• World famous DJs to perform in Hanoi 

    17/03/2011 05:00

    Six-time world DJ champion Craze will perform at the Heineken Green Planet 2011 celebration in Hanoi on March 19 World-renowned DJs from America and France will devote their talent to Hanoi’s electronica fans in two separate music events...

  • Sprightly at 101, court musician promotes royal music 

    Sprightly at 101, court musician promotes royal music 

    16/03/2011 05:00

    Lu Huu Thi is one of two sole surviving members of the musical entourage – the Hoa Thanh Band – that served Vietnam’s last king Bao Dai from 1926 until the end of the Vietnamese feudal dynasty...

  • Bob Dylan concert in Vietnam confirmed 

    13/03/2011 05:00

    Bob Dylan performs at the Buffalo Chip in Sturgis, South Dakota on August 10, 2010 It is final. The speculation can be laid to rest. Bob Dylan will perform in Vietnam next month, a source has confirmed to Thanh Nien . Vietnam will...

  • Dismantling history, brick by new brick 

    11/03/2011 05:00

    The old gate of the citadel stands beside the new wall built earlier this month The Son Tay Citadel is ill-fated. It was built in 1822 during the reign of Emperor Minh Mang to thwart the French, but a year later, the defense was...

  • Models, dancers join coffee fest 

    10/03/2011 05:00

    Chairman of Thanh Nien Media Corporation Nguyen Cong Khe (standing) and other event organizers at a press conference The organizers of the third annual Coffee Festival in Buon Ma Thuot Town in Dak Lak Province will join hands with the 24th...

  • Prying open the stage 

    Prying open the stage 

    08/03/2011 05:00

    A trio of modern dancers are struggling to transform a small, old theater in Ho Chi Minh City’s District 5 into a hive of creative energy. This January, more than a hundred people (both...

  • An American poet’s love for Hanoi 

    08/03/2011 05:00

    Jennifer Fossenbell, an American poet at Hoan Kiem Lake in Hanoi. On Vietnam Poetry Day early last year, a foreign poet wearing ao dai and a non la caused quite a stir among the assembled poetry enthusiasts at the Temple of Literature in...

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