The first "Memory of Ha Noi" event will bring to
life the images and culture of the ancient Imperial Citadel of Thang
Long, the municipal department of tourism (DoT) said.
Mezzo-alto singer Minh Thu will have her first live concert
Khoi Nguyen (The Origin) in Ha Noi, marking her comeback to singing
after a failed marriage forced her to take more than a year off.
The country''s leading conservationists gathered in
Hue over the weekend to discuss the poetry that is carved on wooden and
concrete heritage buildings in the former royal capital city.
Pham Thanh Cong, 57, was one of only a dozen
survivors of 1968''s infamous My Lai massacre. More than four decades
later, he has written a book about the mass murder, in which American
soldiers killed 504 unarmed civilians.
Administrative documents signed by the Nguyen kings (1802-1945) have
received the certificate of the Asia-Pacific Region''s Memory of the
World Programme.
Dr Biswaroop Roy Chowdhury, the Guinness record holder for memory
feats, will host two workshops on enhancing the mind and body in HCM
City and Ha Noi on May 7 and 12.
Stamps in memory of French doctor and bacteriologist Alexandre Yersin
(1863-1943) who founded the Medical School of Ha Noi in 1902 went on
sale in Viet Nam and France today.
Vietnamese hearing-impaired dancers will present Sigh Memory choreographed by Le Vu Long to audiences at the Pfalzbau Theatre in Ludwigshafen, Germany on May 17.
Hundreds of art lovers in Hue City gathered at the
office of Thua Thien-Hue Association of Writers and Artists on Sunday
for the release of a new book on the life and works of renowned painter
Buu Chi.
