HA NOI – The first Viet Nam Fruit Festival, organised by Tien Giang's People's Committee, will run from April 19 to 24.
"Under the theme ‘Viet Nam's Fruit in a Time of Integration', the festival organising board wants to show off the diversification and richness of fruit in Viet Nam to local and foreign friends and tourists," said Tran The Ngoc, chairman of the Tien Giang's People's Committee.
"The festival will be a chance to honour farmers, scientists, entrepreneurs and companies for their contribution to the development of fruit in Viet Nam," Ngoc said.
More than 700 kiosks and art shows will display fruit products from around the country.
Aside from a number of events, there will be a scientific seminar on fruit market.
Vietnamese fruits are sold in 50 countries.
In the south, fruit is grown on 280,000 ha – nearly 70 per cent of the total fruit-farming area in the country.
Canadian bilingual singer entertains at City hotel
HCM CITY — Melanie LeBlanc, a bilingual singer from Canada with a repertoire of English and French songs, is Park Hyatt Sai Gon's new resident entertainer.
LeBlanc graduated from the University of Moncton and the Theatre Randolph Academy and has performed in numerous Canadian theater productions like Rockbound (Two Planks and a Passion Theatre) and A Christmas Carol (Theatre New Brunswick).
"This is my first time in Viet Nam. Honestly, I feel a bit lost and alone, but I have only been here a few days.
"I'm hopeful I'll make many wonderful discoveries about the place and the people. It takes time to get over culture shock. However, I feel lucky to be here and thankful for the opportunity."
She performs every night except Tuesdays at the Park Lounge until June 19.
Megastar unveils ‘How to train your dragon' contest
HCM CITY – Megastar, the country's leading film distributor, has announced a dragon-painting contest for people aged between six and 29 with the prize being invitations to the premiere of the animated 3D Hollywood film How to train your dragon probably at the end of April.
It is open to contestants in Ha Noi, Hai Phong, Da Nang, and HCM City and Dong Nai Province who have to hand-paint a dragon using any material but without using computers. Each contestant can send no more than one entry.
The contestants will be divided into two age groups – six to 15 and 16 to 29 – and they can get the paper from and send their entries to local Megastar cineplexes before April 9.
Twenty six of them will be invited to the film along with their families besides getting cash prizes. — VNS