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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November 23, 2011
Poster of Hanoi Dreams Exhibition in Toronto, Canada. Five well-established Hanoian artists will introduce their "Hanoi Dreams," a debut group exhibition, to Canadian art-lovers from Nov 22 to Dec 5. The exhibition marks the Canadian debut for all five emerging and established artists: Trinh Quoc Chien, Vu Huong Quynh, Nguyen Minh Thanh, Ngo Van Sac, [...]
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September 21, 2011
The story of Hai Ba Trung (The Trung sisters) riding their elephants to fight against Chinese rule, is part of “The show of Vietnam” show. Hon Viet – “The Soul of Vietnam,” a series of performances for tourists presenting Vietnamese history set to traditional folk music, will make its debut on September 23 at the [...]
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May 8, 2011
The quartet Camkytiwa, Huong Thanh (1), Etsuko Chida (2), E’Joung Ju (3), Yan Li (4). Camkytiwa will hold its first concert in Vietnam on May 14. The all-female Asian Quartet will bring traditional fusion to the stage of the Ho Chi Minh City Conservatory of Music. Renowned Vietnamese-French jazz vocalist, Huong Thanh, will lead [...]
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December 7, 2009
LookAtVietnam – Weekly exhibition, performance, cinema and dining out information at your fingertips. Plus a list of local festival of the month: time, locations and attraction. – New Moon (US, VS)- A Christmas Carol (US, OV)- 2012 (US, OV)- Inglorious Basterds (US, OV)- Choi Voi (Adrift) (VN, ES) Dan Chu Cinema211 Kham Thien St, Tel: 38516702- [...]
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December 6, 2009
Expats find exactly what they need with Vietnamese tailors. Any expat whoâs been in Ho Chi Minh City more than a few months knows that it can be hard to find ready made clothes in large sizes here.Luckily thereâs an army of small tailors throughout the city ready to design, cut and stitch together inexpensive [...]
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December 5, 2009
Pop trio Boat Beam from Spain is the sum of Alisha (American), Josephine (Australian), and Aurora (Spanish) (L-R). The audience at the European Music Festival 2009 got a taste of pop, jazz and traditional Vietnamese tunes in Ho Chi Minh City this week. Female trio Boat Beam from Spain opened the show November 26 at [...]
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August 15, 2009
American music lecturer Alexander Cannon performs dan sen He already speaks Vietnamese relatively fluently, but heâs only been here a year. Itâs just one of the many testaments to Alexander Cannonâs love for Vietnam and dedication to his studies. Cannon arrived in Ho Chi Minh City in June 2008 looking to unlock the secrets of [...]
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August 14, 2009
A performance of hat xam â“ a traditional Vietnamese style of singing â“ at the Hanoi Grand Opera House. Scholars and historians say Vietnamâs heritages have not been properly respected. Composer Thao Giang says the true value of traditional culture lies in enjoying it, not in having it recognized by international organizations.âAfter our hat xam [...]
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July 25, 2009
LookAtVietnam – A local pop singer has completed an unprecedented crossover into the world of English-language show tunes. Duc Tuan always wanted more than just pop. After shooting to fame for his win at the Ho Chi Minh City Television Singing Voice Contest in 2000, the singer quickly began making plans to expand outside conventional [...]
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