The Asia Book of Records has recognised 121-year-old Nguyen Thi Tru as
the continent''s oldest living woman, and Cao Vien, 106, and his wife Vu
Thi Hai, 100, as the oldest couple.
The Past & Present photo contest, with the theme Nguoi Phu Nu Cua Toi (My Woman), will be held by BHD Star Cineplex to celebrate the International Women''s Day (March 8).
Popular theatre director Le Quy Duong is the only representative from
Viet Nam participating in the 6th Fujairah International Monodrama
Festival being held in Fujairah, the United Arab Emirates.
The richly embroidered ao dai (traditional woman dress) worn by
Vietnamese beauty Truong Thi May at this year''s Miss Universe is among
the top 5 of best national costumes, according to the Missosology, a
pageant - related forum.
The Vietnamese women''s national football team topped Group C to reach to
the final round of the Asian Cup after they beat Hong Kong 4-0 in the
last match of the event''s qualifiers at Manama Stadium in Bahrain
yesterday.
For the third time this year, Stereo Woman – Duoc La
Chinh Minh (To Be Yourself), an avant-garde play about homosexuals,
will be performed free for students from six universities in HCM City
this week and two Dak Lak colleges next month.
Vietnamese photographer Tran Viet Van won a silver
medal in the Fine Art – Nudes category of the Prix de la Photographie
Paris (Px3) photo contest for a series of five photos entitled Memory.
A memoir by former vice president Nguyen Thi Binh will be released nationwide next Tuesday.Entitled
Gia Dinh, Ban Be Va Dat Nuoc (Family, Friends and Country), the
400-page book consists of 14 chapters about her childhood and career as a
revolutionary intellectual, a...
