Lifestyle

Piano prodigy to play Schumann and Chopin in HCMC
27/07/2009 05:00
Pianist Nguyen Thi Kim Ngan performs at a dress rehearsal in Ho Chi Minh City. A Vietnamese piano virtuoso from the renowned Tchaikovsky Conservatory in Moscow will play the Ho Chi Minh City Conservatory of Music on August...
High note, low profile
26/07/2009 05:00
A publicity shot of Ngoc Tuyen. Tuyen says sheâs content with teaching and doesnât want to chase fame and glamour. Alluring, pure and beautiful. These adjectives are constantly mentioned whenever the talk veers...
Chinese movie star secretly visits Hanoi
26/07/2009 05:00
Zhou Xun, an internationally-acclaimed Chinese actress and singer, suddenly appeared in Hanoi on July 26 afternoon to advertise for a big commercial brand. Zhou Xun was one of the “Four Young Dan actresses” in China in the early 2000s, along with...
Nguyen Khac Phuc writes festival scripts again
26/07/2009 05:00
Writer Nguyen Khac Phuc, the author of the script for the 1000th Thang Long – Hanoi anniversary, has agreed to make the script for the National Tourism Year announcement ceremony 2010 in Hanoi from October 3-6, 2009 at Thong Nhat Park. Writer Nguyen Khac...
Vietnamese model in top ten Asian supermodels
26/07/2009 05:00
Nguyen Phuong Mai, a student from the international RMIT University in Hanoi, was voted into the top ten of the Asian Supermodel contest in Nanning, China on July 26. Three Vietnamese girls attend Asia Supermodel 2009 Mai was one of three...
Controversial new show to celebrate Ha Noi’s founder
26/07/2009 05:00
LookAtVietnam – As a contribution to next year’s commemoration of the 1,000th anniversary of Thang Long-Ha Noi’s founding, a controversial film called Thai To Ly Cong Uan (King Ly Thai To) will be produced about the country’s previous king. Script...
No shop window dummy
25/07/2009 05:00
One of Vietnamâs top models is putting her economics degree to good use in the retail fashion business. In 2006, when Vu Thu Phuong was a second-year student at the HCMC University of Economics, with only VND30 million (US$1,700) she decided to open...