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The Japanese Film Festival titled ‘Comedy 2012’ will be held in Hanoi, Phan Thiet City and Ho Chi Minh City from October 25-December 1. Japanese artist Katsura Utazo Eight popular comedy Japanese films produced in the 2000s will be screened. All the films will have Japanese and English subtitles with Vietnamese language voice-over. [...]
A Xam folk music performance will be held in Vietnam Women’s Museum on October 26-28. Xam singing is long-standing folk gentre from northern Vietnam with the two major genres of Xam cho (Xam singing performed at markets) and Xam co dau (performed in groups at drinking establishments). Only Hanoi had Xam tau dien, and it was particular well known for being performed on the [...]
Award-winning singer Khanh Hoa has released a DVD of songs in praise of the Truong Sa (Spratly) Islands and the troops stationed there. On location: In her new DVD, Khanh Hoa sings songs in praise of the Truong Sa (Spratly) Islands and the troops stationed there. —Photo biendong.vntime.vn The DVD is one of the first [...]
After the bikini and catwalk contests, Vietnamese model Lan Khue won the “Best Photogenic” Award of the Asian Supermodel competition. Lan Khue is happy with the prize. She is praised by the organizing board to have an impressive face. Her pictures are very special. In addition to the Best Photogenic award, the organizers [...]
The second Hanoi International Film Festival will take place at the Friendship Cultural Palace in the capital city from November 25-29. According to Ngo Phuong Lan, head of the Deputy Head of Cinema Department, the event has seen more than 200 films from 38 countries and territories registered, and the number is increasing. For its [...]
Vietnamese representative Ngoc Oanh was placed third in the final round of the Asian Supermodel contest held in Bangkok, Thailand on September 5. The first prize went to the South African beauty and the second to the Portuguese contestant. This was a disappointing result for Oanh, who had earlier won two important titles in the [...]
The Vietnam Centre for Protection of Music Copyright (VCPMC) has accused Vietnam Television (VTV) of not getting permission or paying royalties for foreign songs broadcast on the channel. Contestant Tieu Chau Nhu Quynh performed ‘I Will Survive’ Accordingly, several VTV reality shows, including Giong hat Viet (The Voice of Vietnam), Buoc nhay hoan vu (Dancing [...]
Faraway’ by Hanoi-based artist Do Tuan Anh will open on Thursday at Craig Thomas Gallery in the city’s District 1, inviting visitors on a journey deep within his own psyche as he puts his current life as a metropolitan husband, artist and father aside to go on a journey back to the halcyon days of [...]
Veteran Director Dang Nhat Minh points out shortcomings of the movies that are funded by the state. Director Dang Nhat Minh. Dang Nhat Minh, a veteran director who has made a number of famous films, such as “Co gai tren song” or “The girl on the river” and “Thuong Nho Dong Que” or “Nostalgia for [...]
Hoang Huu Luong, Director General of the Press Department under the Ministry of Information and Communications, has recently made a statement on cutting down the broadcasting time of Chinese and South Korean movies. A scene from the Vietnamese student-themed TV series “Cong Mat Troi” (The Gate to Sun) which has been praised for its [...]