Lifestyle

Vietnamese beauties enter fray
19/11/2009 05:00
Viet Nam has sent representatives to various beauty contests across the world. The people at home are always watching the progress of the contestants. Fairest of all: Model Huong Giang (left) is competing at the Miss World event. The road leading to the...
Star World finalizes Vietnam clip for Mrs. World
19/11/2009 05:00
After two weeks with contestants from the Mrs. World 2009 pageant, Star World channel and the Vietnam Television (VTV) have finished a 20-minute clip introducing the competition and Vietnam. The crown for Mrs. World 2009. This clip will be broadcasted...
Quang Nam Tourism and Culture Week opens in Hanoi
19/11/2009 05:00
Quang Nam Tourism and Culture Week opens today, November 20 in Hanoi to introduce the central province’s culture, history and tourism to Hanoians and local and foreign investors. The event is organised by the Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism,...
Who will host the Miss Vietnam 2010 pageant?
19/11/2009 05:00
The Performance Art Agency has received applications to host the Miss Vietnam 2010 beauty contests from the Tien Phong newspaper and the US-based RAAS Group. Miss Vietnam 2008 Thuy Dung. The Performance Art Agency’s chief Pham Dinh Thang said that...
Student wins TV song quest
18/11/2009 05:00
LookAtVietnam – A high school student has won the annual singing contest Ngoi Sao Tieng Hat Truyen Hinh (TV Singing Star) with 39 per cent of the audience vote. I’m going to Disneyland: TV Singing Star 2009 winner Tieu Chau Nhu Quynh (centre) and...
Emergency Room: news in arts
18/11/2009 05:00
LookAtVietnam – In the last 20 days, the “Emergency Room” exhibition at the Vietnam Art University in Hanoi has become an art space with real life issues. A video artwork by Le Tran Hau Anh about traffic jams (photo: emergencyrooms.org/hanoi)...
Smuggling books released more early than legal books
18/11/2009 05:00
The Tre Publishing House planned to launch the Vietnamese version of “Breaking Dawn” by Stephenie Meyer on November 26 but the book appeared for sale some ten days earlier. The cover of the Tre Publishing House’s “Breaking Dawn” edition. Tre...