Lifestyle

Criticism builds for recent beauty pagent
13/10/2009 05:00
LookAtVietnam – While beauty competitions are big news in Vietnam – not everbody was impressed with the recent Miss Teen event. The crown of Miss Teen 2009 was handed over to Ly Thi Xuan Mai, widely regarded as a clever and friendly teenager. She...
Hanoi plans inaugural film fest to celebrate millenium
12/10/2009 05:00
LookAtVietnam — A film festival will be part of the Hanoi/Thang Long 1,000th anniversary celebration next year. “Vietnamese film is at a very early stage of development,” said Ngo Thi Bich Hanh, a Vietnam Media executive. “The idea of the festival is...
Young student finds peace in ancient art
12/10/2009 05:00
During the day, Vuong Tu Ngoc works as an editorial chief for a TV quiz show; at night she plays phach and sings ca tru working as a ca tru teacher. All-ages show: Ca tru singer Vuong Tu Ngoc (centre) performs with two musicians from Ha Noi’s UNESCO Ca Tru...
Radio station adds ethnic programme
12/10/2009 05:00
LookAtVietnam – Radio the Voice of Viet Nam yesterday, October 12, launched its first official broadcast in the Co Tu ethnic language. Photo: VOV The broadcast, which followed a one-month trial, is the station’s 12th programme for ethnic minority groups....
Vietnamese, Danish artists to perform at Hanoi’s street art festival
11/10/2009 05:00
LookAtVietnam – Vietnamese and Danish artists will join together for the first ever street art festival scheduled to be held in Hanoi on November 3. Danish hip hop artist of the Uppercut will join in street art festival in Hanoi. Singer Tung Duong and...
Old Hanoi comes back to life
11/10/2009 05:00
A street of Hanoi in an old photograph on display at an exhibition in HCMC A century and a half of photographs of Hanoi in the late 1800s and early 1900s are on display at the Ho Chi Minh City exhibition center until next...
Buffalos loved, trained … and then eaten
10/10/2009 05:00
LookAtVietnam – With his big dark eyes, cuddly girth and gentle manner, he does not look like a fighter. Except for his horns. Curved like a scythe, they could inflict serious damage. Locking horns: A fight between two buffalo at the Do Son Buffalo Fighting...