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German
electronic band arrives in Vietnam
German electronic
music band Stabil Elite will have four performances in
The band
will have performances at Youth Theater in
The band
from
In 2012,
Stabil Elite celebrated their first hit “Gold” and then a successful album
“Douze Pouze” in 2013.
The
band’s tour which also takes in
Further
information can be found at www.goethe.de/vietnam.
Cham
museum adds audio service
He said
that the system would provide information on displays in the museum's four
main areas – Tra Kieu, My Son, Dong Duong and Mam towers.
The
museum offers the service for VND20,000 per visitor, in addition to ticket
fees.
The
audio guides are offered in 14 languages, and visitors will be able to
connect them to their smart phones.
The
museum hosts around 200,000 visitors annually.
Photos
highlight fatherly violence
A photo
exhibit entitled Dad, I Wish... will take place at the Ha Noi Goethe
Institute beginning tomorrow.
The
exhibit features 23 photo collections revealing the hardships of young boys
suffering from domestic violence in their own homes.
The
stories depicted in Dad, I Wish... were discovered in the cities and
farmlands of Ha Noi, Ha Nam, Hoa Binh, Hung Yen, and Bac Ninh, revealing the
widespread impact of domestic violence.
Recently
in
The most
commonly used tool, known as Photovoice, empowers marginalised people by
allowing them to reclaim their voice.
This
method of communication effectively reveals the raw truth about communities
all over the world and inspires individuals and communities to take action
for the greater public good.
With the
artistic support of photographer Nguyen The Son, Dad, I Wish... helps the
children voice their desire for a model father and a happy family.
Concert
features Truong Sa soldiers
The HCM
City Television will broadcast a music show on Wednesday featuring soldiers
stationed on the Truong Sa (Spratly) islands.
The
show, called Bien Oi Hay Len Tieng (The Voice of the Seas), will include
contemporary music composed by talented musicians like Hong Dang and Quynh
Hop. More than 30 artists will join the event.
Young
singers Ha Thuy Anh and Y Jang Tuyn, and the girl band Hoa Nang (Sunflower)
will sing songs about Truong Sa composed by HCM City Music Conservatory's
musicians after their fact-finding stay with the soldiers on the islands.
"We
want to send our love to Truong Sa soldiers," said singer Y Jang Tuyn of
the Banar ethnic minority group in
The show
will be broadcast at 9pm on Wednesday on HCM City Television's HTV9 channel.
The HCM
City Youth Cultural House is preparing to greet the Christmas and New Year
festive season.
Dozens
of concerts, art exhibitions, circus and comedy shows will begin in early
December.
The
festival week called Noel Ngot Ngao – Don Chao Nam Moi 2015 (Sweet Noel-
Welcome A Happy New Year) will be held on December 24 through the first day
of 2015, offering a programme of music, dance, comedy, circus and puppet
shows. Young singers and comic artists will participate the event every
night.
A
painting festival will begin this week to encourage hundreds of children and
teenagers paint and make season greeting cards for their family, teachers and
friends.
The
house will also host fashion show featuring fashion models and pop stars, who
entertain the audience from an imposing stage with spectacular light and
sound effects.
More
than 15,000 youngsters are expected to attend the house's festive
activities.
Veteran
cai luong artist gives live show
Renowned
cai luong (reformed opera) artist Hong Nga plans to organise a live show to
mark her 70th birthday on January 17 in
The Nua
The Ky Con Tam Nha To (Artist Weaving Heart and Soul Into Half a Century of
Cai Luong) will be directed by People's Artist Tran Ngoc Giau and organised at
Hoa Binh Theatre.
As an
artist for more than five decades, the veteran has impressed Vietnamese
audiences of cai luong and plays with roles in Co Gai Do Long, Tuyet Tinh Ca,
Me Yeu, Tinh Nghe Sy and others.
She is
organising this show to express her sincere thanks to her audience. All of
the money collected from the show will be donated to a charity helping
artists facing difficult situation in life.
Apart
from cai luong, the show will also include comedy and music performed by
other renowned artists including Bao Quoc, Ngoc Giau, Minh Vuong, Phuong Hong
Thuy, Que Tran, comedian Hoai Linh, Viet Huong, and Truong Giang.
This
will be her second live show. The first was organised to mark her 48 years on
stage at Trong Dong Stage in 2008.
"I
have been an artist for 55 years. And I want to leave an impression. Now, I
am going to be 70. I cannot predict how long my life will last, so this will
be the biggest and most interesting show of mine," she was quoted as
saying in The Thao & Van Hoa (Sports and Culture) newspaper.
New
game show seeks comedy talents
"Anything
goes as long as it makes the judges crack up" is the brief participants
get in a new game show titled Thach Thuc Danh Hai (Crack Them Up) that has
cash prizes worth VND100 million (US$4,761).
It is based
on a successful Ukrainian game show.
Produced
by Dien Quan Media and Entertainment Co., it aims to discover new comedy
talents whose challenge is to make comedians Tran Thanh and Viet Huong laugh
in five rounds of a minute each.
Starting
at VND2 million ($95) for succeeding in round one, the prize money will keep
increasing exponentially.
Unlike
other game shows, Thach Thuc Danh Hai does not have age or nationality
restrictions for participants, and foreigners can register to take part.
There
will be auditions in
The show
is set to debut in the second quarter of next year on HCM Television.
The
Toyota Vietnam Foundation in conjunction with the Ministry of Education and
Training has awarded 85 grants worth VND340 million (US$16,200) to local
music students.
The
grants were given to talented young musicians at schools all over the
country, including the Viet Nam National Academy of Music, the Hue Academy of
Music, the HCM City Academy of Music and the Viet Bac Culture and
The
foundation has so far awarded 560 grants to Vietnamese music students.
Funding
for the programme comes from ticket sales for the Toyota Concert Tour 2014
that passed through Ha Noi, Nac Lac and
Laos
Cultural Week to be held in Vietnam
The
Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism and its
The
event, as part of
Highlights
of the week are performances of art troupes from
Old
book festival - A meeting for book lovers in Hanoi
The
first Hanoi Old Book Festival 2014 is taking place at
The
event offers book lovers the opportunity to exchange their old books for new
ones and to take part in a seminar on book with Lawyers Ta Thu Phong,
Translator Dinh Ba Anh and Doctor Nguyen Duc Thanh, who are well-known book
collectors in
Highlight
of the festival is a book exhibition, which showcases some precious books
from Hanoi Library and Information Centre under The Ministry of Education and
Training.
Organised
by Alpha Books Company, the festival aims to create a cultural space, where
brings old book lovers and secondhand booksellers closer. The festival is
scheduled to be held annually in the future.
The
event attracts the participation some organisations and individuals in
exchanging old book field such as Ha Thanh Secondhand Book, Books sales,
Ancient Book, Tung’s books and Chien Secondhand Book. The units introduce
many precious books such as Dream psychology: psychoanalysis for beginners
translated by Nguyen Xuan Hieu in 1970, which is highly evaluated by
collectors.
The
books will be auctioned at the event. The organising board will spend 50
percent of the amount from the auction to buy books for Lac Son A High
school’s library, in Lac Son district, Hoa Binh province.
Additionally,
Alpha Books Company will call for donations of books for the Lac Son A High school’s
library.
Soap
opera on HIV/AIDS prevention staged
A drama
titled “Cau vong khuyet” to promote the people’s awareness on HIV/AIDS
prevention was staged for free with the support of the U.S. Consulate General
and U.S.-based organization PEPFAR at Idecaf in District 1 on Nov. 29, Dec. 1
and Dec. 6 to mark the World Aids Day (Dec. 1).
The
drama directed by veteran actress Kim Khanh tells about a love story of a
homosexual couple who face the insurmountable barrier of public opinions. The
message of the play is to call on the community to have healthy lifestyle to
eliminate the spread of HIV/AIDS disease and to have sympathy to homosexual.
Audiences
can get invitations to the show at Idecaf at
The U.S.
President’s Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief (PEPFAR) is the U.S. Government
initiative to help save the lives of those suffering from HIV/AIDS around the
world. Since 2005 it has sponsored about US$400 million for HIV/AIDS
prevention in
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Thứ Hai, 1 tháng 12, 2014
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