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Japanese orchestra to perform on period instruments
06/10/2009 05:00
Orchestra Libera Classica, an orchestra from Japan specializing in playing the works of classical composers on period instruments, will perform in Vietnam for the first time on Sunday night. The...
Long Bien Bridge Memory Festival to open this weekend
06/10/2009 05:00
LookAtVietnam – After many cancellations, the ‘Long Bien Bridge Memory Festival’, considered one of the biggest art festivals of the year, will take place October 10-11 A view of Long Bien Bridge where the Long Bien Bridge Memory Festival will take...
Putting designs on Ha Noi
06/10/2009 05:00
LookAtVietnam – Winners of a Viet Nam Association of Architecture contest to collect urban plans for Hoan Kiem Lake and the surrounding area were awarded their prizes on Monday. Leaning tower: Hoan Kiem Lake was the focus of architectural designs in a contest...
Hennessy Artistry concert rouses up Hanoi audience
06/10/2009 05:00
The show took place on the evening of October 7 at the National Convention Centre in Hanoi in the cheers of thousands of fans. VietNamNet’s photographers grasped the show. Boys Like Girls opened the show by...
Choi Voi races for Dragons and Tigers award at Vancouver Film Fest
06/10/2009 05:00
Director Bui Thac Chuyen’s Choi Voi (Adrift) is one of eight films remaining in competition for the $10,000 Dragons and Tigers Award for Asian movies at a Canadian film festival. Duy Khoa in a scene from Choi Voi. The rivals of Choi Voi at this...
US veteran teaches Vietnamese
06/10/2009 05:00
LookAtVietnam – “Hello everybody. My name is Bud Brown and I speak a little Vietnamese. In 1972, I was in Viet Nam. I like the Vietnamese people very much Good morning, Vietnam: Bud Brown, who made Vietnamese language clips in the car while waiting for his...
Twenty kilo cup celebrates Hanoi’s 1000th anniversary
05/10/2009 05:00
LookAtVietnam – The Minh Long ceramic company has presented a giant cup to the Vietnam Fatherland Front as a gift to celebrate the 1000th anniversary of Hanoi. This cup is 80cm in height, around 20kg in weight and is decorated with the...