Lifestyle

Festival spotlights best VN movies
08/07/2009 05:00
LookAtVietnam – Ha Noi Cinematheque is hosting a special Viet Nam on Film summer festival featuring the best of the country’s movies and foreign films on Viet Nam. Powerful portrayal : Actress Tra Giang in a scene from 17th Parallel Days & Nights. She...
Industry big-wigs flock to Viet Nam fashion fair
08/07/2009 05:00
LookAtVietnam – More than 150 local and foreign clothing companies are taking part in the 2009 Viet Nam Fashion Fair at the HCM City International Exhibition and Convention Centre, which began on July 8. Dream doll : A simple, but high-end style created by...
Vietnamese in top three of international beauty pageant
07/07/2009 05:00
Vietnam’s Vu Thi Hoang Diep has come third in the online voting of Miss International Beauty 2009 with 1,600 votes, the pageant announced July 7. Diep (4th left) in evening dress poses for a picture with other contestants. Third place also went to...
Live with the King of Pop
07/07/2009 05:00
Ngoc Linh and a Thai child singer in front of a poster for Michael Jacksonâs Dangerous World Tour Bangkok, in Thailand. Ngoc Linh will never forget the time she performed with Michael Jackson....
Traditional Korean drums attract students
07/07/2009 05:00
LookAtVietnam – An usual sound for Viet Nam has come to the capital – traditional Korean percussion music. The Korean Cultural Centre (KCC) is holding classes on the genre, named samulnori, as part of their efforts to introduce Korean culture to the Vietnamese people....
CULTURE IN BRIEF 8/7
07/07/2009 05:00
Flower City theme for December’s Da Lat Festival; Vietnamese poets feature in literary reference; Da Bac islands recognised as national historic vestige; Book on Ba Ria-Vung Tau province’s records released; Australia celebrating Aboriginal culture Photo:...
Countryside culture for city slickers
07/07/2009 05:00
Tran Van Binh (1 st, L) explains the meaning of Dong Ho paintings to visitors at an exhibition of traditional woodblock paintings at Hoa Da coffee shop in HCM City’. A student brings the folk art of northern Vietnam to the southern commercial...