Lifestyle

VN wins four first prizes at int’l music competition in Indonesia
17/08/2009 05:00
LookAtVietnam – A group of students from the Hanoi Conservatory of Music have returned from an international music contest in Jakarta, Indonesia with four first, one second and two third prizes. Hoang Ho Khanh Van won the first prize for violinists in the U-13...
Vietnam takes gold at int’l painting festival for high-school students
17/08/2009 05:00
A Vietnamese student won the gold award at the International High School Arts Festival held from July 29 to August 2 in Tokyo, Japan. Hang, a 10 th grader at Nguyen Tat Thanh High School, Hanoi, won the gold prize for her painting named “Small...
Club of 1000-year-old cities started
17/08/2009 05:00
The Ministry of Foreign Affairs and the Hanoi authorities have cooperated to call foreign cities that are over 1000 years old to join the Club of 1000-year-old Cities. The ancient gate of O Quan Chuong in Hanoi. The Ministry of Foreign Affairs and the Hanoi...
Preserving the flame
17/08/2009 05:00
A group of elderly people in Bac Giang keep the art of quan ho alive Young at heart: A group of elderly in Bac Giang province still love to sing quan ho melodies. With a snow-white head of hair, he is typically like any other old man of his age. But when...
Musician captures quintessence of Highlands
17/08/2009 05:00
LookAtVietnam – Entering the stilt house of artist Y Moan in Dha Prong village, in the Central Highlands province of Dac Lac, is like stepping into the past. Rocky mountain high: Y Moan expresses his love for the Central Highlands through music and by...
I wanna flyâ¦ high!
16/08/2009 05:00
LookAtVietnam – In the suburbs of Hanoi an aircraft with the Vietnam Airlines emblem circles through the air as a crowd of spectators on the ground watches in envious wonder. In the suburbs of Hanoi an aircraft with the Vietnam Airlines emblem circles...
Cameraman Nguyen The Doan dies
16/08/2009 05:00
Cameraman Nguyen The Doan (first right) pictured with late President Ho (third right). Nguyen The Doan, a film cameraman famed for his work during wartime, died on Wednesday from heart failure after a long hospital stay. He was 99. Born in 1911 into...