Former star of Manchester United Andy Cole will arrive in Viet Nam
tomorrow (June 19) for a match against V.League 1''s dark horse Quang
Ninh Coal on June 21 in the northern province of Quang Ninh.
Film Dap Canh Giua Khong Trung (Flapping in the Middle of Nowhere), the
first feature film produced and directed by Nguyen Hoang Diep, will be
screened at the Taipei Golden Horse Film Festival 2014.
More than 30,000 people crowded the central stadium in Bac Ha District,
Lao Cai Province to witness the final round of the Traditional Horse
Racing Competition yesterday morning.
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.
Nguyen Minh Phuong, 50, has been creating designs of animals assigned to
different years in the zodiac for Nguyen Hue Flower Street, HCM City''s
main attraction during Tet since 2007.
The nation as a whole is caught up in preparations
for celebrating the Lunar New Year festival, known popularly as Tet,
which falls on January 31 this year. According to the Oriental zodiac,
the coming year is the Year of the Horse.
Veteran painter Do Duc will again display his love
for the rugged region of Ha Giang through his artworks, which are on
display at his latest show opening on Friday.
With preparations beginning in June, calendar producers are hoping their
designs for 2014 (the Year of the Horse) will be popular this year, as
the economy remains stagnant.
Farmers from different ethnic groups on Bac Ha plateau in the northern
mountainous province of Lao Cai gathered at weekend to compete in the
annual horse race.
The sculpture Horse Head by artist Le Khac Cuong is
among those on display at the Viet Nam Museum of Fine Arts, 66 Nguyen
Thai Hoc Street, in the capital city, where Cuong has mounted his second
solo exhibition.
Nguyen Ha Thanh added one silver and one bronze to
Viet Nam''s medal haul at the Asian Artistic Gymnastics Championships
which are ongoing in Fujian Province, China.
