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"Don’t Burn" to be screened at 14 US universities
01/11/2009 05:00
The award-winning film Dung Dot (Don’t Burn) by director Dang Nhat Minh will be screened at 14 US universities from this Wednesday onwards. The award-winning film Dung Dot (Don’t Burn) by director Dang Nhat Minh will be screened at 14 US...
Vietnam misses out on Miss Earth, again
01/11/2009 05:00
This is the second consecutive year that Vietnam will not send a contestant to the Miss Earth pageant, held in the Philippines in early November. Truong Thi May. Elite Vietnam’s executive manager Thuy Nga reported that they had finalized...
45 years of Vietnamese opera and ballet
01/11/2009 05:00
VietNamNet takes a look at the history of opera in Vietnam from “Ms Sao”, created in 1965 by composer Do Nhuan, to recent efforts to re-tell traditional Vietnamese stories through both art forms. After nearly 45 years, art fans still...
Hoi An to provide lively festivities in Hanoi
01/11/2009 05:00
Hanoians will have the chance to see dancing, hear bai choi folk songs and taste regional cuisine from Hoi An and Champa at the Quang Nam Culture and Tourism Week from November 20-23. The My Son Sanctuary in Quang Nam province. Held at the...
Egg sculptor provides mascot for Games
01/11/2009 05:00
Sports fans throughout Asia have their own ways of supporting Asian Indoor Games. Nguyen Thanh Tam, a retired teacher of English has his own unique way - carving AIG mascot’s from egg shell’s. Sports fans throughout Asia have their own ways of...
Vietnam super star to be unveiled this week
01/11/2009 05:00
After two weeks of basic performance, 20 contestants have been selected to enter the final round by a concert at Hoa Binh Theater in HCMC at 7 p.m. on November 8. Contestants of the Vietnam Super Star Contest 2009 who will perform at the final round at the...
Thanh Hoa commune lays claim to Le kingâs reburial site
01/11/2009 05:00
The body of King Le Du Tong after being discovered in 1958 A commune in the central province of Thanh Hoa is insisting that King Le Du Tong (1679-1731) of the Le Dynasty be reburied where his coffin was found, instead of...