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Four crack international teams will contend with Vietnam’s DaNang One at the Da Nang Fireworks Festival on March 27-28.
Captain Takanori Suda (first from the left) of the Tamaya Kitahara fireworks team instructs workers. Four teams have arrived from abroad to compete in the 2010 Da Nang International Fireworks Festival. Consultant-organizer Joe...
An awards ceremony for the most outstanding individuals and agencies who have made great contributions to Vietnamese music this year will be held at Ha Noi.
Looking sharp: Singer Ha Anh Tuan in the poster of album Saigon Radio, which has been nominated as Album of the Year. Tuan himself is a nominee for Singer of the Year.Nominees have been selected by around...
Champa culture exhibition in Danang; Ha Long Tourism Festival to kick off next month; Lancome brand chooses Vietnamese-American instructor; Feature film on President Ho Chi Minh to be screened
Champa culture exhibition in Da NangThe Cham Sculpture Museum in Da Nang has opened an exhibition of antiques from Champa that were excavated in My Son. They will also feature...
The Vietnam Record Book Centre (Vietkings) will recognize 32 national records at a ceremony in HCM City’s Binh Quoi 2 tourist site on March 27.
The super-size calendar (2.5mx3.7m, 800kg). Among the 32 new records, there will be 20 new personal records. Vietkings will introduce the unique bloc calendar about Vietnam’s history, which will...
Jonavi Raisa Quiray of the Philippines won the ASEAN Television Charm contest for television hostesses on the night of March night in HCM City.
Vietnam’s Que Tran won “The People’s Choice” title and was second runner-up.Que Tran in ao dai and night gown.The first prize went to Jonavi Raisa B.Quiray from the Philippines. She also won the...
A recently formed professional ca tru (ceremonial singing) troupe called the Thang Long Ca Tru Troupe has given its first official performance to a Ha Noi audience.
Jam session: Ca tru singer and dan day player Pham Thi Hue (middle) performs at Giang Vo Village’s communal house with Nguyen Phu De (left) and Nguyen Thi Chuc (right).“The change from...
Regardless of complaints about a music market overloaded with new singers and new songs, many contests still seek more new voices.
Contestants of a singing competition in HCM City. Just walk around some crossroads or roundabouts in HCM City and one will see many banners inviting young people to join singing classes or competitions that seek “new talent”. Since...
Vietnamese paintings displayed in Korea; Photo exhibition to welcome anniversary of city’s liberation; City book fair attracts more than 700,000 visitors; Cosmetics brand chooses Vietnamese-American instructor
“Ao dai” by Duong Bich Lien.Vietnamese paintings displayed in Korea100 paintings by 25 Vietnamese artists, including the great names like...
HCM City’s police on March 22 searched the Quynh Mai Bookstore on Nguyen Thi Minh Khai street and seized 18,000 pirated books.
Police searched the Quynh Mai bookstore on March 22. This is the biggest case of book piracy thus far in Vietnam. The case came to light in July 2009 when six foreign publishers, including Oxford, Cambridge, Pearson Education,...
200kg rice cake sets Vietnamese record; Beerfest Saigon to returns in May; Danang ready for int’l fireworks contest 2010; Photo exhibition marks Danang’s Liberation Day; Music performance for Earth Hour
200kg rice cake sets Vietnamese record A rice cake 396 times bigger than a traditional one and weighing 200 kilograms was recognized...
