October 15, 2011
A scene from Canh dong bat tan (Floating lives), a box-office hit adaptation of Nguyen Ngoc Tu’s 2005 sensational short novel of the same name. ‘Floating lives’ was short-listed but not selected to represent Vietnam at next year’s Oscars. As the National Film Selection Committee was debating which of its three candidates – Canh [...]
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September 20, 2011
Overseas Vietnamese filmmakers take stereotypical symbols at face value in presenting Vietnam to the world A scene in Ao lua Ha Dong (the white silk dress), a Viet kieu’s box office hit in 2007 Overseas Vietnamese filmmakers tend to make two kinds of movies to show here. The first are commercial movies that target [...]
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December 6, 2009
Astrophysicist and astronomy professor at the University of Virginia Trinh Xuan Thuan in Paris last August A world-renowned Vietnamese-American astrophysicist says traditional Vietnamese values were never separated from his scientific work. Each time Professor Trinh Xuan Thuan returns to Vietnam, he always makes sure to make time for a leisurely stroll around Hanoi and a [...]
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November 28, 2009
The auditorium at the National Convention center erupted in applause when President Nguyen Minh Triet told overseas Vietnamese that they were the “blood and bones” of Vietnam. VietNamNet Bridge – The auditorium at the National Convention center erupted in bellowing applause when President Nguyen Minh Triet told representatives of the overseas Vietnamese community that they [...]
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November 27, 2009
President Nguyen Minh Triet (front, C) poses for a photograph with Vietnamese expats The auditorium at the National Convention center erupted in bellowing applause when President Nguyen Minh Triet told representatives of the overseas Vietnamese community that they were the âblood and bonesâ of Vietnam. Trietâs speech marked the opening of the first-ever international conference [...]
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November 24, 2009
Painter Thanh Chuong has spent several years completing works for Thanh Chuong Residence to welcome Hanoi’s 1000th anniversary. He has also designed seven events for this occasion. Artist Thanh Chuong.LookAtVietnam – Painter Thanh Chuong has spent several years completing works for the Thanh Chuong Residence, built from 2001-2003 as a museum of Vietnamese culture, to welcome [...]
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November 22, 2009
President Nguyen Minh Triet (3rd R) poses for photos with representatives at the conference Overseas Vietnamese hope that the encouragement they receive from the Vietnamese government in laws and polices does not remain on paper. This was the general sentiment among more than 900 overseas Vietnamese, known as Viet kieu, attending the first ever national [...]
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November 21, 2009
Doi cuoi (Laughing Life), a series of short comedies written by the Hanoi-based Tuoi Tre Theater. A Hanoi troupe brings local culture to foreign audiences by staging Vietnamese plays in English â“ a challenging task in more ways than one. Shakespeare, Tennessee Williams and Chekov have all been performed inVietnamese over the last few years, [...]
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September 19, 2009
Sand paintings feature ‘Uncle Ho’ and General Giap; Francophone house of knowledge opens in Hue City; Ho Chi Minh-a great influence on China; Quang Ngai’s folk artists to perform in RoK Sand paintings feature ‘Uncle Ho’ and General Giap Artisan Y Lan on September 17 donated her 20 ‘sand paintings’ of Uncle Ho and General [...]
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September 12, 2009
Vietnamese Culture Month held in Japan; Vietnam takes second prize in UPU writing contest; Prize awarded to photos for Red River delta region’ competition; Ship museum planned in Hoi An Vietnamese Culture Month held in Japan The Vietnamese Embassy in Japan has worked with various domestic and overseas colleagues to organise a series of cultural [...]
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