Lifestyle

Vietnam wins two prizes at Miss ASEAN Television Charm
23/03/2010 05:00
Jonavi Raisa Quiray of the Philippines won the ASEAN Television Charm contest for television hostesses on the night of March night in HCM City. Vietnam ’s Que Tran won “The People’s Choice” title and was second runner-up....
Leading rock band suspected of piracy
22/03/2010 05:00
An online forum on music, aeguitar.org, suddenly raised its doubt about Ngu Cung, a famous rock band in Vietnam that may have pirated foreign music. Ngu Cung rock band. On March 12 the forum offered two pieces of evidence. First, Ngu Cung’s...
Vietnamese blockbuster to go int’l at US film festival
22/03/2010 05:00
Action-packed Bay Rong (Clash) has been selected to show at the 9th Tribeca Film Festival in New York City this spring. Action-packed Bay Rong (Clash) has been selected to show at the 9th Tribeca Film Festival in New York City this spring....
LIFESTYLE IN BRIEF 23/3
22/03/2010 05:00
200kg rice cake sets Vietnamese record; Beerfest Saigon to returns in May; Danang ready for int’l fireworks contest 2010; Photo exhibition marks Danang’s Liberation Day; Music performance for Earth Hour 200kg rice cake sets Vietnamese record...
HCM City: 18,000 pirated books seized
22/03/2010 05:00
HCM City’s police on March 22 searched the Quynh Mai Bookstore on Nguyen Thi Minh Khai street and seized 18,000 pirated books. Police searched the Quynh Mai bookstore on March 22. This is the biggest case of book piracy thus far in Vietnam....
Spirited away
21/03/2010 05:00
There are around 30,000 Gie Trieng living in small hamlets each with 10- 15 households built around a rong (communal house) throughout Lam Dong, Kon Tum and Quang Nam provinces. Gie Trieng ethnic minority are a highly traditional hill tribe from the...
LIFESTYLE IN BRIEF 21/3
21/03/2010 05:00
Thang Long Ca Tru music school opened; Hue city owns biggest plain rice cake in Vietnam; Rockstorm drives tens of thousands to coastal city; Shanghai’s photo exhibition opens in HCM City Exhibition on Vietnamese women opens in Paris An exhibition...