HA NOI — Pageant contestants will compete at the Miss Earth talent show at Diamond Palace in HCM City next Tuesday.
About 20 of the 90 contestants are registered to show off their talents at the competition. Viet Nam's representative Luu Thi Diem Huong will compete at the show. She will perform folk dances that are inspired by traditional steps from the north, south and central regions of the country.
The talent show will be broadcast live on VBC and SCTV6 channels. An auction will be held at the event to raise funds for flood victims in the central region of the country.
This is the first time the Miss Earth contest will be held outside of the Philippines. The final round will take place at Vinpearl Land resort in Nha Trang city on December 4.
Germany's leading youth choir to perform in Ha Noi
HA NOI — The German Youth Choir from Wernigerode will be performing at Ha Noi's Youth Theatre next Wednesday and Thursday as part of celebrations to mark German Year in Viet Nam 2010.
The 35-member group, aged from 15-18, will be conducted by Peter Habermann.
The choir will sing classical and modern German pieces, in addition to well-known contemporary songs from around the world.
Since its foundation in 1951, the Wernigerode broadcasting's choir has recorded more than 30 CDs and has been awarded the title Best German Choir.
Free tickets for the performance are available at the Goethe Institute, 56-58 Nguyen Thai Hoc Street, Ha Noi from Thursday.
French gypsy jazz band comes to HCM City
HCM CITY — French gypsy jazz guitar band Le Nouveau Trio Gitan will perform in HCM City next Monday.
Christian Escoude, Jean-Baptiste Laya, and Hugo Lippi will play contemporary music but with a distinct gypsy-music touch.
The band was established in 2004 by Escoude, 63, whose father, an ethnic Roma and a guitarist, had a passion for the music of gypsy jazz inventor Django Reinhardt that he passed on to his son along with a guitar at the age of 10.
The concert, organised by the French consulate in HCM City, will be held at the HCM City Opera House in District 1.
Tickets costing VND200,000, VND150,000, and VND100,000 are available at the venue. — VNS