Lifestyle

Southern region’s ancient art needs a new home
10/09/2009 05:00
LookAtVietnam – With a decrepit building as its only showcase in all of Ho Chi Minh City, the very existence of cai luong (Southern style operetta) is threatened, Life’s a stage: A cai luong play is performed by the HCM City-based Tran Huu Trang trouple....
Japanese professor to introduce Japanese literature in VN
10/09/2009 05:00
A Japanese Professor from the University of Tokyo will come to Vietnam to give lectures on Japanese literature from September 16 to 28. Professor Mitsuyoshi Numano, Professor of Literature at the University of Tokyo will come to Vietnam to give lectures...
Love of literature translates to job
10/09/2009 05:00
LookAtVietnam – When she was diagnosed with muscular dystrophy at 12 years of age, Nguyen Bich Lan turned to literature, her favourite school subject, for solace. Spreading the word: Diagnosed with muscular dystrophy at 12, Nguyen Bich Lan turned to...
One more Korean TV series to be Vietnamised
10/09/2009 05:00
LookAtVietnam – After the failure of the television series “Jolly Singles”, which was based on a Chinese script, the Vietnam Television Film Studio will Vietnamise a Korean series as a replacement. The poster of the “Family’s Honour” movie....
Don’t Burn will heat up Fukuoka Film Festival
10/09/2009 05:00
LookAtVietnam – “Don’t Burn”, the film created from the journals of wartime physician Dang Thuy Tram, has been entered in a Japanese festival from September 18-26. A scene from “Don’t Burn”. Film on Dang Thuy Tram to be screened...
LIFESTYLE IN BRIEF 11/9
10/09/2009 05:00
High school writing contest; Free admission for cheo fans; Hair fashions on display; Students stage environmental play Actress Tang Thanh Ha. (Photo: TGTD) Tenth- and eleventh-graders throughout HCM City have submitted environment-related essays for an...
Choral work recognised as Vietnam record
09/09/2009 05:00
LookAtVietnam – A 100-minute choral work titled “Luc Van Tien” went on stage on September 8 in HCM City and it was recognised as the longest such musical work in Vietnam....