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15 teams to join International Kite Festival 2009
26/02/2009 05:00
The first International Kite Festival held in the southern province of Ba Ria – Vung Tau will attract contestants from 15 countries and territories, announced the contest organizing board on February 26. A Taiwanese kite. A kite from...
Vietnamese & French concert planned on March 6
26/02/2009 05:00
Cellist Jerome Lefrance. A concert by Vietnamese and French artists will take place at 8:00 pm, March 6 at the Concert Hall of the HCM City Conservatory of Music, 112 Nguyen Du, District 1. The concert will have the participation of the following...
Photo winners get cameras, cash
26/02/2009 05:00
LookAtVietnam – Winners of the national photo competition Viet Nam 24/7 will be getting their glad rags ready for March 1 for the prize-giving ceremony in HCM City. A moment in time : The first-prize A Cham Class (above) by Nguyen Ngoc Khung and the...
Ho Chi Minh City hosts âHeart for Artâ auction
26/02/2009 05:00
The Ho Chi Minh City Consular Clubâs âA Heart for Artâ auction opens Friday, with all proceeds going towards charity projects in Vietnam. Local and foreign artists, including diplomats, photographers and Vietnamese expatriates, have donated...
Tall tales or true
26/02/2009 05:00
A still form the blockbuster “Red Cliff”. Can the Vietnamese film industry learn from the success of the Chinese dynastic war story âRed Cliffâ and place creativity before historic facts to make a film on the...
Buddhist cultural centre inaugurated in Hue city
26/02/2009 05:00
VietNamNet Bridge - A Buddhist cultural centre, built at a cost of VND 5 billion, was inaugurated in the central province of Thua Thien- Hue city on February 26. The Lieu Quan Buddhist Cultural Centre consists of a two-storey building on a total...
Indochinese writers tie up cooperation
26/02/2009 05:00
A delegation of the Vietnam Writers’ Association (VWA), led by its president Huu Thinh, attended the 2nd Vietnam-Laos-Cambodia Writers’ Conference, which took place in Phnom Penh on February 19. Cambodia’s Deputy PM Sok An gives the mekong River...