The 2015 Swedish literary Cikada Prize has been
granted to poet Hoang Thi Y Nhi in recognition of how she has defended
the inviolability of life in her poetry.
Painter Trinh Cung, one of the most important artists of pre-1975 Sai
Gon, has unveiled his latest works in an exhibition that opened on
Monday in Ha Noi.
Do (poonah) paper, used to make the famous folk
painting Dong Ho, has been given new vitality thanks to an art project
d by a young NGO employee, Tran Hong Nhung.
The Monsoon Music Festival, dubbed the first ever "Made in Viet Nam"
event of its kind, presented a curtain riser in Ha Noi last night that
thoroughly whetted the appetite of an audience with high expectations.
A horse race featuring 16 ethnic Mong jockeys from the northern
mountainous province of Lao Cai drew thousands of spectators to the
Culture Tourism Village of Vietnamese Ethnic Groups on Saturday.
After decades belonging to galleries and exhibitions outside Viet Nam,
several paintings by famous Vietnamese painters have been returned to
the country thanks to the extraordinary efforts of a Vietnamese art
collector, Nguyen Minh.
The flaming sunlight of summer helps condense the sweetness in many
kinds of fruit. At this particular time of the year, the streets of Ha
Noi are flooded with the popular, plump, dark-red litchi, one of the
sweetest of all tropical fruits.
The Tra Su cajeput forest in the southern province of An Giang has
become a favourite tourist spot, especially for those who respect its
diversified ecosystem.
Seeing the colourful paper robots on display at the Japan Foundation
Centre for Cultural Exchange in Ha Noi, brothers Duc Nam and Duc Khang
were instantly infatuated with the novel toys.
