ART & ENTERTAINMENT IN BRIEF 26/7
Jazz
diva Laura Brunner arrives at Le Club
The
Sofitel Legend Metropole Hanoi will host
With a
velvety-smooth voice and bold, vibrant musicality, vocalist and composer
Brunner is one of the most exciting creative voices in music today. Brunner
reminds audiences of late U.S. jazz diva Ella Fitzgerald who won 14 Grammy
awards during her career through her magnificent sound and forties style.
Originally
from
Local
action movie The Race comes to town
Duong
dua (The Race), the debut movie of HCMC-based Blue Productions, hits
nationwide cinemas today.
The
story is about the never-ending bad luck of Loc, a former athletics champion.
He is in big debt and tries his luck at an illegal casino. He loses the game
and is in big trouble with even more debts owed to the casino owner. Loc
tries to rob a gold shop but fails then comes across a desperate gangster who
is being hunted by a rival mafia gang and asks Loc to help him escape. Loc
then gets involved in a series of murders as his downward spiral is almost
complete.
The
movie is directed by Nguyen Khac Huy, a graduate from cinema school in
There
is a first leading role for rocker Pham Anh Khoa and the first ‘negative’
role for model Nhan Phuc Vinh. The movie is produced by popular actress Hong
Anh with English subtitles.
DJ
Lia comes to Chill Skybar
Glamorous
Hungarian DJ Lia will perform at Chill Skybar in District 1 on Friday.
The
former Playmate of the Year finalist has been featured in numerous magazines
such as Maxim, SFT, Pester Style and the biggest Men’s Magazine in
In
2009, Lia began her music career with the release of “One Touch Only” which
was an immediate hit in the clubs and on the radio in
Since
beginning her career, she has produced seven singles that have performed well
in the British charts. Notably, she composed Wicked Game which was number two
in the British charts.
She
has performed with Bob Sinclair and LMFAO and entertained crowds in places
such as
Chill
Skybar is located at Rooftop AB Tower, 76A
Duc
Tuan performs musicals’ classics in city
Vietnamese
singer Duc Tuan will perform songs from famous musicals at Khong Ten Music
Club downtown with the theme ‘An Evening with Duc Tuan’ on Wednesday.
He
will sing The Show Must Go On (from Queen’s We Will Rock You), Anthem
(composed by ABBA from Chess) and Police’s Every Breath You Take.
Aside
from the favorite musical masterpieces, Duc Tuan will also sing Memory
(Cats), Le Temps Des Cathédrales (Cathédrale Notre-Dame de Paris), I Dreamed
A Dream (Les Misérables), Can’t Take My Eyes Of You (Jersey Boys) as well as
Adagio, Scarborough Fair, and Sometimes I Dream.
Accompanying
Duc Tuan is soprano Ngoc Tuyen. They will perform some duet excerpts
including The Phantom of the Opera. Tuyen will also sing The Blue Danube and
Habanera. Musican Hoang Nha will be responsible for the score.
Duc
Tuan, who has been working with directors and choreographers in the
Khong
Ten Music Club is at
Global
artists join Heineken Live Access in city
Vietnam
Brewery Limited, the organizer of Heineken Live Access 2013, has said that a
number of worldwide artists will perform at Saigon Exhibition &
Convention Center (SECC) in District 7 on Saturday.
They
are DJs Bass Kleph (
The
program will be broadcasted live at 8 p.m. on Saturday at the Facebook page
https://www.facebook.com/heineken.
15
artists showcase digital arts
Digital
artworks by 15 artists on Thursday came on display at HCMC Fine Arts
Association, showing visitors something unusual in this new art application.
Digital
art is performing art ideas via computer with the support of IT applications.
Unlike traditional techniques of using brushes, knifes or various tools used
by artists to express their creativeness via sight effects or graphics from
lines, colors, layers and lights, digital arts use virtual material in a
virtual space.
However,
finally they become visual pieces thanks to printing technology on canvas,
paper, aluminum or wood. And they are completed on the surface by the talents
of artists, making the art look like real paintings made from traditional
methods.
In
this exhibition, artists use digital arts to express all themes from
landscapes, portraits, daily activities as well as abstract feelings.
The
show runs for one week at the association, 218A
Inspectors
of the Hanoi Department of Culture, Sports and Tourism will take action to
control advertising banners illegally hung over city streets.
At a
recent press conference, the department's chief inspector, Nguyen Thanh
Phong, said the city has banned the hanging of banners across streets since
July 15.
The
move followed a recent case in which banners for a music show entitled “The
Hanoian” in front of Hanoi Opera House were cut by someone, causing public
concerns.
Nguyen
My Trang, Director of My Thanh Company which organised the programme, said
that it was the action of competitors and that those who cut the banners were
trying to damage the image for the programme.
According
to Mr. Phong, currently such banners are almost non-existent on the electric
poles and trees in Hoan Kiem District.
For a
long time, the front and sides of Hanoi Opera House were covered with banners
advertising various art programmes. However, in recent years
He
added that in 2011 the department inspectors cut down banners advertising a
show by overseas Vietnamese singer Che Linh, however they reappeared the very
next day.
The
city does have areas where it is legal to advertise, but since the expansion
of
Vietnamese
author presses on with lawsuit against Apple
Despite
Apple’s pledge to remove Le Kieu Nhu’s novel from its Apple Store, the author
has decided to continue with the lawsuit which seeks compensation from Apple.
After
her lawyer, Nguyen Thanh Cong, of East Law Firm, filed a petition with
California Civil Court that Apple infringed on the copyright of her novel,
"Soi Xich" or “The Chain”, by selling the novel in its Apple Store
without seeking her consent; an Apple representative sent a letter to her
lawyer in which the company pledged that they would remove her novel from the
Apple Store as soon as possible.
Le
Kieu Nhu, however, told VTC News that she’s dissatisfied with Apple’s
solution.
“In
their letter to my representative of July 11 they passed on the
responsibility to the software developer Boilder Shimp. Even though they’ve
pledged to remove my novel from their Apple Store, I think it doesn’t make
sense when they pass the accountability onto a third party. Apple has
illegally sold my novel and earned a lot for over the past four years. They
must compensate me,” Nhu said.
Nhu
says she still maintains her request that first Apple compensates her with
USD100,000, and at the same time stops illegal sales of her book.
“If
they don’t give me the compensation, I’ll have my lawyer in the
The
author and her representative are compiling a new petition to Apple on the
issue.
They’ve
also linked with several domestic authors whose copyrights have also been
infringed by Apple, including, Nguyen Ngoc Tu and Bui Anh Tuan, in order to
sign a common petition that would be sent to the Copyright Office of Vietnam
to call for support.
Ten
years of cultural conventions under review
"
"
"Through
Xoan singing and worshipping the Hung Kings in Phu Tho, Ca Tru (ceremonial
singing) in Hai Duong, Ha Noi as well as the gong culture in the
"Within
a community, memories and intangible cultural heritages are visibly sustained
by the public's commemoration of people. I am very glad to acknowledge that
the educational programmes taking place in the provinces are aimed at raising
the awareness of the general public, in particular young people, according to
Article 14 of the Convention."
Addressing
the forum, Pham Cao Phong, secretary general of the Viet Nam National
Commission for UNESCO, said that
This
recognition had also brought with it a chance for the country to advertise
its unique cultural values and to use them to further the development of
tourism in order to make a more effective contribution to the socio-economic
development of the country, he said.
Participants
at the forum objectively and scientifically assessed the tasks, ascertaining
which had been completed and proposing solutions to the problems behind those
that have not been completed over the past 10 years.
The
UNESCO representative office in Ha Noi also made a commitment to support
these agencies to fulfill their various tasks, including encouraging local
communities to take responsibility for their heritages and to enact
"urgent protection" measures for those heritages at high risk.
It
proposed a more immediate and effective policy for protecting heritages. For
example, the singing art of ethnic minority groups in the Central Highlands,
which has been listed amongst the heritages in need of urgent protection
since the early 2000s.
Yet
the art has not been mentioned in
The
office also hoped that the draft of regulations on giving honorable artisan
titles by the culture ministry would be approved soon so individuals making
great contributions to protecting and developing cultural heritages receive
proper treatment and are helped to make further contributions.
The
case of Dong Van Karst Plateau Geo-park in the
A
master plan for developing the park from 2012-20 with vision towards 2030 has
just been approved with the focus on exploiting geological values for
tourism. In the meantime, local intangible values have not been properly paid
attention to, according to a report by the office.
The
plan only stresses on developing some traditional craft villages such as the
wine making and embroidery villages, that supports tourism but lacks adequate
investment on long-term cultural values.
The
office also called for careful research to be conducted before compiling
files seeking recognition for traditional and intangible cultural values as
well as serious judgements being made on the unique features of the
heritages.
The
agencies concerned also need to carry out independent research on the effects
of formal recognition by the State or UNESCO on the heritages, the report
stressed.
Berlinale's
short films screened in Ha Noi
A
festival of short films will be shown to treat local movie buffs at Ha Noi's
Goethe Institute this weekend.
The
festival, part of the series, Berlinale Shorts Goes Exterior, will feature
short films from
The
first programme focuses on stories about individuals, including isolated
people and their lives. The films, from
The
next programme will feature films from
The
curtains will be raised for the films at 7pm on Saturday and Sunday at
Wisdom
of President Ho Chi Minh book is launched
A new
book gathering famous quotes and the wisdom of late President Ho Chi Minh has
gone on sale to the public.
The
632-page book entitled Danh Ngon Ho Chi Minh (Famous sayings of President Ho
Chi Minh) includes 2,000 of the President's famous quotes, covering his
thoughts and poetry, as well as his recommendations for the Party and
Vietnamese people.
The
book, which costs VND240,000 (US$12), also features 100 photo pages
portraying his life and revolutionary activities.
This
latest book follows on from the first ever calendar featuring images and
quotes of the late President, which went on sale at the end of last year.
Viet
Nam gets the last laugh at Clown Contest
Vietnamese
clowns won first prize at the 2013 International Clown Contest in the Circuba
-
Ta Duy
Anh, Tran Manh Cuong and Nguyen Tien Hung jested their way past clowns from
Nilda
Collado, president of the panel of judges, said that the event allows Cuban
clowns to compare their potential and skills with foreign artists. Anh also
saw the event as a chance for Vietnamese clowns to meet others in their
profession and spotlight Vietnamese circus acts to international friends.
The
Cuban clowns were runners up and
The
Circuba began as a festival in 1981. This year almost 80 artists from 14
countries took part.
CAMA
adopts latin flavour to celebrate Cuba
Tomorrow
night, CAMA ATK will be welcoming some of the city's best and most
enthusiastic salsa dancers for a salsa session from 8.30-9.30 with JC (Ha Noi
Sessions) providing the beats.
From
9.30pm, DJ Cache will be taking control with all types of Cuban rhythms from
mambo to rumba and other Afro-Latino styles that get the girls dancing.
This
taste of Latin flavour is to mark the 60th anniversary of
Of
course, a night like this wouldn't be complete without a healthy dose of
rum-based cocktails.
Free
entry at CAMA ATK,
Clothing,
book-exchange event helps those in need
A
clothing and book-exchange event called Thrift Shop will be held at Saigon
Outcast on Saturday to collect used clothes, accessories and books for the
needy.
Participants
can hand in their used items in exchange for a new one. The used items will
be sent to the non-profit LIN Centre for Community Development.
Items
can be dropped off from 10am to 6:30pm. The two-hour exchange will begin at
4pm.
The
entrance fee is VND50,000. The venue is at
Short-film
fest features award-winning work
The
Future Shorts Film Festival will screen outstanding short films at two coffee
shops, Snap Cafe on July 28, and Decibel Lounge on July 30.
The
screening will feature American director Grainger David's 2012 The Chair,
which won the South by Southwest Film Festival Jury Award, and Swedish
director Frida Kempff's Micky Bader (Bathing Micky), winner of the 2010
Cannes Festival Jury Prize for Short Films. Also screened will be South
Korean-based Kangmin Kim's animation 38-39oC on a father-son relationship.
The
show will start at 7.30pm at Snap Cafe,
Admission
is VND60,000; VND30,000 for students with IDs; and free for film-makers.
Coachsurfers
prepare for weekend hangout
Couchsurfing
Ha Noi is hosting an open talk and chat this Sunday, so do avail yourself of
the opportunity to meet new friends and find out more about the city.
The
meet-up focuses on helping you to learn more about Viet Nam and giving travel
advice as well as making friends with people from all over the world, sharing
stories, exchanging languages and culture, playing games/music and enjoying
reasonably priced food and drink.
Usually
20-30 people turn up every Sunday, so if it's crowded, feel free to move
around.
So
come, talk, get socialised and do remember to pay for your drinks, that's
all!
For
further information, sms or call Diep at 093 657 0029 or email
dieple311@gmail.com.
When:
5.30pm meet up ~ 7.30pm dinner ~ 9pm hangout at bia hoi corner or a bar in
the Old Quarter.
Where:
Cafe Ifeel, level 5+6, 63 Cau Go St, next to Hoan Kiem (Sword)
Zeni
Geva to rock returning gig night
The
Onion Cellar returns this month with the very first performance in Viet Nam
by Japanese noise rock legends Zeni Geva, featuring KK Null (guitar, vocals
and Kaoss-pad) and Tatsuya Yoshida, ‘master drummer of the Japanese
underground'.
Opening
the show will be young Vietnamese alternative rockers Augustory (fresh from
their adventure at the
When:
Saturday, July 27, from 7.30-11.15pm
Where:
Ha
Photos
show Ha Noi since expansion
An
exhibition featuring the renovation and development of Ha Noi after five
years of administrative border expansion opened in the city yesterday.
The
exhibition will run until August 5 at the Ha Noi Museum. It features more
than 100 photos of the city's achievements.
Artisans
from10 trade villages around Ha Noi are also showcasing their products at the
event.
Nguyen
Khac Loi, deputy director of the Ha Noi Department of Culture, Sports and
Touris, said the exhibition affirmed Ha Noi's achievements during its
development and integration. It also offered a chance for residents to
improve their responsibility and love for the capital, he said.
In
2008, Ha Tay province, Me Linh district of Vinh Phuc province and four
communes of Hoa Binh province's Luong Son district were incorporated into Ha
Noi. —
Choir
wins prize with folk songs
Vietnamese
children's choir Sol Art has won the Audience Prize at the 8th International
Johannes Brahms Choir Festival in
The
24-member choir also won a gold medal in the Folklore category together with
During
the 15-minute performance, the choir introduced Vietnamese culture and
agriculture in three folk songs from different regions of the country.
The
festival is part of the INTERKULTUR organisation's World Choir Games, which
started in 1999.
This
year's event, which ran from July 17 to 21, drew 44 choirs with a total of
1,300 participants from 18 countries and territories.
AO/dioxin
exhibition held in
Over
300 photos of Agent Orange victims are being displayed at
AO,
Judgment and Justice shows the impacts of Agent Orange on
The
exhibition marks 52 years since the Agent Orange (AO) catastrophe and
commemorates a decade of work by the Vietnam Association for Victims of Agent
Orange/Dioxin.
The
exhibition aims to encourage greater support for AO victims' struggling with
the effects of the toxic compound used during the war in
The
tenth Agent Orange Victims Day will be celebrated nationwide on August 10.
Quang
Tri festival celebrates Asian art
A
festival featuring music, dance and other performing arts of
The
Department of Performing Arts under the Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism
will organise the festival in co-ordination with the Viet Nam Musicians
Association, the Viet Nam Association of Dance Artists, the ministry's
Department of International Co-operation, and the province's Department of
Culture, Sports and Tourism.
HCM
City hosts exhibition on Nick Vujicic’s visit to Vietnam
An
exhibition on the visit of Nick Vujicic, the Australian motivational speaker,
is being held at the Youth Cultural House in
Photographer
Nguyen A has displayed picture images of various activities that took place
during Nick Vujicic’s visit to
The
exhibition will run until July 24, and then will move to
Nguyen
A is a famous photographer in HCMC and well-known for exhibitions titled
‘They’ve lived like that’ held in 2009 and ‘Tam & Tai-Ho La Ai (Soul
& Talent-Who are they), based on outstanding local characters.
The
display ‘They’ve lived like that’ presented 90 photos depicting 90 disabled
people who overcame their difficulties to integrate in the community. The
show was regarded as an attractive and moving photo story of unfortunate
people who are shining examples for young people. Photographer Nguyen A spent
more than two years travelling from South to North to take these pictures.
Nguyen
A has released his photo books on the two exhibitions.
Cai
Luong Singing Contest draws 500 participants
On
July 24, the Ho Chi Minh City Television held a press conference to announce
rules for the Cai Luong Singing Contest ‘Chuong Vang Vong Co’ at the HCMC
Television Theater.
According
to the organizers, this year the contest offers many new innovations to
attract candidates as well as audiences, and the number of participating
contestants have hence doubled compared to last year.
This
year the contest has attracted nearly 500 participants, including many young
talents from provinces. The organizers will select 12 of the best contestants
to compete in the final round in HCMC.
In the
final round, the organizers will select three most excellent candidates to
award them the Golden Bell Award worth VND50 million, the Silver Bell Award
worth VND30 million, besides other prizes.
The
final round of the contest will be broadcast live on HTV9 Channel at 8.30pm
on September 26.
Vietnamese
program to be telecast on BBC
For
the first time a series of Vietnamese television programs called ‘Vietnam
Direct’ will be telecast on the BBC World Channel from August 24.
‘Vietnam
Direct’ reflects on the problems faced in the past by Vietnamese people and
which they have overcome to emerge as a dynamic society in
This
program is part of the ‘Country Direct’ program that BBC telecasts in some
countries such as
Deputy
Prime Minister Nguyen Thien Nhan has just signed a decision to establish a
The
museum will be operated by the
Documents,
images, scientific research and objects of workers movements and trade union
activities will be archived and displayed at the museum.
There
will also be historical and cultural exhibits aimed at meeting the demands of
domestic and international visitors.
The
Consulate General of Japan in
Participants
in the contest can send upto three poetic works in either Vietnamese or
Japanese to the Consulate at 261,
Entries
will be received until October 10 and the awards ceremony will take place on
December 7.
Haiku
is not very popular in
The
contest is an opportunity for Vietnamese people to learn more about Japanese
culture and haiku poetry. It aims to encourage the people of the two
countries to learn about each other’s language and culture.
Book
presents 532 species of birds in Vietnam
‘Introduction
of Birds of Vietnam’ by Dr. Le Manh Hung published last year is among the few
books presenting the many species of wild birds of
The
book has 841 photographs of 532 species of birds including threatened species
in the world. It is regarded as a full collection of more than 50 percent of
wild bird species of
Photos
were taken from the author’s trips across the country to places such as
Fansipan Mountain Peak (Hoang Lien National Park, Sa Pa District, Lao Cai
Province); Cuc Phuong National Park in Ninh Binh Province; Chu Yang Sin
Mountain Peak (Chu Yang Sin National Park, Dak Lak Province); Con Dao
National Park in Ba Ria-Vung Tau Province; Cat Tien National Park;Vinh Cuu
Nature Reserve in Dong Nai Province; and Ca Mau Bird Garden in Ca Mau
Province, from 2006 to 2012.
Doctor
Le Manh Hung, from
Bird
watching tourism was launched nearly 20 years ago in
Art
performance shows gratitude to heroic mothers
An art
performance was held yesterday in
The
event was attended Former Party General Secretary Le Kha Phieu and Deputy
Prime Minister Nguyen Thien Nhan, along with Vietnamese Heroic Mothers, war
veterans and relatives of veterans and martyrs.
The
programme also honoured organisations and individuals that have performed
practical deeds in respond to the movement of ‘Showing Gratitude’.
Additionally,
the event offered the audience an opportunity to hold exchanges with Vietnamese
Heroic Mothers, Heroes of the People's Armed Forces and relatives of war
martyrs and painter Dang Ai Viet, who travelled to 63 cities and provinces
across the country and painted 1,122 portraits of Heroic Mothers.
A
series art performance on Vietnamese Heroic Mothers was performed during the
event, which contributed to educating younger generations about the national
patriotic tradition and called on benefactors to help people who have
contributed to the nation.
The
art performance was co-organised by the Vietnam Martyr Families Support
Association (VMFSA), the People's Army newspaper, Vietnam Television and
Vietnam National Communication Group Joint Stock Company.
On the
occasion, the VMFSA presented 11 houses of gratitude, 60 savings book and hundreds
of gifts to Vietnamese Heroic Mothers and relatives of war martyrs.
Source: VNA/VNS/SGGP/VOV/SGT/Dtrinews
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