Vietnamese artists perform in Philippines A delegation of artists led by Hua Ngoc Thuan, vice chairman of the People’s Committee of Ho Chi Minh City, has just arrived in Manila in the Philippines for exchange dialogues and musical performances from July 11 to 13. The event aims to mark the 35th anniversary of diplomatic relations [...]
Two exciting children TV series this summer Poster of the TV series Garden of Life. Two TV series for children will be on air on HTV 7 and HTV 9 channels of Ho Chi Minh City Television, adding flavor to the summer movie menu for little audiences in the city. Vuon doi (Garden of life) [...]
LookAtVietnam – In recent years, Vietnamese documentaries, considered to be a strong point in the country’s cinematography industry, have not advanced as well as expected. In search of lost audiences: A scene from the documentary Le Cai Tang (Digging up the Dead) by Dao Thanh Tung. â File Photo Although some films have been honoured [...]
LookAtVietnam – The best entries of the first Hanoi artistic photo festival, entitled “Hanoi – Renovation, Development and Integration”, are now on display at the Exhibition House 45 Trang Tien Street, Hanoi. 126 photos by nearly 100 photographers are chosen for the exhibition. The organizing board presented three silver, three bronze and five consolation prizes. [...]
Southern Fruit Festival The 2011 Southern Fruit Festival in Suoi Tien offers visitors an opportunity to taste Viet Nam’s delicious fruits. Over 70 boats transform the area into a floating market, with 45 kinds of fruit on show. Special fruits from the southern region such as Nam Roi pomelos, Hoa Loc mangos and Go Cong [...]
UNESCO considers two heritage sites in Viet Nam UNESCO has announced that it will put the Ho dynasty’s Citadel and Phong Nha-Ke Bang National Park on the list to be considered as World Heritage sites next month. These two heritage sites, located in the central provinces of Thanh Hoa and Quang Binh, respectively, are among [...]
LookAtVietnam – Twenty containers consisting of stage, light, sound systems and LED screens have been transported from Malaysia and China to Vietnam, to prepare for the show of the South Korean boyband Super Junior in the Binh Duong province on May 7. The organizing board said that technicians from South Korea, Malaysia, over 100 workers [...]
LookAtVietnam – Consumer goods producers have voiced their concern about the material shortage, because they cannot compete with Chinese businessmen in collecting scrap metals. Instead of collecting scrap metals at the Mong Cai border gate in Quang Ninh province as previously, Chinese businessmen now come directly to material warehouses in the southern region, where they [...]
VietNamNet Bridge – HCM City is set to suffer heavier flooding again in the upcoming rainy season due to more delays in drainage projects. This year, the situation is poised to be even worse as many areas in the city were inundated after recent early rain. According to the city’s Steering Center of Flood Control, [...]
LookAtVietnam – Former prisoners of war and political prisoners in the former Sai Gon regime’s prisons yesterday, April 26, recalled their sufferings as well as the courage, determination and solidarity at a meeting held to celebrate the 36th National Liberation Day (April 30, 1975-2011). Attending the gathering of more than 500 American War veterans were [...]
