BERLIN — A collection of short stories entitled Tuong Ve Huu (The Retired General), marking the 10th Berlin International Literature Festival, has been presented in Germany.
Author Nguyen Huy Thiep and Guenter Giesenfeld, president of Viet Nam-Germany Friendship Association, who took part in translating the collection into German, both discussed the works with various audiences.
The collection was presented in order to introduce new Vietnamese literature to German audiences.
Free movies for Ha Noi anniversary
HA NOI — A programme entitled Nhung Ngay Phim Viet Nam (Days of Viet Nam Films) will be screened as part of the Ha Noi anniversary celebrations on October 1-10 at the National Cinema Centre and August Cinema.
Admission will be free for movies including Long Thanh Cam Gia Ca (Musician in Thang Long Citadel) and Vuot Qua Ben Thuong Hai (Passing Shanghai Wharf) on the opening day.
The Viet Nam Cinema Department has organised the programme which will be shown throughout the country.
Late poet's birthday honoured in music and verse
HA NOI — Late poet To Huu's 90th birthday will be honoured at a programme of music and verse titled Dep Vo Cung To Quoc Ta Oi (Our Nation Is Very Beautiful) at the Ha Noi Opera House next Saturday.
Singers will recite the poet's works and the Viet Nam Writers' Association will hold a conference to discuss To Huu's poems.
Viet Nam's Next Top Model to premiere on VTV3
HCM CITY— The first episode of Viet Nam's Next Top Model, a television reality show that scouts potential female models, will be broadcast on the national entertainment channel VTV3 at 8pm next Thursday.
At two auditions last month in Ha Noi and HCM City, 18 girls were short-listed from more than 1,500 contestants aged between 18 and 25 from around the country.
The show will follow every move of the semi-finalists who will live together in a Cast House in HCM City for two months where they will be filmed 24/7.
They will be stripped of all means of communications to the outside world and will have no access to a mobile phone, computer, internet or newspaper.
On each show, a contestant will be eliminated after participating in challenges in different modelling skills like a photo-shoot, cat-walk and make-up.
Two finalists will be pitted against each other in the final gala show which will be aired live at the end of January.
This is the first season of the show, which is based on the show America's Next Top Model on CBS, a national TV network in the US. — VNS