Art troupes and cultural houses in HCM City are offering summer courses
in traditional Vietnamese music and theatre in an attempt to lure
children away from online games and films on their Ipads and
smart-phones.
Calligraphy is no longer only a man''s occupation in Viet Nam, but the
image of a woman sitting and donating words to passersby is somehow
still unusual to many people.
Vietnamese weightlifters will try to secure their Olympic berths at the
coming world championships to be held in Almaty, Kazakhstan, from
November 4 to 16.
An exhibition of videos, sculptures, installation
works, paintings, and drawings by six contemporary artists from the
Global South, a group of former colonies, will take place at San Art in
HCM City from August 7 to October 30.
