Artist presents Central Highlands’ culture

Artist Trương Công Tùng continues to present his deep-rooted fascination with the history and culture of the Gia Rai -- the largest ethnic group in Việt Nam’s Central Highlands where he comes from, through the exhibition Across the Forest which will open at 6pm today at Nhà Sàn Collective.

Yoga workshop at Zenith Yoga Studio I

Zenith Yoga Vietnam and travelling yogi and adventurer Stephen Ewashkiw will hold an Adventure Yoga Workshop on October 14 to 16. The  focus of the workshop is the life-nourishing aspect of yoga practice.

Global volunteers build 20 habitats for poor VN families

More than two hundreds international volunteers who flew to Việt Nam from different countries in the world including New Zealand, Australia, Japan, the US, Singapore and Hong Kong, spent a week building houses for poor community in two coummunes Hương Nha and Xuân Quang of the Phú Thọ province’s Tam Nông district.

Japanese artists exhibit contemporary pottery

A collection of porcelain products by 35 Japanese artists will be on display this Friday (october 14) at the Japanese Pottery: The Rising Generation from Traditional Japanese Kilns exhibit at the HCM City Exhibition House this week. 

 

VN-Indian director to present boxing story

Vietnamese- Indian fight master, actor and director Peter Hein is working with his Vietnamese staff on a new boxing film Sám Hối (Penance), a joint Vietnamese-Indian production.

Việt Nam Idol on her new patriotism

Fillipina Janicee Aranjuez Buco is the first foreigner to win any season of Việt Nam Idol 2016. The seventh season of the Vietnamese-adapted British television singing contest concluded on October 1 at BHD Studio in District 9, HCM City.

Buco was born and raised in the Philippines. She moved to Việt Nam in 2009 by herself at the age of 21 in search of a way out of poverty and to launch a career in singing. At the contest, she beat rival and finalist Việt Thắng, who is also very popular for his trained voice, via an audience SMS (short message services) vote. The two singers battled from May through September, but in the end Janicee was the victor with 54.25 per cent of the vote.

Life of plants examined in new installation

Lêna Bùi’s latest exhibit Nắng Bằng Phẳng (Flat Sun) includes dozens of sketches featuring plants and vegetables at the Factory Contemporary Arts Centre, a space of art galleries and studios in HCM City.

Hà Nội exhibition reflects massive two-year effort

Three lacquer paintings by Phùng Di Thuần remind viewers the resilient and heroic attitude of Hà Nội’s people and soldiers in 60 days and nights fighting against French colonialists in the winter of 1946 are on display at an exhibition of the Hà Nội Museum. 

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