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People’s artist Phung Ha dies
05/07/2009 05:00
LookAtVietnam – A legend of cai luong (reformed theatre), People’s Artist Phung Ha died yesterday in HCM City at the age of 99. Past tense: Legend of cai luong (reformed theatre), People’s Artist Phung Ha died yesterday, July 5 in HCM City at the age of...
Four amateur singers survive in final list
04/07/2009 05:00
Four contestants received their “boarding passes” to fly into the final of a music contest for students, “Tieng ca hoc duong” (Student’s Singing Voice), it was announced on July 4. Bach Cong Khanh performing “Ngoi truong dau yeu” (Beloved...
Chiselled features
04/07/2009 05:00
Thanks to the fame of the Marble Mountains and an enduring talent for sculpture, Hoa Hai village has attained unprecedented wealth. Under a scorching sun, I drive into Danang’s Hoa Hai village at the bottom of the Marble Mountains and immediately I...
Week to honor Australian Aboriginals, Islanders kicks off in HCMC
04/07/2009 05:00
A poster of the NAIDOC Week which opens in Ho Chi Minh City today A week to celebrate the history, culture and achievements of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people of Australia will begin in Ho Chi Minh City today....
First intâl gong fest hit by organizing spat
04/07/2009 05:00
The first international gong festival will be held in the Central highlands province of Gia Lai from November 8-11 The withdrawal of a well-known stage director just a day after the first international gong festival was...
Showroom displays fine porcelain as art
04/07/2009 05:00
Viet Nam’s leading fine porcelain maker Minh Long No 1 has opened a huge showroom in Binh Duong Province to display exquisite, exclusive artistic works that its artisans have produced over the last five years. “The showroom will display and...
Finding a way around the problem
04/07/2009 05:00
Construction expert Pham Tuan, 64, is known as a man with daring ideas. He talks about a plan to replace traffic lights with roundabouts to cut congestion in the capital. As the former general director of Civil Engineering Construction Corporation No 5...