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Young film maker to shoot for Discovery Channel
30/09/2009 05:00
Following documentaries on Kenyan slums and Hanoi’s Red River people, Phan Y Ly is about to produce a film on Vietnamese classical dance for the Discovery Channel. Phan Y Ly (left) and Phan Huyen Thu, the producer of “The Living and The Dead in the City”....
Quan Ho songs recognised as world intangible heritage
30/09/2009 05:00
Vietnam’s Quan Ho folk songs were recognised as “Intangible Cultural Heritage” by UNESCO on September 30. UNESCO declared the list of “ intangibles” at the 4 th session of the Intergovernmental Committee for the Safeguarding of the Intangible...
Hanoi-focused script ideas win Discovery channel contest
30/09/2009 05:00
Five script ideas featuring Hanoi and its people on Wednesday won a filmmaking competition held by the US satellite and cable channel, Discovery. As winners of the first contest held by the...
Draft decree tightens control over pay TV content
30/09/2009 05:00
Vietnam will set up an agency to monitor the content of foreign television programs, according to a draft decree which aims to tighten control over pay television services in the country. Under the...
Five countries to join int’l firework competition in Da Nang
29/09/2009 05:00
The Da Nang International Firework Contest 2010 will include teams from the US, France, Japan, Portugal and Vietnam. A firework show on the Han River, Da Nang City at the international firework contest 2009. According to the Da Nang People’s...
Choi Voi introduced to Asian audiences at Bangkok Film Fest.
29/09/2009 05:00
LookAtVietnam – After the Venice and Toronto Film Festivals in Italy and Canada, “Choi Voi” had its first showing in Asia at the Bangkok International Festival 2009. Director Bui Thac Chuyen and actress Pham Linh Dan in Bangkok. Choi Voi is...
Rural singers feature in quest
29/09/2009 05:00
LookAtVietnam – More than 500 people, mostly from rural areas, sang traditional songs from southern Viet Nam in an annual contest held by HCM City Television this month. She’s a natural: An Giang-based amateur singer Tran Thi Be Tam traversed a long road before...