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Action-star Dustin Nguyen shines in ‘legendary’ film
13/01/2009 05:00
VietNamNet Bridge – The action film Huyen Thoai Bat Tu (The Legend Is Alive) opens nationwide today, and overseas Vietnamese star Dustin Nguyen calls his role as an idiot savant with superb martial arts skills “the most difficult of my career”. Rave...
The needle and the art done
13/01/2009 05:00
Nguyen Dang Thien (L) tattoos a customer at Saigon Ink A local artist is pushing to make tattoos more tolerated in Vietnam. Nguyen Dang Thien had a rebellious streak in him from a young age. By...
Two HCMC exhibitions show different aesthetics
13/01/2009 05:00
Visitors at the âNovemberâ groupâs HCMC exhibition Two new painting collections exhibited in Ho Chi Minh City, one by a fine arts lecturer and one by a group of amateur artists, reveal completely different takes on...
Hanoi to be boisterous with cultural activities during Tet
12/01/2009 05:00
VietNamNet Bridge – The Hanoi authorities have prepared twenty-seven cultural and musical programs to celebrate the upcoming Lunar New Year (Tet). Human chess. The earliest activity will be an international TV show called “Home Spring 2009”...
New York Philharmonic to debut in Vietnam
12/01/2009 05:00
VietNamNet Bridge - The New York Philharmonic orchestra announced Monday it will give first performances under its incoming conductor, Alan Gilbert, in Vietnam and United Arab Emirates during a 2010 tour. The New York Philharmonic...
Cultural Tourism Festival to open by cannon shot
12/01/2009 05:00
VietNamNet Bridge – The Vice Chairman of Ba Ria – Vung Tau, Ho Van Nien, announced on Monday that the province will fire ancient cannons at the Loc An wharf on January 30 to open the Ba Ria – Vung Tau Cultural Tourism Festival 2009. : The cannon firing...
TV festival turns on social issues
12/01/2009 05:00
VietNamNet Bridge – Social issues, rather than vacuous entertainment, took centre stage at the 2009 National Television Festival which closed last Saturday in Nha Trang City. Topical: Actor Bui Bai Binh (left) in a scene from Gio Lang Kinh, one of three...