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‘Prison Diary' poetry on show

‘Prison Diary' poetry on show

Writing around the wall: Caligraphy by Korean and Vietnamese artists is displayed in an exhibition in the Korean Cultural Center in Ha Noi. HN — A calligraphy exhibition featuring Nhat Ky Trong Tu (Diary imprisonment) poetry by Leader Ho

Metropolitan areas lack fire sensors, evacuation plans

Despite efforts to lessen the amount of children drowning in Viet Nam, marked through the starting of the national campaign in 2008 through the Secretary of state for Work, Invalids and Social Matters, everything is still tragic. Nearly 200 children drowned in Viet Nam in the last two several weeks, a rise of 6 percent in comparison towards the same period this past year, based on the ministry's statistics. Lately, the Un Children's Fund introduced

Khmer couple preserves art of glass painting

Khmer couple preserves art of glass painting

Glass that lasts: Artist Boy Bol creates a glass painting. He is among the earliest artists still plying his trade. — File Photo SOC TRANG — Passing with the hands from the old couple, obvious glass plates become resplendent with gorgeous landscapes and also the stuff of Buddhist stories.The husband-and-wife team of Boy Bol and Ly Thi Thien would be the earliest Khmer artists making glass works of art in Phuoc Thuan Village within the southern

US troupe puts music moving

US troupe puts music moving

Leap in to the void: Artists from the Trey McIntyre Project will show American contemporary dances to audiences in Ha Noi and HCM City now. — File Photo HCM CITY — The Trey McIntyre Project, an acclaimed American contemporary-ballet company, will work with local artists and students in Ha Noi and HCM City now, showing a number of America's finest contemporary dances to folks of Viet Nam.The troupe was selected to do within the two metropolitan

Local colours inspire Indian art

Local colours inspire Indian art

by Minh Thu Hues of culture: Belief (Muchatlu) by Indian artist Laxman Aelay is just one of many colourful creates show in the India-Viet Nam Fine Arts Workshop. HN — Indian artists were so inspired by Vietnamese landscapes and individuals that, for only a ten-day visit, they produced beautiful artworks in honor from the Viet Nam-India fine arts exhibition held last week in Ha Noi.Sudip Roy, certainly one of three taking part Indian artists,

Ministry postpones merging VN Drama Theatre and Youth Theatre

HN -- The Culture Ministry yesterday mid-day introduced it would postpone the merging of two popular cinemas within the north such as the Viet Nam Drama Theatre and Tuoi Tre (Youth) Theatre to create a new national drama theatre.Your decision was arrived at following the ministry received fierce responses from artists in the two cinemas."The 2 cinemas continues their normal working programs as always before a far more proper and open merging project is passed," stated culture deputy minister Ho Anh Tuan in

Silk painter Tu Duyen dies at 97

Silk painter Tu Duyen dies at 97

Smooth as silk: Artist Tu Duyen shows his style. — File Photo HCM CITY — Tu Duyen, the artist renowned for pioneering "hands placed" silk works of art in Viet Nam, died at his home in HCM City last Thursday. He was 97.Born in 1915 in Ha Noi, Duyen, whose real title was Nguyen Van Duyen, finished the Indochina Fine Arts College in 1938 and gone to live in HCM City, then known as Sai Gon, annually later. He opened up his first exhibition in the

Self-portrait contest inspires local artists

HCM CITY — The 2nd Dogma Prize in Self-Portraiture for artists aged 18 and also over will award a high prize peopleDollar6,000 this season.Painting, sculpture and photo taking distribution is going to be taken until August 7 and those who win is going to be introduced on September 14.The prize is organised through the Mekong Artists Company and backed by arts collector Dominic Scriven, sponsor of Dogma Collection and Dogma Prize.The prize is going to be judged by Ma Thanh Cao, director from the HCM City

German music artists to quench the thirst for classical music

German music artists to quench the thirst for classical music

HN – German music artists from Frankfurt promise to deal with the main city to some feast of classical functions by Notos Quartett will work in a few days at Hanoi Opera House. - Photo coutersy of Notos Ensemble Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Joaquin Turina and Johannes Brahms.Notos Quartett comprises violinist Sindri Lederer, pianist Antonia Koster, violist Liisa Randalu and cellist Florian Streich.The quartet will work for 2 nights in

Forest fires wreak havoc

Forest fires wreak havoc

A fireplace rages unmanageable in Nam Hai Van Forest within the central town of Da Nang's Lien Chieu District, yesterday mid-day. By 6.30pm yesterday the fireplace had destroyed an believed 30ha of forest. — VNA/VNS Photo Tran Le Lam DA NANG — Forest fires attributed to the unseasonably warm weather have devastated swathes of forestry and farming land across the nation.An believed 30ha of forest on Hai Van Mountain Pass in Lien Chieu District

From Politics
NA talks about changes to work law

NA talks about changes to work law

Employees harvest whitened-leg shrimps in the Hung Bien Ocean Items Co Ltd within the central province of Quang Binh. The draft amended Work Code, that was talked about through the NA yesterday, is anticipated to make sure workers' proper privileges including salaries, overtime and maternity leave. — VNA/VNS Photo Huy Hung HN — The Nation's Set up talked about a variety of concerns associated with work issues throughout a session which was

PM greets mind of Lao inspectorate

HN — Pm Nguyen Tan Dung yesterday confirmed that Viet Nam always supported co-operation between its relevant agencies and also the Inspection Commission from the Lao Individuals Revolutionary Party Central Committee and also the Government Inspectorate of Laos. Dung made the statement while finding the commission mind, Inspector-General Bounthong Chitmany.Dung stated co-operation would concentrate on training human assets within the sector in addition to swapping encounters within the combat and protection