Lifestyle

National cultural festival opens
06/10/2008 05:00
VietNamNet Bridge – The Festival of Cultural Exchange among Areas and Regions Nationwide was opened in Hanoi on Oct. 6 in the presence of Party General Secretary Nong Duc Manh. The Festival of Cultural Exchange among Areas and Regions Nationwide was...
Auction house faces the hammer for selling fake Vietnam works
06/10/2008 05:00
An allegedly fake painting by Bui Xuan Phai posted for bids on Sotheby’s website. The son of legendary Vietnamese painter Bui Xuan Phai has threatened to sue Sotheby’s if the British auction house persisted in selling...
VOV launches another radio broadcast in ethnic language
06/10/2008 05:00
VietNamNet Bridge – Voice of Vietnam (VOV) today, October 7, is launching a radio broadcast in the H’Mong ethnic minority language, Vietnam News Agency reported. Ethnic minority H’MÃ´ng people. (File Photo) The radio broadcast is being carried out by...
Goya’s prints depict war suffering
06/10/2008 05:00
VietNamNet Bridge – A collection of 46 etching of the series Disaster of War by the world famous Spanish artist Francisco de Goya y Lucientes is on display at an exhibition in the Fine Arts Museum of Viet Nam in Ha Noi. Libertad! The Same , which depicts...
Down to the well
05/10/2008 05:00
VietNamNet Bridge - In Hanoi’s Phu Thuong quarter, I spot three men covering the old village well with slabs of concrete. It is the end of the road for this old servant. “It has been here for hundreds of years but now its water has run dry. Now all...
Lounging out
05/10/2008 05:00
Image of Nguyet Anh from her latest lounge-influenced album “Quoc Bao Chillout by Nguyet Anh.” Media firebrand Nguyen Hoang Nguyet Anh’s music has taken a decidedly more relaxed turn with her new album “Quoc Bao Chillout...
Goya exhibition depicts horror of war
05/10/2008 05:00
An exhibition in Hanoi featuring works by Spanish master Francisco Goya is designed to highlight the devastating effects of war and violence. The “Art in Times of War” display, which opened last Friday, shows 46 original aquatint prints from Goya’s...