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News Headlines 8/4
American
band to perform at Hue Festival
Acclaimed American
music band The Amigos will perform at a free public concert and take part in
outreach events for disadvantaged people from April 12 to 14 during the
Festival Hue.
Its performance
will be part of an eight-day tour of
"With The
Amigos band, we are also happy to support the arts and music, which are so
important to the history and culture of both Viet Nam and the United
States," Alex Titolo, the consulate's public affairs officer s quoted as
saying in a release.
The Amigos
performed more than 40 concerts in
Before coming to
Liu Xiao
Ling Tong meets with Hanoian fans
Chinese movie star
Liu Xiao Ling Tong on April 6 met with hundreds of his loyal fans in
Dedicated fans began
assembling in front of FAHASA bookstore on Xa Dan road very early in the
morning hoping to meet their idol and get his autograph of one of his best
books.
Liu offered up his
sincere appreciation to the Vietnamese people for the affection shown him and
the character he portrays in the fantasy film Journey to the West (version
1986).
”As soon as I
stepped onto the Vietnam Airlines’ jet for the journey here, I felt the warm
sentiment and love of Vietnamese fans,” he said.
“Everyone here has
warmly welcomed me and I truly appreciate it” he added.
He also conveyed
sincere thanks from millions of Chinese people for
Commemorative
site for cai luong musician listed as national relic
A commemorative
site for cai luong (reformed opera) musician Cao Van Lau has been listed as a
national relic, according to the Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism.
The musician's
grave is located on three hectares of land in
The site was
designated a historical and cultural relic by the province's People's
Committee.
Cao Van Lau
(1892-1976) is the composer of Da co hoai lang, a song that started a new
genre of cai luong in the 1920s.
The Tan Hung
Communal House and
HTV award
honors Vietnamese artists
The closing award
ceremony of the 8th HTV Awards was held at Phan Dinh Phung Indoor Sport
Stadium on April 5.
The annual award
aims to honor talented individuals and famous artists of music, film, and
theater. Audience votes for the recipients of the awards.
Winners for
favorite male and female singer are Ho Trung Dung and Van Mai Huong.
Huy Khanh and Ngoc
Lan received awards for favorite drama actors. Minh Luan and Phi Phung
received awards for favorite supporting actors.
Hoai Linh received
the award for favorite comedian. Tan Giao and Phuong Loan received the award
for favorite Cai Luong artists.
This year’s
ceremony included additional awards such as young talented artist award,
friendly artist award, and contribution awards.
Japanese
painter finds Vietnamese inspiration
Shuji Ohba of
"Ten years ago
when I saw a lacquer painting by Yojin Iwabuchi, I fell in love with
it," said the 68-year-old artist who specialises in oil painting.
"Since then, I've travelled several times from
The artworks
include still lives and paintings of women and famous destinations where he
has visited, including
Well-known European
destinations like
Born in
Shuji Ohba is a
member of the IAC Art Group. He has had 20 solo exhibitions and several group
exhibitions in
Activities
kick off Hung Kings Temple Festival
The annual Hung
Kings’ Temple Festival kicked off in the northern province of Phu Tho on
April 5 (the sixth day of the third lunar month), beginning with two photo
exhibitions.
Displaying 108
pictures by the province’s photographers, the exhibition “Phu Tho’s land and
people” is bringing visitors an insight into the traditional culture,
festivals and relic sites of
Meanwhile, the
worship of Hung Kings is also being introduced to visitors through 98 photos
and objects. The worshipping ritual was honoured by UNESCO as Intangible
Cultural Heritage of Humanity in December 2012.
The two exhibitions
will last until April 9 and are expected to contribute to maintaining and
promoting the province’s cultural values.
On the day, art
performances, firework display and sport activities, including volleyball,
crossbow shooting and traditional wrestling, were also held to mark the
festival.
The annual Hung
Kings Temple Festival commemorates the 18 Hung Kings, the founders of the
country and who started a golden age in Vietnamese history. Beginning as a
local holiday, the ceremony was recognised as a national event in 2007.
The ceremony takes
place over several days, but the 10th day of the third lunar month is
considered the most important one. It demonstrates a strong desire for
national prosperity and symbolises community spirit. Coming to the festival
is a deeply rooted custom in the minds of Vietnamese people in and outside
the country
The Hung Kings
complex is located on
Nine
foreign troupes to join
Nine foreign
troupes will join 16 local ones at the Vietnam International Dance Festival
2014 scheduled for the central
The first-ever
event, to be hosted by the Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism (MCST),
aims to promote the land, people and unique culture of Vietnam to
international tourists.
It will help
further boost cultural and artistic cooperation between the country and the
rest of the world.
At a press
conference in
It will also offer
local dancers a chance to learn from their foreign colleagues and seek ways
to improve their work in the future, he added.
Each art troupe
will stage a performance of less than 20 minutes, with dances featuring the
traditional cultural identity of each region and nation.
A five-member arts
council, including three Vietnamese and two foreign representatives, will be
set up to assess the quality of performances.
Envisaged under a
programme to use IT to foster cultural tourism, it will see the use of modern
equipment and technology such as radio frequency identification and
geographic information system.
The city hopes to
welcome around 4.4 million foreign arrivals this year – or more than 55 per
cent of the total number visiting the country - according to its Department
of Culture, Sports and Tourism.
Festival
organised to celebrate memories of Long Bien Bridge
The 112th birthday
of historic
Exhibitions, film
screenings, talk shows and performances will last from 11pm to 6am on Sunday.
The night is the
first of the five-night White Nights on
"We organised
the culture and art series to inspire bridge lovers and prepare for the Long
Bien Bridge Festival in October," said architect Nguyen Nga, the
centre's director and founder of the Long Bien Bridge Festival, which has
been held annually since 2009.
The five nights
focus in succession on the following themes: Memory, Love, Blood and Flower,
Hope and Live. They aim to encourage Ha Noi youth to preserve the cultural,
historic and architectural values of the
Traditional
cake making contest commemorates Hung Kings
A traditional Chung
cake and Day cake contest was held in the northern province of Phu Tho on
April 6 to celebrate the annual Hung Kings’
Taking part were
teams from
The capital won the
first prize in the Day cake category, while Phu Tho 2 topped the Chung cake
competition.
Vu Ba Chung, a
member from the
The contest is held
annually with the aim of paying tributes to the kings - the founders of the
nation - and fueling national pride.
Legend has it that
the two kinds of cake were first made by Prince Lang Lieu, a son of Hung King
VI. Thanks to this invention, he was given the crown from his father.
The Prince made
Chung cakes (glutinous rice cakes) in a square shape and Day cakes (glutinous
rice dumplings) in a round shape to symbolise the earth and the sky
respectively, and offered them to the king to express his respect and
gratitude for his parents and to thank the gods for the year’s good harvest.
The tradition has
been well preserved by the Vietnamese people nationwide, especially during
the lunar New Year festival.
Northern Vietnamese
make the Chung cake in square shape, while the southerners or ethnic people
in mountainous areas wrap the cakes in a cylindrical shape.
Making Chung cake
requires simple materials and ingredients which can be found in every market
in
Day cake requires a
more complicated process. First of all, sticky rice is dipped in water and
then steamed. Steamed sticky rice will be pounded in a mortar until it turns
into a soft paste, which is then shaped into round.
The worshipping
ritual of the Hung Kings was honoured by UNESCO as Intangible Cultural
Heritage of Humanity in December 2012. Meanwhile the Hung Kings’
Nu Cuoi Phong Bi
(Envelope Smile) was one of three first prize winners at the biennial
The others are Nu
Cuoi Viet
April 6 was also
observed as Cartoon Day in the city with several activities including
graffiti and cartoon exhibitions and music performances.
This is the fourth
edition of the Bamboo Dragon Cup organised by The Thao & Van Hoa (Sports
& Culture) newspaper.-
Project
Runway winner to travel to Paris, New York
This year’s winner
of the second season of designer search competition Project Runway Vietnam
2014 will receive a scholarship to study at Atelier Chardon Savard, one of
Paris’s leading fashion schools, and have his/her collection presented at New
York Couture Fashion Week in September.
This year’s twelve
finalists aged between 18 and 31 also showed up at the news conference at the
Contestants in the
country’s south take precedence over those from other regions with eight
chosen for the fi nal. Th ey are Le Dinh Chieu, Phan Nguyen Minh Quan, Ly
Giam Tien, and Nguyen Hoang Nguyen Phong from HCMC; Dang Tuan Vu from Long
An; Nguyen Minh Cong from Vinh Long; Ha Th i Hong Lam from Ca Mau; and Nguyen
Th i Lan Anh from Daklak.
The northern
finalists are To Phan Viet Linh from
These 12 finalists
will enter a common house for the final round which will be aired on VTV3 in
nine episodes every Sunday night starting from May 11 at 8 p.m. During the
contest, the best designers will come to
The coronation
night is slated for July 6. The winner of the competition will take home cash
prizes of VND200 million from Harper’s Bazaar
At a news
conference yesterday, Frank Cintamani, founder/president of the Asian Couture
Federation (ACF), acknowledged Le Thi Quynh Trang, producer of the contest,
as the first Vietnamese member of the federation.
Spring
festival opens to honour national culture
A festival themed
‘Spring honouring nation’s culture’ is underway from April 5¬–9 at Bao Son
Paradise Park in Hanoi to commemorate Vietnam Ethnic Groups Cultural Day
(April 14) and the Hung Kings Temple Festival (lunar March 10).
Held by the Vietnam
Journalists’ Association (VJA) in co-ordination with related social
organisations, the festival also aims to honour and promote the nation’s
tangible and intangible cultural values, in addition to launching a
fundraising movement for a charity that supports disadvantaged children in
Speaking at the
opening ceremony, VJA Chairman and Editor-in-Chief of Nhan Dan Newspaper
Thuan Huu said that the festival has practical significance for cultural
activities in general and journalistic activities in particular. Journalism
and culture have a close relationship that cannot be separated, he said,
adding that the era of the digital information explosion has created both
advantages and challenges for the media in preserving and promoting the
traditional cultural values of the nation.
He urged VJA
members and the media to co-ordinate closely with other related authorities,
social organisations and the people towards the common goal of building and
promoting an advanced Vietnamese culture filled with national identity.
After the flag
raising ceremony that opened the festival, special cultural activities are
taking place including exhibitions on craft villages and traditional
Vietnamese bravery as well as food fairs, traditional music, and folk games.
One hundred booths
have also been set up that introduce the products and services of villages
and artisans across the nation.
Under the framework
of the festival, an incense burning ceremony to commemorate the Hung Kings is
organised today and two chung cakes weighing a total of 2 tonnes will be made
during the event.
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Thứ Ba, 8 tháng 4, 2014
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