Short Films

German film fest chief visits HCM City

Heinz Hermanns, director of Interfilm Berlin, who visited HCM City recently to talk to Vietnamese students about making short films, wants to see more Vietnamese shorts at his festival.

There is a lot of talent in Vietnam

Heinz Hermanns, festival director of Berlin International Short Film Festival shared his opinion of Vietnamese filmmakers with Tuoitrenews before his trip to Vietnam tonight

Writer Masatsugu Ono comes to town

One of Japan’s most promising young writers will come to the city and Hanoi to discuss his award-winning novel ‘The Song of Mermaid’, which has been translated and published in Vietnamese by Tre Publishing House and is now available.

Vietnam indie filmmakers strive to find foothold

Amidst Vietnam’s booming film industry which is more commercial-oriented, independent filmmakers strive to find their foothold with money and distribution an everlasting problem

Musicians, journalists look to improved media coverage

Musicians and journalists have teamed up to form the Music and Journalism Club, aimed at improving media coverage of the music world.

Short films displayed at Himiko Cafe

Himiko Visual Café will host a week of short films called “The beginning frames” by young director Tran Ly Tri Tan from February 17 to 25. There will be a party on opening night starting at 6pm at Himiko Café, 324Bis Dien Bien Phu Street, District 10, HCMC. Four short films and a trailer will be shown in the following week from 6 p.m. to 8 p.m. All will have English subtitles.

Two awards for Singapore film

The Singaporean film, Sand Castle , won Best Feature Film and Best Director at the Vietnam International Film Festival in Hanoi which concluded on October 21.

Singapore art students plan city exhibition

Seventeen Vietnamese and Singaporean students studying in Singapore's contemporary arts school LASALLE College will display their works at the Fine Arts College in HCM City this weekend.

Singapore art show in HCMC seeks college applicants

The LASALLE College of the Arts in Singapore will hold an arts exhibition and open day at the HCMC University of Fine Arts gallery, 5 Phan Dang Luu Street in HCMC’s Binh Thanh District.

Hanoi’s first international film festival

The first ever Vietnamese International Film Festival will take place in Hanoi from October 17 to 21 to mark the 1,000th anniversary of Thang Long-Hanoi, reports the Vietnam News Agency.

From Politics

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