December 4, 2011
Famous Vietnamese fashion designer Minh Hanh is set to wow London with her latest collection of 100 ao dai ( traditional Vietnamese dress) at a fashion show on December 9. The show will take place at the Gatwick Airport (the second largest airport of London and one of 10 major airports in the world) during the [...]
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October 21, 2011
The tenth annual Dep Fashion Show made a splash but critics say some of the featured designs were copycats of items by world-famous designers One of local Ly Qui Khanh’s outfits in DFS 10 (R) is rumored to be too reminiscent of British legend Alexander McQueen’s costumes in haute couture show in 2009. The [...]
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October 11, 2011
Danish designer sees clothes as a way to express the beauty within the wearer Elisabeth Rolskov (R) preparing the dress she designed for Nguyen Ngoc Kieu Khanh, a runner-up at Miss World 2010 Elisabeth Rolskov’s look was so compelling that she was offered an onÂtheÂspot modeling deal by Diva Models after an agency representative [...]
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October 9, 2011
Artist says she was destined to depict the story of Kieu The silk paintings by Ngoc Mai have Kieu wearing Vietnamese traditional dresses like ao dai and ao tu than. Each painting took Mai several months to complete. Vietnam’s most famous literary work of all time, “The Tale of Kieu,” has been rewritten in [...]
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September 27, 2011
Tran Thu Ha’s three new albums and poetry collection traverse the personal and the political, revealing a dynamism rarely found in young artists Ha Tran posed with a fan and her first book of poetry Thap ky yeu at Phuong Nam Bookstore in Ho Chi Minh City For 34-year-old singer Tran Thu Ha, releasing [...]
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August 27, 2011
Guenter Giesenfeld and Marianne Ngo, who won a notable award in Germany this year for their translation of a short story collection by Vietnamese author Le Minh Khue I first met Professor Guenter Giesenfeld at an international conference on promoting Vietnamese literature more than a year ago. Our paths crossed again after Le Minh [...]
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July 15, 2011
One of four dragonfly stamps released Monday by Vietnam Post and Telecommunications Corporation. Vietnam Posts and Telecommunication Corporation on Monday published a collection of dragonfly stamps to promote wildlife protection in Vietnam. Â The VND21,500 (US$1) collection aims to introduce to the public the insect species and raise public awareness of wildlife preservation, news website [...]
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July 9, 2011
Factory workers change shifts at the Thang Long Industrial Park outside of Hanoi. The government is seeking approval from the National Assembly to suspend tax collection from those with a monthly income of less than VND9 million (US$440). The Ministry of Finance has submitted a proposal on tax breaks that will last through the [...]
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May 3, 2011
A corner of Charner, old name of Ben Thanh Market, under construction. A private collection of 19th century photographs of Ho Chi Minh City, formerly Saigon, have been released by architect Doan Bac and his father Doan Thinh. Â Known for their collection of old photographs of different places in Vietnam, the one on Saigon [...]
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April 23, 2011
A blossom garden theme at Milano fashion show charmed guests viewing the newest European styles in the 2011 Spring/Summer collection. (Photo by Phan Anh) Last night at the Sheraton Hotel & Towers, the Milano fashion show featured a Spring/Summer collection of high end European brands, and had a vivid display of bright summer fashions and [...]
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