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Several performers have had to cope with near-death experiences due to cost-cutting by promoters. Common crowd scene at concerts. Well-known singers such as Tuan Hung, My Dung or Ung Hoang Phuc can still recall the fear they felt when live performances went wrong. Five years ago, at Thai Nguyen City Stadium, a show organised by [...]
Vo Quoc, director of the Vietnamese Gastronomy Company, has been selected as the first Vietnamese Culinary Culture Ambassador. However, the selection has stirred up controversy. Chef Vo Quoc. To prepare for the World Young Chefs’ Competition in Vietnam in 2013, the World Association of Chefs Societies (WACS) asked the Saigon Professional Chefs’ Society to choose [...]
Vietnamese photographer Tran Viet Van won a silver medal in the Fine Art – Nudes category of the Prix de la Photographie Paris (Px3) photo contest for a series of five photos entitled Memory. One of the five photos awarded with silver medal “This series is in my project titled The Mystery of Woman – [...]
The sixth Vietnam International Federation of Cinema and Television Sports (FICTS) Festival officially opened yesterday at Hanoi Opera House to introduce films on sport and tourism. This year the festival received 25 domestic and 42 foreign film stations and television channels, including ESPN (US), Eurosport (France), Shootv Sport Economy (Italy) and Les Films Neptune [...]
Most cartoons shown on television are foreign-made, with few of them produced by local companies because of a lack of funds. A scene in the cartoon Chiec La (The Leaf) made by Vietnam Animated Cartoon Studio, which won the 17th Golden Lotus Award in February 2011 Dang Vu Thao, director of the Vietnam Animated [...]
With the country experiencing a reality show boom, communication firms have engaged in fierce competition to win the copyright for TV programmes. Dancing With the Stars is the most expensive advertising slot on Vietnamese TV Bad planning and over enthusiasm ruined a communication firm’s announcement that it had won the rights to broadcast the popular [...]
Hoang The Nhiem, Nguyen Phuong, Pham Le Quan and Le Quang Bien introduce a charming Paris through their lens, at a photo exhibition entitled ‘Mot thoang Paris’ (A glance on Paris) at Idecaf, 31 Thai Van Lung Street from June 14 to June 22. Photographer Nguyen Phuong (left) and Hoang The Nhiem. The four Vietnamese [...]
Famous models performed the latest collections by HCM City’s designers at the “Night of Beauty” fashion show in HCM City on June 16. Designs by Pham Dang Anh Thu: Trang Tran Duong My Linh Quanh Di Phung Yen Ngoc Kim Cuong Thai Ha Trang La Kim Dung Minh Tu Phuong Mai Pham Anh Thu Designs [...]
A note written by Michael Jackson in which he complains of being unable to sleep has been withdrawn from auction at the request of the late singer’s ex-wife Lisa Marie Presley, the auction house said on Wednesday. Jackson, who died in 2009 after asking his doctor to give him a powerful anesthetic to help him [...]
A concert titled ‘Tchaikovsky Night’, featuring works of the great composer Tchaikovsky will be held at the Opera House in Hanoi on June 21-22. Violin soloist Nguyen Huu Khoi Nguyen and the Vietnam National Symphony Orchestra will perform at the ‘Tchaikovsky Night’ concert under the baton of conductor Andrea Pestalozza. Tickets are priced at VND200,000-VND350,000 [...]