HA NOI — The eighth Mot Trai Tim – Mot The Gioi (One Heart – One World) charity arts programme will take place at the Ha Noi Cultural Friendship Palace on Saturday.
The programme is being organised by the Association for the Support of Vietnamese Handicapped and Orphans (ASVHO) and the Ministry of Labour, Invalids and Social Affairs in co-operation with Viet Nam Television to celebrate the National Day for the Disabled People (April 18).
According to ASVHO Chairman Nguyen Dinh Lieu, the programme aims to bring the public closer to disabled people and orphans who live in the countryside and remote areas.
Visitors will also have the opportunity to listen to stories about blind people, who have overcome their difficulties and integrated with society.
The ASVHO raised VND117 billion (US$5.6 million) last year, helping to pay for 235,000 courses of medical treatment.
The programme will be broadcast live on VTV1 at 8pm.
Museum hosts calligraphy exhibition
PHU THO — Eighty works of calligraphy by Vietnamese, Chinese and South Korean artists are on display at the Hung Kings Museum.
The exhibition has been organised by the Phu Tho Provincial Literature and Arts Association in conjunction with the museum on the occasion of the Hung Kings Festival 2011.
Poems from Nhat Ky Trong Tu (Prison Diary) by President Ho Chi Minh, verses from the Ly-Tran dynasty as well as modern poems have been transformed by the artists so that the spirit of each word is imbued in their work.
The exhibition will run until next Thursday. — VNS