VN women feature in film festival The filmmakers including veterans Viet Linh, Siu Pham and Nguyen Trinh Thi, and emerging ones such as Truong Que Chi and Nguyen Hoang Diep. The 77-minute film Homostratus by Siu Pham and Jean-Luc Mello is a joint submission by Viet Nam and Switzerland in the long fiction feature category. Film screenings and discussions are being held on the sidelines of the festival. Prominent Vietnamese film director Viet Linh will bring her film Chung Cu (Living Quarter). The film was entered into the 21st Moscow International Film Festival in 1999. Linh's films have been screened in France, the United States and Australia. Established in 1979, the Creteil International Women's Film Festival is an annual event held in Creteil, Paris, which showcases the talents of female directors. Author reprints inspiring book After its debut in 1970, the autobiography Toi Di Hoc (I Went to School) by disabled teacher Nguyen Ngoc Ky is being republished by First News … [Read more...] about Art & Entertainment News Headlines 22/3
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Social News Headlines 3/3
UK Prince presents helmets to children It is part of a "helmets for children" project sponsored by the Asia Injury Prevention Foundation (AIP) and the UK Road Safety Fund (FIA). The Prince said he has toured many countries, met world leaders and told them about Vietnam's efforts in enforcing traffic laws and encouraging road users to wear helmets when hitting the road. He attributed the success to efforts by Government agencies, non-government organizations, donors and communication agencies. On the occasion, he gave a road traffic safety award named after him to Vietnam Television (VTV) for its contribution to disseminating information to raise public awareness of traffic safety. The "helmets for children" project, launched by AIP President Greig Craft in 1999, has provided more than 500,000 helmets to children in Vietnam and other Southeast Asian countries. Over 1,800 traffic fatalities in first two months The first two months of the year saw 4,834 traffic accidents, … [Read more...] about Social News Headlines 3/3
Political News Headlines 17/2
NA chairman courts investors in Nghe An National Assembly Chairman Nguyen Sinh Hung met with investors from around the country in the central province of Nghe An on Saturday. The event, now in it's sixth successive year, allowed the Chairman the opportunity to discuss issues relating to investment and trade enhancement. The Chairman highlighted the importance of incentives for investors and the expansion of the province's seaport network and East-West highway. Embedded in his request, Chairman Hung reiterated the need for local authorities to review economic policy for their development master plan. The provincial officials were optimistic that investors would inject more capital into the central province, which would bolster the use of advanced technologies and support environmentally-friendly growth. Economists and members of the business community strongly advocated the need for improvements in the quality of the local workforce, with delegates voicing support for additional … [Read more...] about Political News Headlines 17/2
Vietnam Economic News – A Reliable Friend
(VEN) - On the occasion of the 12th anniversary of the first issue of Kinh te Viet Nam (Vietnam Economic News - VEN), the newspaper has received sincere congratulations from foreign and domestic organizations, groups, corporations and leading companies throughout the country. Belgian Ambassador to Vietnam, Bruno Angelet Cooperation between the Kingdom of Belgium and Vietnam has expanded in a wide range of fields including science and technology, culture, national defence, and especially trade and investment. Ambassador Bruno Angelet highly appreciated VEN's efforts to provide reader with reliable information and articles with profound analyses of the Vietnamese economy as well as economic cooperation between Vietnam and other countries. VEN offers an effective information channel reflecting activities related to the economic relations between Belgium and Vietnam. It has contributed significantly to boosting bilateral cooperation. The Belgian Embassy in Hanoi has become a regular … [Read more...] about Vietnam Economic News – A Reliable Friend
Emergency Room: news in arts
The Hanoi Times - In the last 20 days, the "Emergency Room" exhibition at the VietnamArtUniversity in Hanoi has become an art space with real life issues. Climate change, traditional cultural preservation, escalation of the prices for apartments, food hygiene, traffic and environment are the topics of dozens of artworks displayed at the Emergency Room. A globe put into a microwave oven, a bandaged throne, high-rise buildings, men in cars and motorbike horn are all images that have caught the audiences' attention. With the idea of reflecting urgent matters of society, the Emergency Room exhibition, sourced from Denmark, has traveled to many countries. In Hanoi, it has become a playground for 16 Vietnamese and six Danish artists. Many artworks displayed at the exhibition reflect breaking news on the local media: thousands of cubic meters of timber floating in Dai Loc, central Quang Nam province after the recent flood (Wood storm by Mai Ky); urban farmers (Why farmers go to … [Read more...] about Emergency Room: news in arts
SOCIAL NEWS IN BRIEF 6/5
Killer disease still baffles scientists Authorities remain baffled by the mysterious skin disease that has killed nearly 20 people and infected many others in Quang Ngai Province though the Ministry of Health has sent two delegations to investigate. Pham Hong Phuong, director of the Quang Ngai Province Department of Health, said the ministry has concluded it is palm dermatitis with liver problems. But he refused to provide further information about the ministry's conclusion or speculate about it. But Dr Tran Hau Khang, director of the Ha Noi-based Central Dermatology Hospital, who led both delegations, rejected the conclusion. He told the People's Army newspaper that it was based merely on symptoms and the cause remains unknown. Blood tests found the presence of the rickettsia bacterium in 14 out of 26 patients in Ba To District. It is known to cause typhus among other diseases. Viet Nam News called the office of the US's Center for Diseases Control in Ha Noi only to be told to seek … [Read more...] about SOCIAL NEWS IN BRIEF 6/5
Art & Entertainment News
Heartthrob Mario Maurer in Ho Chi Minh City Mario landed at Tan Son Nhat International Airport the morning of November 7 to heaps and heaps of noisy fans. According to his publicist, later in the afternoon he will appear at the grand opening of a new shopping mall SC Vivo City in Ho Chi Minh City's District 7. In addition, Mario will meet with fans and hold a presser prior to jetting back to Thailand on November 8. In life after TV, Vietnam Idol runner-up holds first concert Hoang Quyen, runner-up of Vietnam Idol 2012, will have her first live show tonight, marking her "grown-up career", the 23-year-old singer said at a recent press conference. Entitled Ret Dau Mua (Early Chill), her debut show was named after a song written for her by composer Le Minh Son, which she has already sung at past performances. Quyen will open with this song at tonight's concert, which begins at 8pm at the Ha Noi Opera House. Quyen, a Tay ethnic native of the northern mountainous province of Thai … [Read more...] about Art & Entertainment News
China Xinhua News Agency shares experience with Vietnam
Permanent Deputy Prime Minister Nguyen Sinh Hung received a delegation of China's Xinhua News Agency led by its permanent Deputy General Director Zhang Xiaohua in Hanoi on January 14. Deputy PM Hung welcomed the collaboration between the Vietnam News Agency (VNA) and Xinhua in organising photo exhibitions to mark the 60 th anniversary of the establishment of diplomatic ties between Vietnam and China in Hanoi and Beijing and hoped the events will help boost the two countries' friendship. MR Hung took the occasion to highlight the two news agencies' important role in the press system of each country. Together with the fine development of the Vietnam-China relationship under the motto "friendly neighbourliness, comprehensive cooperation, long-term stability and future oriented vision" and in the spirit of "good neighbours, good friends, good comrades and good partners" reached between the two countries' senior leaders, the two news agencies would continue their solidarity, … [Read more...] about China Xinhua News Agency shares experience with Vietnam
Social News 9/10
VWS proposes taking less waste for treatment Vietnam Waste Solutions (VWS), facing strong public criticisms over a foul smell from its waste management facility in southern HCMC, has written to the HCMC government proposing taking less waste for treatment from next week. The company said in a document sent to the city government on Wednesday that from October 10, it would scale down the daily volume of garbage it receives from the current 5,000 tons to 3,000 tons, which was exactly the amount its Da Phuoc integrated waste management facility handled a day before the city government allowed it to manage an additional 2,000 tons in November 2014. This 2,000-ton volume was transferred from Phuoc Hiep waste treatment complex in the outlying district of Cu Chi. According to VWS, this is a necessary step to reduce the volume of waste it treats amid public criticisms over the spread of the odor from Da Phuoc. The recent heavy downpours, especially on September 26 and 27, have caused leachate … [Read more...] about Social News 9/10
POLITICAL NEWS IN BRIEF
NA leader hosts reception for NZ ambassador National Assembly Vice Chairwoman Nguyen Thi Kim Ngan received New Zealand Ambassador to Vietnam Heather Mhairi Riddell in Hanoi on Friday. Ngan expressed her wish that the Vietnamese and New Zealand parliaments will enhance cooperation in training and improving capacity of NA deputies, especially full-time deputies. The NA leader also affirmed that Vietnam always creates favorable conditions for businesses of the two countries to promote trade and investment cooperation. For her part, Ambassador Heather Mhairi Riddell praised Vietnam's efforts to control inflation, ensure social security and stable growth. The NZ diplomat pledged to do her utmost to promote all-round cooperation between the two countries and create favorable conditions for NZ and Vietnamese businesses to cooperate. New Zealand has granted 30 scholarships to Vietnamese students and is implementing an initiative for young Vietnamese entrepreneurs to study and … [Read more...] about POLITICAL NEWS IN BRIEF