Upcoming Events (May 10 2012)
HA NOI
Fund-raising flash mob dances for poor children
More than 40 Vietnamese and international dancers will gather to dance for a fund-raiser hosted by Apsara Dance Studio on Saturday. The event is targeted to raise money for underprivileged children via the Blue Dragon Children Foundation – a grassroots charity working with kids in crisis throughout Viet Nam.
The dancers will present a series of flash mob dances featuring belly dance, zumba, hip hop, jazz for kids, and bachata.
The event will start at 10am at PicoMall, 229 Tay Son Street, Dong Da District. Anyone who is interested in the event can register at apsarastudio@gmail.com or dial (04) 3718 6869.
Rooftop party features famous K-Pop songs
The first-ever K-Pop party for all fans of South Korean pop music will take place at The Rooftop Bar&Restaurant on Saturday.
During the event that will run from 9pm until midnight, DJ Andrew Tang from the Avalon Club in Singapore, will present all the greatest hits of famous South Korean bands and singers.
The Rooftop is located on the 19th floor of Pacific Place, 83B Ly Thuong Kiet Street.
Join FVH to know more about Viet Nam
Friends of Vietnam Heritage (FVH) – an informal group of Ha Noi residents from many countries working voluntarily to promote and preserve Vietnamese cultural and historical heritage, will host a movie screening on Friday, May 18, from 7.30pm at the Hanoi Cinematheque, 22A Hai Ba Trung Street.
The movie Le Petit Vietnam, which is presented in Vietnamese and French, with English subtitles, is about the children who still remember fighting in the school yard over a racist word with their French peers but who also introduced Vietnamese to them. In other words, the movie is a story of integration and national identity.
To register, contact Thu at fvh.films@gmail.com. Tickets cost: VND100,000 each.
HCM CITY
Exhibition explores river landscapes
Riverscapes IN FLUX, an exhibition that features different kinds of art works by 17 young artists from Viet Nam, Thailand, Cambodia, Myanmar, Indonesia and the Philippines, will open in HCM City on Sunday.
The exhibited works will include multimedia installations, object installations, photo series and videos.
The artists reflect in their works the ecological as well as socio-economic and cultural changes that the riverscapes in their countries are currently experiencing.
The exhibition, organised by the Goethe Institute in Viet Nam, will run until May 26 at the Cactus Contemporary Art Gallery, 17/12, Nguyen Huy Tuong Street, Binh Thanh District.
HCM City to celebrate National Day of Brittany
A series of festivities to celebrate Gouel Breizh, the National Day of Brittany – a cultural region in the northwest of France, will be organised in HCM City on May 17 and 19.
Famous popular Breton singer Gilles Servat will perform with local talented musicians at IDECAF, 31 Thai Van Lung Street in District 1 on May 17.
The Gouel Breizh Kermess, presenting the traditional dishes, music and games of Brittany, will take place at the Binh Quoi II Village on May 19.
Spotted Cow hosts water pistol fight
The Spotted Cow, a popular sports bar in HCM City, will host a water gun fight to beat the heat on May 19.
Attendants are invited to bring all kinds of water guns from a mega-sized super soakers to classic plastic water guns, load it up and get ready blast to people. The fight will begin at 2pm at 111 Bui Vien Street in District 1. — VNS