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The poster of “Mrs. Tu Hau”.VnnNews - The Vietnam Film Institute, 523 Kim Ma street, Hanoi, has digitalized its database under the assistance of the French National Visual and Audio Institute. A virtual physics library now assisting studentsLibrary for 1,000 years of Thang Long cultureFree library gets poor villagers reading The...

The film crew who made the movie about the journey of the world largest jade Buddha statue in Vietnam has presented cash and gifts to disabled kids in HCM City.  This film was shot by Director Diep Van within three months. The movie recorded the trip of the world jade Buddha statue in Vietnam, from the Quan The Am pagoda in Danang to...

The 6th HCM City Book Festival opened today, March 15, at Le Van Tam Park with 471 participating bookstores.  The festival will open from 8.30am until 10pm everyday from March 15-20. With around 200,000 books, the organizing board estimates that around 100,000 are being introduced to the public for the first time, including 50,000...

Photographers in Hue on March 14 commemorated Dang Huy Tru, the founder of photography in Vietnam, at the temple of the Dang family.  Tru established the Cam Hieu Duong photographic shop, the first of its kind in Vietnam, on March 14 1869 in Hanoi. On this occasion, the Thua Thien – Hue Photographic Association organized a...

Rock and pop music stars Dam Vinh Hung and Kasim Hoang Vu have become Goodwill Ambassadors for the Life Is Beautiful campaign that raises awareness . . . Singer Dam Vinh Hung.Viet Nam Television (VTV) and East Meets West (a US-based non-governmental organisation) who jointly launched the campaign last December, said Hung and Kasim would be...

Hundreds of stars and fans of national cinema joined the 8th Golden Kite awards at the Friendship Palace in Ha Noi last night to celebrate the victory of Dung Dot. Dung Dot and Choi Voi (Adrift) were thought to be the main contenders for this year’s best feature film.Dung Dot has beaten Choi Voi in previous international and national...

VnnNews - The former Chairman of the British Arts Festivals Association, Nick Dodds, is coming to Hanoi for the first time to hold lectures on hosting art festivals from Mar 17-20.   UK Film Week in Hanoi and HCM City< />British opera with British conductor set for HanoiMusical sweeps into Ha NoiThe British Council in Hanoi will bring...

Writer Nguyen Nhat Anh.VnnNews - ArtSign Corporation has unveiled a series of five comic books to be written by Nguyen Nhat Anh, a Vietnamese teenage icon, with the first three to be published next week.Nguyen Nhat Anh’s stories to be turned into graphic novels< />Little Vietnamese literature read overseasBook fair introduces international...

Laos to vote for Ha Long Bay; Russian book: decades-long Vietnam-Soviet Union ties; Grammy winner to perform in Hanoi; Vietnam to host world gastronomy festival; Biggest Vietnam-US cultural project underway Laos to vote for Ha Long Bay  A musical performance programme was held in Vientiane on March 12 to encourage people in Laos to vote...

VnnNews - Xam music, usually performed by groups of blind people wandering along the streets of Hanoi, is being revived, performed and introduced to the public by the Vietnam Music Art Development Centre (VMADC).Young singer revitalizes traditional folk music< />Music in the airMusical master devoted to cultural heritage preservationDiffering...