The career of late scriptwriter Lê Duy Hạnh, one of the South’s leading contemporary theatre artists, will be featured in a documentary film released by the HCM City Theatre Association. CẢI LƯƠNG GURU: Southern theatre will be featured in a documentary film about the career of late scriptwriter Lê Duy Hạnh …
Read More »HCM City Television supports ‘đàn ca tài tử’ clubs
Hồ Chí Minh Television will organise a special cultural programme to support artists of tài tử, the 100-year-old traditional chamber music genre that originated in southern Việt Nam. SOUTHERN CULTURE: Đàn ca tài tử is a traditional music form of the South and was recognised as an Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity by UNESCO in 2013. Photo courtesy …
Read More »Memories of old classmate on the General Secretary
In the recollections of his old classmate, journalist and photographic artist Chu Chí Thành, who was a war correspondent for Vietnam News Agency, General Secretary Trọng emerges as a paradox – outwardly slow-paced, soft-spoken and with a gentle gait, yet harbouring an unwavering will – a lifetime commitment to serving …
Read More »Museum hosts regional exhibition paying homage to late curator
Paintings by artists from Thailand, Myanmar and Việt Nam are on a display at Việt Nam National Fine Arts Museum to commemorate curator Shireen Naziree. Painting by Santi Thongsuk sized at125cm by 110cm -2023 HÀ NỘI — Paintings by artists from Thailand, Myanmar, and Việt Nam are on display at Việt …
Read More »Vietnamese language honoured in Czech Republic
A first-ever ceremony to honour the Vietnamese language in Europe and the donation of Vietnamese book collections took place in Prague and Brno, the two Czech cities with the largest Vietnamese populations, as part of a working visit to the Czech Republic by a foreign ministry delegation led by Deputy …
Read More »National Museum of Korea provides major grant to Smithsonian’s National Museum of Asian Art
The National Museum of Korea will award the Smithsonian’s National Museum of Asian Art US$1.4 million as part of its overseas Korean Galleries Support Programme. It marks the largest grant ever awarded by Korea’s state-run museum to any institution. Visitors viewing an object in the Korean gallery Photo courtesy …
Read More »HCM City book streets earn VNĐ37b in first half of 2024
The HCM City Book Street and the Thủ Đức Book Street achieved total revenue of VNĐ37 billion (US$1.46 million) in the first six months of this year. TOURIST ATTRACTION: Foreign visitors view a photo exhibition titled “Sắc Màu An Giang” (Colours of An Giang) at the HCM City Book Street on Nguyễn Văn …
Read More »Singapore’s first Studio Ghibli exhibition to open at ArtScience Museum in October
Fans of Studio Ghibli movies, rejoice. The exhibition will include 16 large-scale theatrical sets of iconic scenes such as the train carriage with the No-Face spirit from Spirited Away (2001). Photo STUDIO GHIBLI SINGAPORE – Fans of Studio Ghibli movies, rejoice. An exhibition in collaboration with the famed Japanese animation studio behind …
Read More »Endangered birds nesting at Đồng Nai province’s tourist site
A flock of Oriental darters (Anhinga melanogaster), an endangered bird species, have been nesting on an islet in Long An lake in Bửu Long tourist site in the southern province of Đồng Nai, according to Trần Đăng Ninh, chairman of a company that manages the site. Oriental darters are seen …
Read More »HCM City artists seek more public sculptures
HCM City artists have suggested that local authorities should set aside more public space for sculptures to develop the city’s art and bring the art closer to the community. FINE ART: A sculpture exhibition at the HCM City Fine Arts Association. Photo courtesy of the association HCM CITY – HCM City …
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