Saturday , November 23 2024

Life & Love

Phu Quoc resort among best new names to visit in 2022

Hong Kong-based South China Morning Post has included Regent Resort on popular tourist island Phu Quoc in southern Vietnam among the best new hotel openings of this year. The resort, around 15 minutes from Phu Quoc International Airport in Kien Giang Province, is scheduled to open its door to tourists …

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Rhythm of Saigon caught in watercolor

An exhibition of watercolor paintings showcases the simple rhythm of life in Saigon and its China Town. The exhibition takes place between March 18-24 at Ho Chi Minh City Fine Arts Association in District 3, featuring over 100 works by different artists. Besides landscape paintings, the event also boasts works …

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Vietnamese movie to hit US cinemas

Vietnamese movie to hit US cinemas

‘Sam Hoi’ (Confession) will be screened in theaters in the U.S. from March 24 after failing to attract moviegoers in Vietnam earlier this year. When released in January 2021 the movie earned a mere VND1.3 billion (over $56,800). It had cost VND50 billion to make, according to Indian-Vietnamese producer Ramani …

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Vietnamese fiction novel published in North America

Canada’s Ukiyoto Publishing has released the English version of ‘Rung Doi’ (Hungry Forest) by Nguyen Trong Luan in North America. The book tells the story of D76 unit soldiers, from their beginnings as cassava diggers to their departure from Laos to the battlefields of the Central Highlands in Vietnam. D76 …

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