated early next month at an annual exhibition that opened in [...]
A sand painting exhibition of late President Ho Chi Minh and top-ranking General Vo Nguyen Giap by artisan Y Lan opened in Hanoi on August 23 at No. 8 Hung Vuong. Artisan Y Lan at the exhibition. The exhibition introduces 30 portraits of Ho Chi Minh and 23 of General Vo Nguyen Giap, which were [...]
Fine arts shows are common, but it’s rare to see an exhibition that is also emotionally moving, but this is what painter Trinh Long has achieved. Although Long couldn’t attend the opening of his first solo exhibition at the Viet Art Centre in Ha Noi on Wednesday, hundreds of his friends and fine arts lovers [...]
The Vietnamese contestant in the Miss Universe 2009 pageant Vo Hoang Yen arrived in the Bahamas on August 3, after a 25-hour flight from HCM City. Hoang Yen at Tan Son Nhat Airport, HCM City. Hoang Yen immediately called home when she arrived at Nassau Airport. Yen said the flight was okay and she was [...]
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 [...]