Lifestyle

Capital city celebrates dance in first int’l salsa festival
01/08/2009 05:00
More than 100 salsa dancers from around the world gathered in Hanoi on the night of July 30 to join the country’s first international festival dedicated to this increasingly popular Latin dance. The three-day festival called Linline Salsa Holidays Hanoi...
Birth defect doesn’t stop boy from living his dreams
01/08/2009 05:00
With his two little fingers gripping the pen and an iron will, nine-year-old Dat not only learned to write, but can also paint beautifully. It is a bright sunlit day with clusters of puffy white clouds drifting across the sky. A little boy sitting on the...
Painter friends hold group exhibition in Hanoi
01/08/2009 05:00
Three painters, who are close friends, opened a joint oil painting exhibition Thursday at the Hanoi Art Exhibition House, 16 Ngo Quyen. The exhibition will run until August 12. Cannot live without painting One of the 10 paintings on display...
Ho Ngoc Ha to represent Vietnam at Asian Song fest
01/08/2009 05:00
Pop singer Ho Ngoc Ha will represent Vietnam at the Asian Song Festival 2009 that will have leading stars from eight countries and territories perform together in Seoul, South Korea, on September 19....
Artists, fans celebrate cai luong’s ‘king of song’
01/08/2009 05:00
Cao Van Lau, who in 1919 composed Da Co Hoai Lang , which later developed into vong co , without which no cai luong (reformed theatre) performance is complete these days. “Anytime overseas Vietnamesese hear vong co , they get out their handkerchiefs...
Vietnamese film to compete in Venice Film Festival
31/07/2009 05:00
Vietnamese film “Choi voi” (Lonely) will compete for the Orizzonti Award at the Venice International Film Festival to be held from September 2 to 12. A scene in the film “Choi voi” (Lonely) Vietnamese film “Choi voi”...
Young fashionistas revel in gypsy chic
31/07/2009 05:00
Chic and Hanoi are not two words usually seen together, but young hipsters in the capital are looking to change that. Ha Noi isn’t exactly Paris when it comes to fashion, but a new generation of fashionistas hungry for something different are...