Fashion

National greatest fashion event begins

HN – Among the country's leading designers, Minh Hanh, is starting a brand new collection for fashionistas who love mystery and might be inspired by motifs highlighting the effectiveness of the lizard. Released in the Viet Nam Fashion Week Fall & Winter event tonight, the gathering is just one of many by local designers set to make heads turn. Hanh is master of mixing traditional designs with modern clothing which season's trends depend heavily on creative cuts and colour contrasts.Using varied materials

Traditional dress parade charms at `Hue festival

Vietnamese models show the ao dai (traditional dress) in the first fashion parade in the Hue Festival. The 2nd parade is going to be held tomorrow evening. File Photo HUE – The 2nd ao dai (Vietnamese traditional dress) show in the Hue Festival is going to be held tomorrow evening in the Quoc Hoc Stele.The style parade follows the very first impressive show held last evening.The ao dai, produced by 20 designers from different regions, is going

Jazz stars headline Luala concert series

Giant steps: Tenor saxophonist Quyen Thien Dac and the band perform around the pavement yesterday to start the spring-summer time season of Luala concerts. Photo Doan Tung HN — A jazz performance featuring leading Vietnamese jazz saxophonist Quyen Thien Dac and the Phu Sa bandmates began the spring-summer time season of Luala concerts on Saturday, a number of free shows in downtown Ha Noi.Happening around the pavement while watching Music

Painter discloses poetic side

Philosophical: Painter and artist Van Thuyet releases his poetry collection Tiec Tran Gian (Party on the planet), that is affected by Charles Baudelaire and Arthur Rimbaud. Photo Doan Tung HN — Veteran painter and artist Van Thuyet has impressed art enthusiasts together with his latest production, but it is not the typical artwork he's recognized for.Thuyet has released a publication of his bilingual Vietnamese-British poetry collection titled

Venezuela culture week looms

Muchas Caracas: This guitar rock band Tambores p San Millan (Drummers from San Millan) will start Venezuelan Cultural Week in Viet Nam next Friday. — File Photo HN — Tambores p San Millan (Drummers from San Millan) will start the Venezuelan Cultural Week in Viet Nam next Friday.This guitar rock band will work folk music and dances from the Latin American country.Ten artists can give performances in the Workers' Theatre in Ha Noi on April 13 and

Occasions celebrate ties with India

You shouldn't be sari: The Odissi Dance Troupe from India perform on Thursday in Ha Noi, starting off a number of cultural occasions within the Friendship Year of Viet Nam and India. Photo Viet Thanh HN — A number of occasions will occur this season to mark the 40th anniversary of diplomatic ties between your two nations and also the 2012 Year of Friendship, introduced Indian Ambassador to Viet Nam Ranjit Rae."Leader Ho and Pm Nehru laid the

Chamber music, ballet to entertain

Theory of relativity: Dancer Duc Nhuan will work in Dream Puzzles, a modern day dance in the HCM City Opera House. — VNA/VNS Photo Duc Ngoc HCM CITY — The HCM City Ballet and Symphony Orchestra and Opera (HBSO) will show a chamber music and ballet performance by youthful and veteran talents on Monday in the HCM City Opera House.The concert will open with music by Franz Liszt, a Hungarian pianist and composer from the 1800s. Pianist Joo Eun

City tourism festival to counter financial crisis

HCM CITY — The eighth annual HCM City Tourism Day Festival to become held this month will aim to promote the neighborhood travel industry among a worldwide economic slump.The big event, scheduled to become held in the 23/9 Park in District 1, is going to be located through the Department of Culture, Sports and Tourism and also the HCM City Tourism Association.La Quoc Khanh, deputy director from the department, told a celebration on Thursday the primary reason for the festival ended up being to stimulate

Capital's leading theatre companies to merge

HN — A brand new theatre is going to be created with the merger from the Youth Theatre and also the Viet Nam Drama Theatre, the main city city's two biggest cinemas, based on a choice introduced through the Secretary of state for Culture, Sport and Tourism on Thursday.The Viet Nam National Drama Theatre would employ 280 artists and employees underneath the direction of Individuals Artist Le Hung."The theatre will operate underneath the type of modern cinemas in other nations, to be able to improve being

Best time for you to visit Central Highlands

By Le Huong Bountiful: Tours to go to coffee farms happen to be organised within the Central Highlands province of Dak Lak, particularly in Buon Ma Thuot City, where vacationers can admire and relish the national most flavourful items. — File Photo Picture perfect: The coffee tour gives

Next >

From Environment

Nutrious milk smugglers confiscated

THUA THIEN – HUE – Hue City's police turned away a smuggling ring and confiscated 10,000 US's Abbott milk-cans with labels transformed, the town investigative police confirmed with Viet Nam News today.Ton Nu Cam Dung was altering labels of Abbot's Ensure milk at her house with an Cuu Ward's Phan Chu Trinh Street. A lot more than 5,000 cans with yellow labels, 1,600 with blue labels and 500 without label were grabbed.Law enforcement also discovered 50 boxes of milk-cans that contains cans with changed

No funds to evacuate landslide areas

HCM CITY — The dearth of enormous sums of cash to maneuver citizens from landslide – and natural disaster-prone areas causes it to be hard for local government bodies to satisfy the Government's target.Families residing in 100s of landslide-prone areas and 60 river valleys threatened by surges were set to become gone to live in safe areas and assisted with moving, based on the Secretary of state for Agriculture and Rural Development.Pham Khanh Ly, deputy director from the ministry's Department of