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Senior researcher wins Research Award
10/03/2009 05:00
Researcher Nguyen Dinh Dau has received the “Research Award 2008” from the Phan Chau Trinh Cultural Foundation for his contributions to geographic and historical sciences. Researcher Nguyen Dinh Dau. Nguyen Dinh Dau was born in 1920. He...
God of Prosperity dance goes downtown
10/03/2009 05:00
A new kind of dance, the God of Prosperity dance, has become popular in HCM City recently, besides unicorn-lion-dragon dance. A God of Prosperity dance troupe. VietNamNet Bridge – A new kind of dance, the God of Prosperity dance, has become popular...
Northwestern Cultural, Sports and Tourism Festival unveiled
10/03/2009 05:00
The event will take place from March 28-31 in the northern mountainous province of Lai Chau for ethnic groups in six provinces in the region. Mua xoe, a traditional dance of Thai ethnic group. According to the organizing board, the festival will...
Profile of Ca Tru culture to be submitted to UNESCO in March
09/03/2009 05:00
VietNamNet Bridge - The National Council for Cultural Heritage has appraised the profile of Ca Tru and will propose to UNESCO that the ancient genre of chamber music be listed as an intangible cultural heritage. The Vietnam National Musical Institute...
VN’s sexual openness hundreds of years behind
09/03/2009 05:00
It is said that Vietnam presently is undergoing a sexual revolution, but sex in Vietnamese literature is lagging hundreds of years behind the rest of the world. From the left: Writers Le Minh Khue, Vo Thi Hao and Lidia Ravera. In 1987, the local...
Finland-funded epic introduced in HCM City
09/03/2009 05:00
The epic tale of “The Descendant of Mon Man” (The Descendant of the Fairy and the Dragon), a cultural cooperation project between Finland and Vietnam, debuted in HCM City on March 9. The cover of “ “The Descendant of Mon Man”. VietNamNet...
Movie industry’s unseen stars lament anonymity
09/03/2009 05:00
LookAtVietnam – While famous faces are often used to sell films, there are some actors and actresses – integral to the movie – whose face you never see on screen. Most viewers don’t even know their names. Sounding off: An actress records dialogue for a...