FVH to host spa excursion, workshop

The Friends of Vietnam Heritage will host a weekend excursion to a hot springs resort in Thanh Thủy District in Phú Thọ Province on December 7 and 8.

A night of Trịnh Công Sơn music at L’Espace

Two years after the success of the first Nguyệt Hạ (Summer Moon) concert, songstress Giang Trang, known for singing songs by the late Vietnamese composer Trịnh Công Sơn, is back with Nguyệt Hạ 2 at L’Espace on December 11.

Street culture festival

'Feel It', a street culture festival, will be held from 10am to 11.30pm on December 12 on the rooftop of Q.Industries Building on Street No.7 in HCM City’s District 7.

Christmas art market in District 2

The Tropical X-Mas Art Market will be held from 10am to 6pm on December 1-2 at The Factory Contemporary Arts Centre on 15 Nguyễn Ư Dĩ Street in HCM City’s District 2.

Vietnamese-American brings his passion for basketball to VN

For half his life, Mychal Tú Nguyễn, a 44-year-old Vietnamese-American living in HCM City, has been teaching basketball to youth and adults, and since 2010, has been the CEO of the Việt Nam Basketball Academy and Việt Nam Sports Academy.

 

Balade en France food and wine event on Dec 1-2

Balade en France, the largest French food-related event in HCM City, will be held from 3pm to 10pm on December 1 and 2 at Hoa Lư Stadium on 2 Đinh Tiên Hòang Street in HCM City’s District 1.

Thảo Điền Farmer Market on Sunday

The Thảo Điền Farmer Market will be held from 10am to 4pm on Sunday (November 25) at the Soma Art Lounge on 6B Lê Văn Miến Street, Thảo Điền Ward, in HCM City’s District 2.

TPD screens Filipino crime movie

During the third week of its Southeast Asian movie month, the Centre for Assistance and Development of Movie Talents (TPD) will present a screening of the Filipino film On the Job on Friday, November 23.

Book about cultural differences launched

Former director of the French Institute in Việt Nam, Eva Nguyễn Bình, will present her book Thanh Lịch Như Người Pháp – Hiếu Khách Như Người Việt (As Elegant as the French – as Welcoming as the Vietnamese) with a launch at l’Espace tomorrow, November 23, at 6pm.

Goethe Institute presents ’blue’ dinner

German chef Steffen Burkhardt will team up with veteran chef Thùy Linh of the Café Goethe to offer diners a culinary journey through a special dinner featuring a Vietnamese-German fusion menu on Saturday.

Obscure minority brought to light

Gabor Vargyas was the first foreign anthropologist to study the Bru Vân Kiều people in the central region of Việt Nam in depth.

Singaporean film to open TPD’s movie month

To open the “Southeast Asian Movie Month”, the Centre for Assistance and Development of Movie Talents (TPD) will present a screening of the Singaporean movie Ilo Ilo on  November 16.

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