Noted painter Van Duong Thanh has, for the first time, put on display
her 11 portraits by painters Nguyen Tu Nghiem (1922) and Bui
Xuan Phai (1920-1988).
Leading Vietnamese singers will perform in a show at
the HCM City Music Conservatory this weekend to commemorate the 20th
anniversary of the death of Van Cao, one of the country''s greatest
contemporary composers.
The Galleri Cupido in Stockholm put 35 Vietnamese and Swedish landscape
paintings by Vietnamese painter Van Duong Thanh on display to celebrate
45 years of diplomatic relations between the two countries.
Traditional craft villages in Hue get a chance to foster a revival
during modern times thanks to a support package valued at VND9 billion
(US$430,000) from the local budget.
The skeleton of a 15 metre-long sperm whale has been
restored and is being exhibited on Phu Quy Island, in southern Binh
Thuan Province, said Dang Minh Tri, the head of the island''s Cultural
Information Department.
