Show depicts imperial exams
HCM City Television’s HTV9 broadcast on Tuesday the first episode of Leu Chong (Tents and Bamboo Beds) about examinations organised in Viet Nam 100 years ago.
During imperial times, examinations to select courtiers were organised for several days on vast grounds in the capital city. Candidates took their examinations and spent several days in tents they put up themselves.
Leu Chong depicts society, education, and examinations during the Nguyen dynasty, as well as, the difficulties faced by candidates and the sorrows of unsuccessful ones.
It has been written by Le Ngoc Minh and based on the novel of the same name by Ngo Tat To, a well-known writer in the 1940s.
Scenes involving historic places were shot in Bac Ninh, Hue and Hoi An.
Leu Chong won the Silver Kite Award and Nguyen Thanh Van, its director, the Golden Kite Award for best director at the Viet Nam Cinematography Association’s Film Festival last year.
“HCM City Television Film Studio is showing the 23-episode serial to commemorate the 1000th anniversary of Ha Noi,” director Nguyen Viet Hung, said.
Photo exhibition on Vietnam opens in London
A photography exhibition entitled “Vietnamese Soul” opened in London on September 1 on Vietnam and its people to mark the country’s 65th National Day.
Speaking at the opening ceremony, the Vietnamese ambassador to the UK, Tran Quang Hoan, stated that relations between Vietnam and the UK have been developing strongly in many fields since the diplomatic ties between the two countries were set up in 1973. The exhibition will help visitors to gain a better understanding of Vietnam as well as strengthen ties between the two countries.
The exhibition is showcasing work by 10 Vietnamese painters, including “Long Bien Bridge” by Le Quy Tong, “small path” by Pham Luan and “girl in Ao Dai” by Lim Khim Katy.
An English visitor said that she had visited Vietnam before and that these photos had brought back memories of Vietnam and its people. She said she will turn to Vietnam soon.
Global beauties espouse environment
Contestants from nearly 90 countries and territories will take part in the month-long Miss Earth beauty pageant to be held in Vietnam in November.
HCM City’s Miss Vietnam World 2010, Luu Thi Diem Huong, will represent the host.
The pageant will open on November 4 with environmental protection activities in HCM City, Phan Thiet, Hoi An and Nha Trang.
These will include talks on environment on TV and in schools, and seminars on environmental protection.
The candidates will visit famous historical sites and schools for disadvantaged children, and take part in other cultural and community activities.
The finals and the awards ceremony will be held on December 4 in Nha Trang.
Apart from raising people’s awareness of environmental protection, the pageant will also showcase tourist destinations of Vietnam.
The pageant is organized by the Philippines ’ Carousel Productions Inc and Vietnamese partner Thanh Nien Media Group.
Vietnamese publishers attend Moscow book fair
On September 1, a Vietnamese delegation attended an international fair on books in Moscow.
The delegation, which comprises representatives of the country’s publishing department, the National Political Publishing House, and the Book and Newspaper Export-Import Company, brought along 350 Vietnamese books, most of which are about the millennial history of Thang Long-Hanoi.
Among the books are a set titled 36, which feature the 36 guild streets in Hanoi’s Old Quarter, and the city’s architecture and artisans. There are also books on Vietnam’s culture, history, customs, festivals and tourism.
Khuat Duy Hai, Vice Director of the National Political Publishing House, said that Vietnamese publishers often attend international fairs of books to meet with their foreign counterparts, learn from their experiences and seek out opportunities for joint initiatives.
This year’s fair, which lasts until September 6, has attracted 1,500 publishing houses from 56 countries around the world with 200,000 books in various languages on display.
Belgian film director lectures on documentaries
The renowned Belgian film director, Thierry Michel, will teach Vietnamese directors and cinematography students how to make documentary films at a five-day training course, starting on September 6.
The course has been jointly sponsored by the Wallonie-Bruxelles delegation to Vietnam and Vietnam’s National Documentary and Scientific Film Studio as part of an ongoing programme of cooperation.
The course will help the trainees to analyse Vietnamese and foreign documentary films for reference, as well as films that have been completed, including documentary films projects of Vietnam.
Also as part of the course, the trainees will have the opportunity to discuss trends and renewal of documentary film making in Asia and other parts of the world as well as the techniques required by Asian and global TV channels. They will analyse the weak and strong points of Vietnamese documentaries so they can integrate the country’s film industry into world cinema.
The participants will also be taught how to create and form the necessary scenarios to meet the requirements of European film producers and TV channels.
Thierry Michel, who is also a journalist and a lecturer at the Institute des Arts de Diffusion (IAD) in Belgium, has produced two feature films along with numerous well known documentaries including Mobutu the King of Zai-ia, the Congo River, Children of Rio, Iran: Veiled Appearances, the Metamorphosis of a Train Station and Donka.
Porcelain festival marks capital’s birthday
Two hundred photos are on display at a fine arts exhibition opened in the southern province of Binh Duong on Sept. 1.
The exhibition is part of the Vietnam-Binh Duong Porcelain Festival 2010, which aims to mark the 1,000th anniversary of Thang Long-Hanoi.
The eight-day festival entitled, “Vietnam porcelain – traditions, identity and development” aims to honour porcelain craft villages and porcelain craftsmen.
The festival that will wrap up on Sept. 9 includes a porcelain exhibition-cum-fair, an exhibition on Binh Duong’s socio-economic achievements over 35 years of construction and development and a seminar on Vietnam’s porcelain during the nationalization and modernization process.
An exhibition of Vietnam’s Guinness porcelain products will be held together with a display of special dishes of southeastern provinces during the festival.
Winners of Thang Long-Hanoi contest awarded
The contest entitled “Hanoi’s thousand years of civilisation” closed with its prizes-giving ceremony taking place in Hanoi on August 31.
The special prize was presented to the Youth Union from the Cavico Vietnam Corporation. The first prizes went to the Hanoi Children’s Palace and the Youth Union of BB38 in military zone 5 in the highland province of Lam Dong.
Three second prizes were given to Nguyen Manh Tan from the People’s Politic Academy, Do Thi Thanh My and Dang Thi Hanh from Hanoi’s College of Home Affairs and the Youth Union from Hanoi Children’s Palace.
The one hundred year old participant Vu Duy Binh from Hanoi and the youngest Ngo Hoang Khanh Van were also awarded.
Launched in November 2009, the contest drew a large number of participants from across the country and overseas.
By taking part in the contest, the contestants learnt more about the history and culture of the Thang Long citadel in the past and the capital of Hanoi in the present day.
It helped people improve their political awareness and responsibility for remembering the capital’s historical events and cultural heritage as well as portraying the city to Vietnamese and foreign visitors, said the organizers.
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