The memoirs of 98-year-old revolutionary Ngo Thi Hue, wife of late
Party General Secretary Nguyen Van Linh, has been released in HCM City
to celebrate the 75th anniversary of Nam Ky (Southern) Uprising,
November 11.
A music camp festival will be held from September 11 to 13 at an
ecological camping site in Soc Son, a northern district located 30km
from Ha Noi''s centre.
Noted painter Van Duong Thanh has, for the first time, put on display
her 11 portraits by painters Nguyen Tu Nghiem (1922) and Bui
Xuan Phai (1920-1988).
Truong Ngoc Anh has spent the past 20 years building
a name for herself not just in one field of the arts but in several,
making her name known as a model, singer and actress
A ceremony was held recently to honour vi giam, a type of folk singing in
the central provinces of Nghe An and Ha Tinh. The traditional art has
received a slot on UNESCO''s world intangible heritage list.
Vietnamese architect Nguyen Hoa Hiep''s design for a
community house in HCM City''s Binh Chanh District recently won the
Building of the Year prize, the most important award at the World
Architecture Festival in Singapore.
La Chanson de Fribourg, a 30-member Swiss choir
specialising in music from the Alps, will perform folk songs for one
night only on October 8 in Ha Noi.
Independent filmmaker Nguyen Thi Tham''s latest documentary Chuyen Di Cuoi Cung Cua Chi Phung (Madam Phung''s Last Journey) marks the first long documentary in her career.
Robert Legage, a theatre artist from Canada who has won numerous
prestigious awards including Companion of the Order of Canada, the
European Commission''s Europe Theatre Prize and Canada''s Governor
General''s Performing Arts Award, is known for his versatility in every
form of theatre craft...
To pursue her passion for son mai (lacquer) painting, Japanese native
Saeko Ando lived in Ha Noi for 18 years. After mastering the requisite
skills, she planned to introduce the art form to the world through
exhibitions, lectures and symposia.
Viet Nam swept over Brunei in a 11-0 win in its last match at the group
stage of the Southeast Asian Under-16 Football Championship to grab a
place in the semi-finals.
