Riders set off on the Rally Indochina 2015 from Ha Noi yesterday,
heading south on the historic Ho Chi Minh Trail to raise donations for
the Blue Dragon Children''s Foundation and fight child trafficking.
Ten members of the Hanoi Distinguished Gentleman''s Ride pose for a
photo with a Ural motorcycle before setting off from Explore Indochina''s
garage in Ha Noi last Sunday.
Painter and teacher of fine art, Uyen Huy, just
published a research book featuring urban fine art found in Sai Gon
–formerly Gia Dinh province – from 1900 to 1975.
An exhibition of art works in different genres, depicting Vietnamese
navy personnel and their life on the sea and islands, was inaugurated
this morning in Ha Noi.
More than 100 performers and artists will tomorrow join a pilgrimage to
Dien Bien Phu, where in May, 1954, the Vietnamese military defeated
French colonial troops, ending the domination of the French in
Indochina.
Several untold stories about the historical Dien Bien Phu campaign,
which led to the world-famous victory over French colonialism in Viet
Nam and Indochina in 1954, have been revealed in the newly published
book Dien Bien Phu – Ky Uc 60 Nam (Dien...
Vu Khuc Dong Duong ( Indochina Dance), a new documentary featuring tai tu traditional music of southern Viet Nam, was completed in HCM City recently. The documentary is a remake of Indochina Dance filmed in Paris in 1900.
A competition entitled The Indochina Project has been launched worldwide
to celebrate the culture and people of Indochina through digital media
and creativity.
Fifteen literary works including five novels, five
poems, four short stories and a note from Laos, Cambodia and Viet Nam
were awarded the Mekong River Literary Prize at the fourth Indochina
Writers Conference yesterday.
