Lifestyle

LIFESTYLE IN BRIEF 28/11
27/11/2009 05:00
Dak Lak to celebrate first culture week; HCMC to host northern cooking festival; Heritage exhibition opens in HCMC; Hanoi’s lesser-known history collected; Biggest-ever national linguistics seminar held in Hanoi Dak Lak to celebrate first culture week...
Interpreter blamed for Vietnam’s Mrs World loss
27/11/2009 05:00
Mrs Vietnam Hoang Thi Yen’s interpreter’s shoddy translation took the blame for the local beauty’s disappointing second-place finish at the Mrs World competition in Vung Tau last week. VietNamNet Bridge - Mrs Vietnam Hoang Thi Yen’s...
What did she say?
27/11/2009 05:00
VietNamNet Bridge - The newly crowned Mrs World is beautiful and smart. But what gave her the winning edge was knowing when to be competitive and being sincere all the time, Mrs Victoria Radochinskaya told VNS after her coronation on Sunday night in Vung Tau...
Celebrities break tattoo taboo
27/11/2009 05:00
Vietnam’s showbiz stars say tattoos are artistic expressions like any other. VietNamNet Bridge - Vietnam ’s showbiz stars say tattoos are artistic expressions like any other. For years, tattoos have been thought of as the mark of a criminal...
Dante available in Vietnamese
26/11/2009 05:00
LookAtVietnam – The first ever complete Vietnamese version of the Divine Comedy by world famous Italian writer Dante Alighieri has just been finished. Visiting the underworld: Cover of the Vietnamese version of Dante Alighieri’s Divine Comedy . The...
Broadway hits Dong Khoi Street
26/11/2009 05:00
Note singer Duc Tuan (L) and dancer Khanh Thi at a press conference on November 25 The Vietnamese Michael Crawford, noted singer Duc Tuan, takes the stage in Ho Chi Minh City Sunday (November 29) with a performance of more...
Song of the South
26/11/2009 05:00
A performance of don ca tai tu at the Da co hoai lang Festival in September A 90-year-old folk song is embedded in the heart and mind of every southerner. World War I not only gave birth to...