Photograph book reflects world love for President Ho Chi Minh

A 200-page photography
book entitled Love of International People for President Ho Chi Minh has been
released by the Youth Publishing House.

The book shows how
much people throughout the world love the President as well as realise that many
people take him as their model.

The book includes
photographs collected by the Party Central Committee’s Commission for
Popularisation and Education, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, the Ho Chi Minh
National Academy of Politics and Public Administration, President Ho Chi Minh
Relic Site at the Presidential Palace and the Ho Chi Minh Museum.

The book marks the
President’s 121st birthday and brings a new view of the President, who was
recognised by UNESCO as a Vietnamese liberation hero and a great man of culture.

Translated
poems by Nguyen Trai to be discussed at HN University

Beyond the Court, a
collection of poems by Vietnamese poet Nguyen Trai translated into English, will
be introduced tomorrow at the Ha Noi University of Culture.

The public will have
an opportunity to take part in a discussion with translators American Paul
Hoover and poet Nguyen Do.

The collection will
also be introduced in Nghe An and Quang Ngai provinces and HCM City.

Photograph
exhibition first by Viet Nam Leica buffs

Seventy colour and
black-and-white photographs from 27 local photographers are being displayed at
29 Hang Bai Street.

With the theme Living
Is a Hyphen among the Past, the Present and the Future, the first Leica
photograph exhibition, organised by the Viet Nam Leica Club, aims to keep
creative views and honour the real beauty of life.

German camera brand
Leica has been around for nearly 100 years.

The exhibition runs
until next Tuesday.

Contest seeks
designer to go to London Fashion Week

The Young Design
Entrepreneur competition is seeking a young creative business to represent Viet
Nam at London Fashion Week and the London Design Festival in September.

Creative entrepreneurs
should possess entrepreneurial abilities, leadership potential, market awareness
and understanding, originality of ideas and international outlook and the
ability to network globally.

Application packages
should be sent to: The British Council, 25 Le Duan Street, District 1, HCM City,
or emailed to tho.le@britishcouncil.org.vn before June 30.

The competition is
being organised by the British Council with the support of the Ministry of
Culture, Sports and Tourism and PNJ Company.

HCM City’s BHD
Star Cinema offers family-friendly fare

BHD Star Cinema 3/2 is
offering family film days from May 20 to June 2 with three animation films every
day.

Children can again
meet Po, the fat, slack panda with a kind heart from Kungfu Panda 1, join the
interesting adventures of the four mischievous friends Alex the Lion, Marty the
Zebra, Melman the Giraffe, and Gloria the Hippo from Madagascar 2, and see giant
dinosaurs in Ice Age 3.

Tickets cost VND40,000
per person, VND80,000 for a ticket for an adult and a child along with a soft
drink and a popcorn, or VND120,000 for tickets for two adults and a child along
with a soft drinks and a popcorn.

On Children’s Day
(June 1) the first 400 people to buy tickets for Kungfu Panda 2 (3D) will
receive invitations to a children’s party that evening.

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Nam News