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Irish photographer to speak in Ha Noi
03/12/2009 05:00
Famous Irish photographer John Minihan will talk about the role of photography in Irish writers’ lives during his discussion in Ha Noi tonight, December 4. Photographer John Minihan. Born in Dublin in 1946 and raised in Athy, County Kildare, Minihan was...
No more waiting for exhibition on Beckett
02/12/2009 05:00
LookAtVietnam – An exhibition on 20th century Irish writer and dramatist Samuel Beckett has opened in HCM City. Writer Beckett in Minihan’s photo. Samuel Beckett is being organised by the Irish Embassy in Ha Noi and the HCM City University of...
Nation set for tea-time TV
02/12/2009 05:00
LookAtVietnam – Viet Nam’s tea drinking culture will take centre stage in a 40-episode television series to be broadcast on HTV7 channel. Bitter sweet: Actors Bebe Pham (in role of Ha Giang - left) and Ngoc Thao (as Gia Vinh) in a scene from Nghe Tra ....
Culture and Tourism Festival opens with charity walk
02/12/2009 05:00
The Mekong-Japan Culture and Tourism festival was officially opened last night, December 2 in the Mekong Delta city of Can Tho. The charity walk to raise fund for poor pupils in Laos, Cambodia, Myanmar and Vietnam. The opening ceremony was in two...
Stereoman provokes thought at Mekong Art Festival
02/12/2009 05:00
A play about gay men, people living with HIV and AIDS and men who suffer sexual abuse acted by Tuoi Tre Theatre was warmly welcomed at the Mekong Art and Media Festival. The festival was first enjoyed in 2005 by the Philippine Educational Theatre...
400 people paint record environmental mural
01/12/2009 05:00
After over six hours, more than 400 students completed a mural of over 100m length and1.5m width, the longest environmental painting in Vietnam. Hundreds of students who are members of 20 Go Green clubs gathered at Hanoi University of Technology in the...
“Music of the Night” wins audience’s hearts
01/12/2009 05:00
Singer Duc Tuan had a memorable night on November 28 with his semi-classic show “Music of the Night” at the HCM City Opera House. Singer Duc Tuan. Tuan salutes Broadway “Artists have many impossible dreams,” Duc Tuan said at the...