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Art & Entertainment News 15/1
Local film to debut at Berlin International Film Festival
The much-talked about film – Big Father, Small Father and
Other Stories – directed by Phan Dang Di will make its international debut at
the 65th Berlin International Film Festival.
This is the first ever Vietnamese film to screen at the
festival, which is to run February 5-15, and it will be shown as part of the
Golden Bear and Silver Bear awards competition.
Other prominent Vietnamese cinematographers that will
participate at the event include director Phan Dang Di, actress Do Thi Hai
Yen, female documentary film director Nguyen Thi Tham and writer Nguyen My
Trang.
The Vietnam National Music, Dance and Vocal Theatre will
represent
Chingay 2015 will be the biggest and grandest festival in the
Chingay history from 1973 with the number of tourists to enjoy the coming
Chingay to be doubled to at least 80,000, Ang Hak Seng, Chief Executive
Director of the People’s Association, told media on January 14.
The two-hour programme will be conducted by 3,000 parade
volunteers and 11,000 volunteer performers. A total of 1,000 performers from
19 international contingents from 15 countries and territories in Asia,
Ang told the Vietnam News Agency’s Singapore-based reporter
that Chingay 2015 will be joined by “very good friends from
The relationship between the People’s Association of Singapore
and the Vietnam Fatherland Front has gone from strength to strength and the
two organisations have recently signed an MoU, which sees cooperation in
training, he added.
“Through this training, we hope to build ties between young
leaders in the future of
At least 30 international media, including TVs, print and
online media as well as wire agencies, including the Vietnam News Agency, have
been invited to cover Chingay Parade Singapore 2015.
Shipping
container converted to library
A Swiss-based international non-governmental organisation, the
Dariu Foundation, in coordination with Maersk Viet
It is the first container library in
This was the first time that the company worked together with
the Dariu Foundation to transform a container into a special container
library for use by 900 Vietnamese pupils.
This special library has over 1,000 books which have been
donated by Maersk Viet
There is a wide range of books such as textbooks,
dictionaries, and books on science and literature.
Six computers have been donated by Maersk Viet
Koreana mag launches Vietnamese edition
Vietnamese readers can now enjoy reading Koreana magazine in
their native tongue, due to the recent efforts of the Korea Foundation.
The project was funded by the Foundation's Ha Noi office and
carried out by the faculty of the Korean Studies department at the
Koreana magazine was first launched in 1987 accompanied by an
English version so as to bring to the international community a taste of the
The magazine has since been translated into 10 languages
including the most recent Vietnamese version, introduced to readers at the
beginning of 2015.
Korea Foundation Chairman, Yu Hyun-Seok, said the Vietnamese
edition would build understanding between Vietnamese and Korean cultures.
Especially for students of Korean studies and language, the
new version of Koreana will be a valuable reference tool.
The
Observatory hosts three nights of music
The Observatory will host a three-night show featuring
international and local musicians on January 15-17.
The
has released one album and dozens of singles and extended
plays, and toured to
The January 16 show will feature a mixture of hip hop, funk
and soul performed by local DJ duo Cheezy Gangztaz with support from DJs
Maraphoria and Mark Do. Tickets cost VND50,000.
The last show on January 17 will highlight disco, boogie,
funk, soul and jazz with performances from resident DJs Datodeo and
Starchild.
Entrance is free.
All three music nights will start at 10 pm at
Choreographer to hold fusion dance workshop
The Dancenter will host a two-day contemporary jazz-fusion
dance workshop with Mylene Riou, a choreographer, stage director, and
professor in jazz and contemporary dance, on January 16-17.
The event will start with a warm-up consisting of floor-work
techniques. Its main part will focus on choreographic work.
Riou trained at the Alvin Ailey School of New York at the age
of 18. She has also worked for the Rick Odums Jazz Ballet of Paris.
The workshop will take place from 7pm-9pm on January 16, and
9pm-11am on January 17. The centre is at
Entrance fee is VND100,000 for professional dancers and
performing art students, and VND250,000 for teenagers and adults.
FVH hosts weekend city walks
Friends of Vietnam Heritage will host two city walks next
weekend.
The first one on Saturday, January 24 will be around
The next day, January 25, the walk will commence at
The walks cost VND70,000 each. To join, contact Jura at
jura.cullen@cantab.net for the walk on January 24 and Loan at
phuongloan2704@gmail.com for the one on January 24. Both tours will be
conducted in English and take place from 9-11.30am.
AmCham members get to wine and dine
AmCham members are invited to an exclusive wine tasting taking
place tomorrow (Jan 16) at Red Apron Boutique (
For VND200,000, AmCham members will enjoy a variety of wines
served and explained by the experts at Red Apron, along with a selection of
meats, cheeses and breads from the nearby Saint Honore Bakery and Deli.
Advance registration is required. Please visit the event page
amchamhanoi.com/event/year-end-networking-event/ to complete
the online registration form. The event will take place from 6:30-8:30pm.
Art photos from 27th national contest showcased in Hai Phong
Selected entries to the 27th National Art Photo Contest are
being exhibited at the Centre for Fine Art and Exhibition in the northern
port city of
According to the organisers - the Department of Fine Arts,
Photography and Exhibition under the Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism,
and the Hai Phong Department of Culture, Sports and Tourism - 198 photos were
chosen from 6,718 works that 1,046 professional and amateur photographers
nationwide sent to the Contest.
Among the entries, 1,430 photos feature the Central Highlands’
beauty and 1,325 others capture the sea and islands of
The display vividly depicts the beauty of landscapes possessed
by
At the 7 th Art Photo Contest, the Organising Board awarded
two gold, four silver, six bronze medals, and 14 consolation prizes to
outstanding works.
Two gold medals went to “Chord” by Tran Thi Minh Ha from
The Hai Phong exhibition will run until January 22.
In response to the “Earth Hour” campaign which will take place
from 20.30 to 21.30 pm on March 28, a launching ceremony of “Turn off the
lights, turn on the ideas 2015″ contest and “I ride a bike today” campaign
will be held at Laca Coffee in Hanoi on January 15, with the participation of
hundreds of young people.
The two major activities are organized by Redraw The Line –
Contestants in ‘Turn off the lights, turn on the ideas 2015”
will have to build up characters representing 3 environment protection
activities such as garbage collection, planting trees and energy saving.
The best entries will be printed on T-shirts and sold to raise
funds for environment protection activities.
All proceeds from the event will be donated to support
reforestation in Thua Thien-Hue.
The “I ride a bike today” campaign with the message “You
should change your habits before the climate changes you”, supports the use
of bicycles for short-distance journeys.
Each short-distance journey will slowly form the habit of
cycling and turn it into a sustainable and green lifestyle, an
environmentally-friendly trend of today’s young generation.
‘People may not notice one environment-loving yet lonesome
biker, but the joint effort of many will make biking an integral part of a
green lifestyle, as well as a new trend for everyone to follow’, says
Redrawtheline’s website.
‘Greater changes and success will come about much easier if we
stand side by side and act together’.
Thua Thien-Hue invests VND150 billion to repair 22 relics
In 2015, the Hue Relics Conservation Centre planned to invest
VND150 billion (US$7 million) to repair and restore 22 relics at the Hue
Citadel relic site in order to promote the relics’ value to tourists.
Among the relics to be repaired and preserved are Phu Van Lau,
Nhat Thanh Lau, relics inside the Hue Citadel, Tu Duc King Shrine and
This year, the centre expects to welcome 3.1-3.3 million
tourists, including 1.1-1.3 million international tourists, bringing in
VND170-175 billion (US$8-8.2 million) from entrance tickets.
In 2014, the centre invested VND105.4 billion (US$4.9 million)
to repair and restore 17 relics in accordance with Decision 1880/QD-TTg by
Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung on preserving and promoting values of the Hue
Citadel in the 2010-2020 period.
The centre also studied, compiled, translated and published
over 20 books about Hue cultural heritage sites and dozens of important royal
musical works, while studying and successfully staging 15 royal dances, two
ancient royal plays and 25 classical drama excerpts for festivals and
cultural exchanges.
Over VND139 billion (US$6.5 million) was made from selling
entrance tickets, reaching 111.2% of the year’s plan, while VND18 billion was
earned from services, twice the turnover as 2013.
Art programme to combine water puppetry and Cheo singing on
one stage
The Hanoi Cheo (Traditional Opera) Theatre will launch a daily
arts programme combining Cheo singing and water puppetry on one stage on
January 16.
The stage includes a pond for water puppets and a wooden floor
for Cheo artists.
Instead of being controlled by performers behind the curtain
like normal water puppetry shows, the marionettes are controlled by Cheo
singers while they perform Cheo melodies for audiences, creating a unique
show for audiences.
According to Meritorious Artist Thuy Mui, Director of the
Theatre, the show is part of the theatre’s project on preserving and developing
the traditional arts.
The programme seeks to offer audiences, particularly children
and foreigners, a brand new entertainment experience, where they can enjoy
Cheo melodies while watching funny water puppetry, two Vietnamese folk art
forms, she said.
There will be also performances of Xam singing (ancient folk
songs performed by blind beggars), chau van (spiritual signing) and solos of
traditional instruments during the event.
The show is set to kick off at 8 pm every day at No 15,
Source: VNN/VNA/VNS/VOV/SGT/SGGP/ND
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Thứ Năm, 15 tháng 1, 2015
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