The central city of Hue has opened Emperor Bao Dai''s palace to the
public to mark the New Year, giving tourists to the former royal capital
a closer look at life during the Nguyen dynasty (1802-1945).
A unique fashion exhibit featuring the 22 latest designs of noted
Italian designer Raffaella Curiel will go on display here from November
24 to December 7.
Photos and videos of dragon and fairy engravings on
pillars and wooden walls of Vietnamese communal temples from the 16th
century to the early 19th century are being shown as part of an exhibit
at the HCM City Fine Arts Museum.
A photo exhibit commemorating the 202nd Independence Day of the
Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela opened yesterday in Ha Noi. Nearly 100
photos featuring friendship and co-operation between Viet Nam and
Venezuela are on display.
"Ha Noi''s Days and Nights in 1972," an exhibit of
photos of Ha Noi taken during the 1972 US B52 aerial bombardment of the
city, will open tonight at the French Cultural Centre.
New work by local artists will be presented at an exhibit that opens to the public tonight in Ha Noi.Entitled
Living Jewel, the exhibit includes artist Le Huy Hoang''s latest
installation Rain, made from cabbage sprouts, acupuncture needles and
nylon threads.
The nation''s struggle to modernise without losing its traditions and
culture is being given visual expression by six outstanding artists in
an exhibition in Hong Kong entitled Viet Nam Now, opening next Friday
and continuing through September 9.
The French owner of King Ham Nghi''s painting Chieu
ta (Declin du Jour) wants to exhibit it in Viet Nam on the occasion of
the sovereign''s 70th death anniversary.
