Home to thousands of hectares of fruitful orchards, Lai Vung District in the southern province of Đồng Tháp has earned the affectionate title “kingdom of pink mandarins.”
Mathematician Ngo Bao Chau will release his latest book Oscar and the Lady in Pink, which he translated from the novel by Eric-Emmanuel Schmitt on Saturday.
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.
Around 3,000 people, all dressed in pink, will join
the so-called Pink Zumba World Cup, the ever first Zumba festival in
pink in Viet Nam, this Sunday.
A concert in tribute to Pink Floyd, the English rock band that achieved
international acclaim with psychedelic music, will be held at Hanoi Rock
City on Sunday.
A special photo exhibition featuring Vietnamese celebrities campaigning
for the fight against cancer will open in Ha Noi today to mark Pink
Ribbon Day, organised for the first time by Breast Cancer Network Viet
Nam.
Buckwheat flowers in the northern mountainous provinces have begun to
bloom along terraced fields, roads and in villages. The small,
light-pink flowers turn to a light purple colour several days after
blooming, resembling a vast pink painting.
Thousands of paediatric patients in HCM City and Ha Noi will receive
moon cakes, lanterns and other gifts as part of a Mid-Autumn Festival
celebration called Trai Tim Hong (Pink Heart).
A campaign with the motto "Turn your city pink!
Raise awareness for breast cancer" was launched on Wednesday by the
Siemens Group at the Viet Nam Medi Pharm Exhibition.
