Dozens of singers will perform in a concert at HCM City''s Hoa Binh
Theatre today to honour the late ethnic singer Y Moan, a rock star from
Tay Nguyen (Central Highlands) who popularised his region''s music among
young people.
More than 20,000 books, probably more than 100 years old, are on display
at HCM City''s Youth Cultural House during the Old Book Festival 2015,
which opens until tomorrow.
Around 150 kinds of regionally distinguished fruits
will be sold on 50 boats at the "Fruit Floating Market" at the 2015
Southern Fruit Festival to be held early next month in HCM City, a press
briefing was told on Thursday.
Defending champions Ha Noi 1 beat TNG Thai Nguyen
3-0 in the first leg of the National Women''s Football Championships in
HCM City''s Thong Nhat Stadium yesterday.
A beauty contest to highlight women wearing ao dai
(Vietnamese traditional long dresses) will open the second Ao Dai
Festival in HCM City''s Dam Sen Cultural Park in District 11 on March 7.
This year''s 10th Lawrence S. Ting charity walk
has raised about VND3 billion (US$143,000) from sponsors, organisers and
individuals since the campaign was launched about three months ago.
