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Violinist Sarah Chang charms Hanoi audience
22/01/2010 05:00
Korean-American violinist Sarah Chang won the hearts of her local audience at a performance in Hanoi on Friday night, local reports said. âChang and American pianist Andrew von Oeyen...
Vietnamâs âAdriftâ gets three nods at Asian Film Awards
22/01/2010 05:00
Vietnamese film Choi voi (Adrift) has scored three nominations at the fourth Asian Film Awards, including best screenplay. The other nominations are in the cinematography and music...
Vietnam’s ‘Adrift’ gets three nods at Asian Film Awards
22/01/2010 05:00
Vietnamese film Choi voi (Adrift) has scored three nominations at the fourth Asian Film Awards, including best screenplay. The other nominations are in the cinematography and music categories. With the nods, Adrift is the first Vietnamese film to be...
Le king to be reburied after delay
22/01/2010 05:00
The remains of King Le Du Tong (1679-1731) will be reburied in the central province of Thanh Hoa on Monday, one month later than planned, after a 45-year residence at a local museum, Vietnamnet reported....
Pot Luck
22/01/2010 05:00
A makeshift wholesale market on the outskirts of Hanoi is the place to go for cheap ceramics, unless it’s the week before Tet. The pottery market trades wares from the main traditional pottery villages in northern Vietnam Leaving behind the...
Vietnam to sculpt worldâs largest jade Buddha statue
21/01/2010 05:00
The 35-ton jade stone that is being used to sculpt worldâs largest jade Buddha statue The sculpting of the worldâs largest jade Gautama Buddha statue weighing 16 tons began in the northern province of Hai Duong...
“Don’t Burn” unnamed in Oscar shortlist
21/01/2010 05:00
Vietnam’s representative at the 2010 Oscars “Don’t Burn” is rejected from a shortlist of movies entering the next round for The Best Foreign Film category. Minh Huong plays doctor Dang Thuy Tram in “Don’t Burn”. The Academy...