Hanoi (VNA) - Award-winning movie Land of Mine will open the Danish Film Festival which will take place in Hanoi and Ho Chi Minh City from October 26-31. Poster of the festival (Photo: VNA) Directed by Martin Zandvliet, the movie has won many awards, including the World Cinema Audience Award at American Film Institute; Best Danish Film at the...

(LSO) - On October 16, the Lang Son Centre for Film Distribution and Cinema launched a film screening programme to celebrate the 69th anniversary of Lang Son’s Liberation Day (October 17, 1950 – 2019); the 118th founding anniversary of the province (November 4, 1831 – 2019); and the 110th birth anniversary of Hoang Van Thu (November 4, 1909 –...

Hanoi (VNA) – The Vietnam International Fashion & Beauty Festival (VIFBF) 2019 will be held in Hanoi from December 11 to 15 with the participation of leading groups in the field. Dear MCQ collection of Nguyen Tien Truyen performed at Vietnam Fall Winter International Fashion Week 2018. (Source: the organising board) The event will be co-organised by the Vietnam...

Hanoi (VNS/VNA) - The first weaving network for the traditional brocade of ethnic groups in the central and central highlands region has been launched connecting weaving groups and preserving the handicraft trade. Illustrative image (Photo: VNA) The network, which was supported by the Japanese non-governmental organisation Foundation for International Development/Relief (FIDR) and funded by the Japan International Co-operation...

Hanoi (VNA) – A concert titled “Thibaudet plays Saint-Saens” featuring famous French pianist Jean-Yves Thibaudet is scheduled to take place at the Hanoi Opera House on October 23. (Photo: The Sun Symphony Orchestra) For more than three decades, Thibaudet has been performing worldwide and building a reputation as one of the finest pianists of his generation. He had...

NDO – Hanoi’s audiences will have an opportunity to enjoy a screening of the Paris Opera’s ballet performance Cinderella at the L’Espace Cultural Centre in Hanoi on October 19. Illustrative image An adaptation of Charles Perrault's fairy tale, the ballet was choreographed by Rudolf Nureyev. Cinderella (played by Agnès Letestu) is victimized by a rotten family. Her only wish...

NDO – A gala night honouring Vietnamese cuisine was held by the Vietnamese Embassy in Thailand at its headquarters in Bangkok on September 9 as an event to celebrate the 74th anniversary of Vietnam’s National Day (1945-2019). Delegates at the event The event was attended by representatives from Thai ministries and sectors, diplomatic corps in Thailand and 500 Vietnamese...

Hanoi (VNA) – The Vietnam Association of Photographic Artists (VAPA) on October 8 presented 73 awards to the best photos at the 10th International Artistic Photo Contest in Vietnam in 2019 (VN-19), 26 of which going to Vietnamese photographers. "Hoa Luoi" by Tran Bao Hoa wins FIAP Silver Medal in the Open (Colour) section. (Photo courtesy of VAPA) The...

HCM City (VNS/VNA) - Ho Chi Minh City will host Ho do 2019 (HOZO), an international music festival on December 13-15, according to the municipal Department of Culture, Sports and Tourism. The festival is part of HCM City’s strategic investment plan to develop the city’s cultural industry until 2020. HCM City has long been considered a place with the...

Hanoi (VNA) – The 4th International Experimental Theatre Festival is underway in Hanoi, with foreign and domestic troupes staging a series of enticing plays. At the opening ceremony (Photo: VOV) Opening on October 4, the 10-day show introduces 21 plays brought about by 14 troupes from host Vietnam, while seven others from Hungary, Israel, India, the Republic of Korea,...