Lifestyle

‘The Age of Stupid’: a wakeup call on climate
18/09/2009 05:00
A scene from the film “The Age of Stupid”, starring Pete Postlethwaite as an archivist looking back from the year 2055 on a world devastated by climate catastrophe Could we, the human race, really miss an...
Hoi An to build Faifoo ship museum
17/09/2009 05:00
A museum about merchant ships will be built in Hoi An, the central province of Quang Nam, it was announced recently. Hoi An ancient town. A museum about merchant ships will be built in Hoi An, the central province of Quang Nam, it was announced...
LIFESTYLE IN BRIEF 17/9
16/09/2009 05:00
SGGP charity concert for veterans to be held; Vietnamese students visit Japan for cultural exchanges; Vietnam willing to share experience in craft villages with Japan; Great painting contest to mark national events Meritorious Artiste Quang Ly SGGP charity...
Local hero wins two intâl architecture awards
16/09/2009 05:00
A view inside the Wind and Water CafÃ©, designed by architect Vo Trong Nghia in Binh Duong Province Vietnamâs top architect Vo Trong Nghia took home two prizes at the 2009 International Architecture Awards in...
Boyzone singer to visit Vietnam
16/09/2009 05:00
The Irish pop star, Ronan Keating, a member of the world famous Boyzone band, will arrive in Hanoi on September 18. Ronan Keating and his wife, model Yvonne. Keating will also sing at the ceremony. Ronan Keating (born March 3, 1977) has had...
First Vietnamese girl gets scholarship to Berklee College of Music
16/09/2009 05:00
Than Trong Uyen Phuong has become the first Vietnamese student to win a scholarship to study in the piano performance faculty of the Berklee College of Music in the US. Than Trong Uyen Phuong, 23, has become the first Vietnamese student to win a...
Choi Voi moves from Venice to Toronto
16/09/2009 05:00
After leaving Venice with a prize, director Bui Thac Chuyen and actress Do Hai Yen are now in Canada to attend the International Toronto Film Festival. The first screening of Chuyen’s Choi Voi, or Adrift, was organised at the AMC Theatre, Toronto on...