Minh Thu HÀ NỘI — In the late 19th century in rural Việt Nam, 14-year-old May is given away in an arranged marriage and becomes the third wife of a rich man. Through the film The Third Wife, May tells the stories of Vietnamese women living in a society of polygamy and masculinity. The film premiered in Hà Nội on Saturday after achieving various awards at international film festivals such as the NETPAC award at the Toronto International Film Festival 2018, the Best Art Film Project prize at the Autumn Meeting Forum for independent film producers, and other awards of the Hong Kong-Asia Film Financing Forum, the 24th Kolkata International Film Festival, and the 66th San Sebastian International Film Festival. Through its plot, The Third Wife tells stories of Vietnamese women living in a society of polygamy and masculinity. — Photo courtesy of Mayfair Pictures Director Nguyễn Phương Anh, who goes by Ash … [Read more...] about Award-winning film on polygamy premieres
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International award-winning play producer rejects court’s copycat finding
The company said on March 20 that it disagreed with the court’s decision in its entirety and will appeal it. On March 19, the Hanoi People’s Court ruled that the musical Tinh Hoa Bac Bo (Quintessence of Tonkin), produced by the firm and staged on a water stage, has plagiarised many elements from Ngay Xua (Back Then), a musical play also produced by TCHN, but directed by renowned director Viet Tu, an ex-employee, four months earlier. The panel of judges deemed The Quintessence of Tonkin to be a "derivative work" of Back Then, and that Viet Tu was entitled to VND660 million ($28,422) from TCHN in compensation, inclusive of 10 percent of ticket sales, royalty, plus interest for late payment. TCHN had argued in the court that The Quintessence of Tonkin was a separate product solely researched and created by directors Hoang Huu Nhat Nam and Dao Thuy Phuong Thao. In fact, director Nam has already sent applications to the Hanoi Superior People’s Court and the Supreme … [Read more...] about International award-winning play producer rejects court’s copycat finding
Viettel, TH Milk win international awards
Viettel’s representatives received the award. (Photo: VNA) Hanoi (VNS/VNA) -Viettel Group’s online charging service called vOCS 3.0 won the gold winner for best new product or service of the year in telecommunications. The award was granted by International Business Stevie Awards in London on October 21. vOCS 3.0 was the only Vietnamese winner of the award, which was also bestowed upon Ooredoo (Qatar) for fastest 5G service in the world, Singtel (Singapore) for the Singtel Shop Comcentre flagship store transformation and Telkom (Indonesia) for the Vessel Information System Mobile App. The Viettel product was praised for its creativity and impact on a large number of users as it can be individualised for each customer. Currently, vOCS 3.0 is used in 11 countries in which Viettel is operating. The most distinctive feature of vOCS 3.0 is the ability to design for each customer a tariff package, which no other online charging service in the world can do. Clara … [Read more...] about Viettel, TH Milk win international awards
Award-winning documentary about Vietnamese transgender woman to screen in Vietnam
The documentary is a collaboration betwen Tran Phuong Thao, a Vietnamese independent director and producer and Swann Dubus, a French cinematographer and film director based in Vietnam. The film is about Phong - a young man born in Quang Ngai city in central Vietnam, who goes to Hanoi and becomes a design artist at the Thang Long Puppet Theater. Since a child he has felt that he is a woman trapped in a man’s body, and it is only in the capital city that he discovers there are others like him. Phong is torn between secret desires to be who he really is and guilt associated with that identity in terms of his family and society at large. A couple of years later, his friend from the U.S., Gerry advises him to go to Thailand for a sex reassignment surgery. While in this foreign country, Phong is shocked to witness a completely different dynamic in the transgender community. Thailand transgenders are completely content with themselves and live in harmony with the people around … [Read more...] about Award-winning documentary about Vietnamese transgender woman to screen in Vietnam
Vietnamese photographer wins grand prize in international contest
VietNamNet Bridge – Nguyen Huu Thong from Vietnam won the grand prize in the 2017 Smithsonian Photo Contest for his photo, Breakfast at the Weekly Market, announced Smithsonian.com. Reader’s Choice-winning photo by Sara Jacoby. Photos petapixel.com “In northern Vietnam, people visit the weekly market to exchange goods and culture,” Thong wrote in the description. “They usually wake up very early to go to the market and have breakfast there.” The award-winning photo was taken at a weekly market on the occasion of Lunar New Year 2017. Thong, who hails from the northern province of Bac Giang, will receive a cash prize of US$2,500. Another Vietnamese photographer, Tran Tuan Viet, won in the Travel category for his photo, Making Incense. “Decorated and dyed bundles of incense are left to dry in Quang Phu Cau, a commune in Hanoi. In Buddhist countries like Vietnam, incense is an irreplaceable part of traditional festivals and religious … [Read more...] about Vietnamese photographer wins grand prize in international contest