HA NOI — The fifth Singers Day will be held on January 17-19 in the northern city of Ha Long.
The day is expected to attract around 200 domestic and overseas Vietnamese singers.
The conference will host a discussion on celebrity culture, their artistic responsibility to the community, artists and internet.
The Noi Vong Tay Lon (Joining Arms) charity gala will take place on January 19 to raise funds for local poor fishing people.
The previous Singers Day was held in Quy Nhon last year.
1,000th anniversary book takes music prize
HA NOI — A book on One-Thousand Year Thang Long - Ha Noi has won the highest prize of the year 2010 by the Viet Nam Musicians' Association.
The book consists of five parts covering court music, ca tru (ceremonial singing), traditional music, modern music and music criticism.
The awards ceremony was held last night at the headquarters of Radio Voice of Viet Nam in Ha Noi.
Viet Nam Orchestra charms in New York
NEW YORK — The National Symphony Orchestra of Viet Nam on Saturday performed at a peace concert held at New York City's Carnegie Hall together with artists from Japan, South Korea and the US.
Vietnamese Ambassador to the US Bui The Giang stressed that the event was a symbol of friendship and closer co-operation between peoples. The event also sent a message of peace and friendship to peoples all over the world, he said.
The concert was conducted by Japanese conductor Honna Tetsuji and featured South Korean teenage talented pianist Isadora Kim.
Photos convey kids' views on social safety
HCM CITY — Photographs taken by a group of fourth and fifth grade students to express their views on pedestrian safety are on show at an exhibition at a HCM City primary.
"Photovoice" at the Nguyen Minh Quang Primary School in District 9, which has more than 100 photos taken by eight children, is part of a project to use photographs to promote social change and improve the quality of life in communities.
Express delivery company FedEx and global NGO Safe Kids Worldwide, the sponsors, have already carried out this project in Brazil, Canada, China, India, South Korea, and the Philippines.
In Viet Nam, they launched it together with the Asia Injury Prevention Foundation in October.
They selected students for photography training and pedestrian-safety education who then took the photos.
"The project will help educate children about pedestrian and traffic safety," Mirjam Sidik, executive director of the Foundation, said.
The photos will be sent to several other schools in the city where they will be displayed for three days each. — VNS