• 2 km mural to surround Hanoi’s Temple of Literature

    2 km mural to surround Hanoi’s Temple of Literature

    12/11/2009 05:00

    Thirty foreign and local artists will join hands to draw a 2,000-meter long painting around the wall of Hanoi’s Van Mieu (Temple of Literature) next month. The three-day drawing event,...

  • Do Vietnam’s youth need or want traditional arts?

    Do Vietnam’s youth need or want traditional arts?

    12/11/2009 05:00

    Young people in Vietnam are spending their free time playing online games, writing blogs, socialising and shopping – is it a problem that they seem to have no time for traditional arts? Cheo or rock? Le Thi Ngoc Mai, a final-year...

  • Two Vietnamese join Mrs World pageant jury

    Two Vietnamese join Mrs World pageant jury

    12/11/2009 05:00

    Diplomat Pham Sanh Chau fashion designer Dang Minh Hanh will represent Vietnam in the jury of the Mrs. World 2009 pageant. Fashion designer Minh Hanh (middle) Le Ngoc Cuong, chief of the Performance Art Agency, announced the information today, November...

  • International gong festival begins

    International gong festival begins

    12/11/2009 05:00

    Sixty gong troupes from five Asian countries and 24 cities and provinces in Viet Nam kicked off the first International Gong Festival in the Central Highland province of Gia Lai. Gong troupes from Viet Nam and other Asian countries perform at the first...

  • Mrs World contestants swing through southland

    Mrs World contestants swing through southland

    12/11/2009 05:00

    Contestants for this year’s Mrs World Pageant on a sightseeing trip at Ho Chi Minh City’s Independence Palace Contestants from nearly 70 countries and territories are in Vietnam gearing up for the Mrs World...

  • Vietnamese singers become famous the Korean way

    Vietnamese singers become famous the Korean way

    12/11/2009 05:00

    Vietnam is going mad for Korean movie stars and singers – little wonder then that its own stars are looking to Korea for inspiration and assistance. Singer My Tam Korean stars are increasingly gaining attention from wider audiences. Names such as Bi...

  • Miss Vietnam joins launching ceremony of New Moon in USA

    Miss Vietnam joins launching ceremony of New Moon in USA

    12/11/2009 05:00

    Miss Vietnam 2006 Mai Phuong Thuy represented the Vietnamese film distributor MegarStar In Los Angeles at the launching of the long-waited “New Moon”, the follow up hit movie “Twilight”....

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