• Euro music fest breaks down barriers

    Euro music fest breaks down barriers

    04/12/2009 05:00

    Pop trio Boat Beam from Spain is the sum of Alisha (American), Josephine (Australian), and Aurora (Spanish) (L-R). The audience at the European Music Festival 2009 got a taste of pop, jazz and traditional Vietnamese tunes...

  • Family trees are not collectors’ items

    Family trees are not collectors’ items

    04/12/2009 05:00

    They stand tall and unassuming, so much a part of their daily landscape for such a long time that their presence is taken for granted by the people whose yards and gardens they occupy. But when strangers come, see them, and offer VND500 million (US$...

  • Publishing requires racking brain to develop

    Publishing requires racking brain to develop

    04/12/2009 05:00

    Many industries have had difficulties transitioning into a socialist-oriented market economy. Director of Literature Publishing House talks about how the publishing industry is handling this transition. VietNamNet Bridge - In recent years, many...

  • Sa Huynh – Champa Museum opens in Quang Nam

    Sa Huynh – Champa Museum opens in Quang Nam

    03/12/2009 05:00

    The Museum of Sa Huynh – Champa Culture has opened for visitors in Tra Kieu, the central province of Quang Nam after one year of construction. The exhibition displays 200 objects from ancient Sa Huynh – Champa civilizations, such as Go Dua jar...

  • Comedian Trinh Mai dies at 76

    Comedian Trinh Mai dies at 76

    03/12/2009 05:00

    LookAtVietnam – Popular comedian Meritorious Artist Trinh Mai died on Tuesday of lung cancer. He was 76 years old. Artist Trinh Mai. (Photo: CAND) He was famous for his successful roles in comedies such as Chat Xinh, Chat Chat Bum ; So Do (Lucky Fate)...

  • Sculptor specialises in big Buddhas

    Sculptor specialises in big Buddhas

    03/12/2009 05:00

    Few pilgrims are aware that the man who sculpted the giant statue of the Buddha of Happiness on top of Cam Mountain in the southern province of An Giang . . . Mountain of joy: Lam’s Buddha of Happiness sits atop Cam Mountain. For the Cam Mountain...

  • New fine arts center to expose fakes

    New fine arts center to expose fakes

    03/12/2009 05:00

    Ganh lua (Carry Rice) by Hoang Tich Chu A new center in Vietnam will work to protect the local fine arts market by exposing fakes and copycats, artists told a conference in Hanoi Wednesday. The...

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