Lifestyle

Legendary Ho Chi Minh Trail celebrates 50 years
23/03/2009 05:00
LookAtVietnam – A wide range of cultural activities will be held to celebrate the 50th anniversary of the legendary Truong Son Trail, also known as the Ho Chi Minh Trail, which opened on May 19, 1959. Key path: A section of the legendary Truong Son Trail....
Saigon’s coffee culture
22/03/2009 05:00
No one exactly knows the number of coffee shops in HCM City. Aside from many fancy front coffees shops on large streets, there are countless ones in cul-de-sacs and even in very small, zigzagging alleys. No one exactly knows the number of coffee shops...
National holiday: Hung Kings Anniversary
22/03/2009 05:00
The Hung Kings anniversary, the tenth of the third lunar month, is a national holiday. This year, it falls on April 4. The Hung Kings anniversary held in HCM City in 2008 (Photo: Tuoi Tre) The Hung Kings anniversary, the tenth of the third lunar...
Vietnam Culture Week held in France
22/03/2009 05:00
Vietnamese Culture Week was held in Lion, France, from March 16-20. The event, co-organised by the Vietnamese association in Lion, the Rhone-Mekong club and the Association Connaissance des Arts, is part of the Francophone festival. The Minister...
Film posters springboard into history
22/03/2009 05:00
Tren Hai Phan To Quoc (On Waters of Motherland) poster is among 200 works on display in the From War to Nationhood exhibition. Film poster archives are not only a way to track movie history, they provide a peephole into politics, culture and the...
A French view of Vietnam
22/03/2009 05:00
This picture taken in northeast Vietnam will be among Isabelle Aragonâs photos on display from Wednesday. An amateur French photographer will show how she views Vietnam through an exhibition in Ho Chi Minh City...
Master of a fading art
22/03/2009 05:00
Le Hoanh Khanh is the only ve thuc artist (one whose sketches are used to guide wood carvers) left in the central region. Himself a master carver, Khanh says ve thuc artists must have a vast...