Lifestyle

Dao Minh Tri paints from wheelchair
28/05/2009 05:00
Former HCM City Art Association Chairman Dao Minh Tri is participating in an art camp held in Vung Tau from May 20-30 though he can only get about in a wheelchair. “Traffic signals” and Dao Minh Tri. “Sunset” by Ca Le Thang....
President pays homage to celebrated painter
28/05/2009 05:00
LookAtVietnam – President Nguyen Minh Triet yesterday visited one of the country’s most revered artists, painter Nguyen Tu Nghiem, who received the Ho Chi Minh Award for literature and art in 1996. President Nguyen Minh Triet visits painter Nguyen Tu...
Online singing contest for youngsters launched
28/05/2009 05:00
The first online singing contest in Vietnam for youth between the ages of 14-22, named K4Teen, will be held from May 29 to August 27. The organisers, Zing Star and Coca Cola Vietnam, said that they are holding this contest because many young music...
Sheep eats wolves in newly arrived Chinese novel
28/05/2009 05:00
Chinese author Liu Zhenyun says he wants people to consider his novels comedies, not tragedies A Vietnamese translation of the most recent novel by acclaimed Chinese writer Liu Zhenyun, known for his wry take on the...
Intâl choir to play Austrian mastersâ works next week
28/05/2009 05:00
An upcoming concert will recreate three famous works of Mozart and Franz Joseph Haydn for Ho Chi Minh City audiences from June 5-7 at the HCMC Conservatory of Music. The âHaydn & Mozart...
Angels with attitude
28/05/2009 05:00
A new teen drama pushes the boundaries of traditional Vietnamese TV programming The main characters of Nhung thien than ao trang (The white-shirt angels), an upcoming TV series created by famed director Le Hoang aimed at teen audiences After years...
Miss World visits Vietnamese village
28/05/2009 05:00
In a pink-purple skirt and high-heels, Miss World 2008 Ksenia Sukhinova crossed fields of straw to present gifts to poor people in Thanh Liem district, Ha Nam province on May 28. Miss World Ksenia Sukhinova and Miss World Organization Chairwoman Julia...