AN GIANG — Thousands of people attended the annual Bay Nui (Seven Mountains) Bull-Racing Festival in the Cuu Long (Mekong) Delta province of An Giang on Tuesday.
This year's festival attracted more than 70 pairs of oxen from the districts of Tri Ton, Tinh Bien, Chau Thanh, Chau Phu and Thoai Son, Hon Dat and Kien Luong districts of Kien Giang Province, and Kirivong District in Cambodia's Takeo Province.
The three-day festival is a traditional ritual in which the Khmer ethnic minority celebrates the Dolta Ceremony to commemorate the merits of their ancestors and wish for happiness and peace for their souls.
Pop singers star in musical series ‘For Love' on VTV3
HCM CITY — The information and entertainment channel of Viet Nam Television (VTV3) last night aired the first part of a 36-part musical film TV series Cho Mot Tinh Yeu (For Love).
The film is produced by BHD Co, a private Vietnamese media company, and directed by Nguyen Tranh and Le Hoa.
Cho Mot Tinh Yeu is considered the first-ever Viet Nam TV series to feature such a high number of singers, including My Tam, Quang Dung, Tuan Hung, Tien Dat, Minh Thuan, and Minh Tu.
This is the first time singer My Tam has played a role in a film. She is also the music director for the film.
The film will be broadcast on VTV3 at 9pm every Thursday and Friday.
VNAT launches tourism television channel
HA NOI — The National Administration of Tourism and the Viet Nam Cable Television (VCTV) plan to launch the Tourism Television Channel to introduce Viet Nam tourism to the international community and raise awareness about the developing tourism industry.
The channel will be part of VCTV's cable television system and will broadcast nationally from 6am to midnight everyday on VCTV-TH channel beginning tomorrow.
Hang Da Market hosts Ha Noi photo exhibition
HA NOI — Visitors have been flocking to see old photos of Ha Noi dating from 1831-1954 that are on show at Hang Da Market's Commercial Centre in the city.
Entitled Memories of Old Ha Noi, there are thousands of photos of Ha Noi on show that reflect the fashion and lifestyles of a bygone era.
The photographs were collected by Doan Bac and Doan Thinh to celebrate the city's millennium.
The exhibition runs until next Thursday. — VNS