Belgian dancer and choreographer Karine Ponties
has returned to Ha Noi for the fifth contemporary dance festival "Europe
Meets Asia in Contemporary Dance". She continued to collaborate with
the Viet Nam National Opera and Ballet (VNBO) and d a duo dance
piece entitled At...
The French animation film Mune (also known as the Guardian of the
Moon) was highly appreciated in Viet Nam for its original story with
unique characters when it was presented to the public last week. It is a
fantasy film about a universe...
The National Museum of Asian Arts (also known as the
Guimet Museum) is the biggest museum of Asian arts in Europe, and is
home to the most beautiful collections of Asian arts in the city. It
houses precious Vietnamese collections and has organised...
Algerian writer and journalist Kamel Daoud''s debut novel Meursault, Contre-Enquete (The
Meursault Investigation) won the Goncourt Prize (the most prestigious
French literary award) for a first novel in May, and several other
important awards.
The "Let''s Go to the Cinema" award ceremony was held
as part of the Francophone Film Festival last week in Ha Noi. The event
also marks the end of a four-year cultural mission led by Anissa
Barrak, the Asia-Pacific regional director of the...
On a small stage decorated minimally with a bamboo bed and a house made
out of a carton with a thatched roof, a group of students from To Hoang
primary school performed the play Su Tich Cay Vu Sua (The Legend of...
A cock crows from the garden in the remote Ba Danh
pagoda near Ha Nam City, breaking the silence beside the romantic Day
River. The breeze blows from nearby Ngoc Mountain, driving away the heat
of early summer.
Under the mossy old gate of the Son Tay Ancient Citadel, embraced by
huge roots of 100-year-old trees, a group of teenagers were chatting and
laughing and trying to take photos of each other. Not far from them,
two young boys were fishing...
Sung La village, located on Dong Van plateau in the
northern mountainous province of Ha Giang, became a popular tourist
destination after it was featured in the 2006 film Chuyen Cua Pao (Pao''s Story).
Jean Verly has become a fixture in Viet Nam''s rock climbing scene. In
2011 he d VietClimb, one of the first rock climbing gyms. Three
years later, VietClimb has become the rendezvous for Vietnamese and
foreigners who want to get fit enjoying the...
