Lifestyle

Recycled fashion designs hit student runway
29/03/2010 05:00
In a fashion show on the evening of March 26, Hanoi students introduced special designs made of re-used materials like paper and plastic. The My Style fashion show at Hanoi Irrigation University with the message of protecting the environment....
Music market flooded with new projects
29/03/2010 05:00
Vietnamese singers are become active professionally, clearly evident from their annual schedule for the early days of 2010. Many singers have also chosen 2010 to launch big projects. Singer Quang Dung. Perhaps the economic recovery has persuaded...
Patriotic composer Xuan Oanh dies at age 86
29/03/2010 05:00
LookAtVietnam – Xuan Oanh, who composed the revolutionary song 19 Thang Tam (August the Nineteenth), passed away on Saturday, aged 86. The music lives on: Composer Xuan Oanh. In August 1945, the nation was a powder keg of dissent. In the early morning of...
Southern province inaugurates longest Buddha statue
29/03/2010 05:00
The Binh Duong Buddhist Culture Center’s 52 meter Buddha statue opened on March 29 in Binh Duong province. This Buddha covers 3,200 square meters out of 13,000 square meters of Hoi Khanh pagoda. The centre comprises the longest Buddha statue in...
Libraries urged to innovate
29/03/2010 05:00
Unless academic libraries become proactive, visionary and innovative in the way they deliver services, hardly any students will be interested in exploring . . . Librarians at Ha Noi University of Technology put books in order. A large number of the libraries...
LIFESTYLE IN BRIEF 29/3
28/03/2010 05:00
Literature and art works on Thang Long- Hanoi awarded; Hue city conservationists complete king’s tomb restoration; Propaganda posters competition launched; Italian contemporary dance on Hanoi stage Literature and art works on Thang Long- Hanoi awarded...
Over 20 fans faint at MTV Exit concert
28/03/2010 05:00
The MTV Exit concert began in Hanoi on March 27. Held to promote the message “End Exploitation and Trafficking,” it brought tears and screams from fans for the Korean boyband. The Korean boyband Super Junior. Nearly 50,000 people flocked to...