Beijing love story

A Vietnamese musical, "Love Boat", will be staged at HCM City’s World of Youth Drama Stage every Satruday in October and November. Young actors of the Thế Giới Trẻ Drama Stage performin the musical Đò Tình (Love Boat), directed by Tiết Duy Hòa, in HCM City. Photo courtesy of Thế Giới Trẻ Drama Stage Director Tiết Duy Hòa and his staff have been rehearsing for the Broadway-style show, a production based on a short story by female writer Nguyễn Ngọc Tư of Cà Mau Province, who won the Southeast Asian Writers Award in 2008 from the Thai Royal Family. Hòa’s work includes 30 folk and vọng cổ (nostalgia) songs. Vọng cổ is a genre of traditional music used in cải lương (reformed opera) in the South, which began over 100 years ago. “We wanted to challenge ourselves by using Vietnamese folk music in a … [Read more...] about Vietnamese musical “Love Boat” staged in HCM City

Playing an increasing role in the new world order, the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) will likely face the challenges to keep its position based on values of the solidarity, the sharing of the vision while still have to solve each member’s problems. In the end of November 2016, a Malaysian minister called on ASEAN to review Myanmar’s membership in the bloc. The movement reflected tensions that lead to confrontations between Myanmar forces and Rohingya people, a Muslim ethnic minority community in Rakhine, Myanmar. Thousands of Rohingya people have escaped from Rakhine to Bangladesh, and some of the rest went to Malaysia or Indonesia, according to AFP. Under the pressure, in the middle of December, Myanmar’s leader Aung San Suu Kyi called meeting of ASEAN foreign ministers to solve the Rohingya crisis. Shadowed by East Vietnam Sea issue 2016 was the first year of ASEAN as the bloc considered a community within three main pillars: ASEAN Economic … [Read more...] about ASEAN in 2017: The story of common and national interests

  Young actors of the Thế Giới Trẻ Drama Stage perform in the musical Đò Tình (Love Boat), directed by Tiết Duy Hòa, in HCM City. Photo courtesy of Thế Giới Trẻ Drama Stage   HCM CITY— A Vietnamese musical, Đò Tình (Love Boat), will be staged at HCM City’s Thế Giới Trẻ (World of Youth) Drama Stage every Saturday in October and November. Director Tiết Duy Hòa and his staff have been rehearsing for the Broadway-style show, a production based on a short story by female writer Nguyễn Ngọc Tư of Cà Mau Province, who won the Southeast Asian Writers Award in 2008 from the Thai Royal Family. Hòa’s work includes 30 folk and vọng cổ (nostalgia) songs. Vọng cổ is a genre of traditional music used in cải lương (reformed opera) in the South, which began over 100 … [Read more...] about Vietnamese musical Đò Tình  (Love Boat) staged in HCM City

"Early Spring Dance" – a photo by Hang Ross displayed at For a Liveable Hanoi The exhibition "For a Liveable Hanoi" depicts the emotions, space, and life that make Hanoi worth living not only for Hanoians but also for immigrants and tourists. The exhibition shows Hanoi through images and stories of insider photographers who were born and are living in Hanoi. The exhibition attracted great attention from the people of the capital Photography content is grouped into three main collections. The first set of photographs depicts Hanoi’s majesty through its landscape, architecture, and public spaces, the second showcases the everyday life of the people of Hanoi, and the third illustrates the connections, understanding, equality, and tolerance among Hanoians, immigrants, and visitors. "Carefree" – photo by Hoang Anh Tuan The majesty of Hanoi shown through the landscape Besides the photo collections, there is also an … [Read more...] about The stories to be told via the For a Liveable Hanoi photo exhibition

Viet Nam News Over the past week, the story of a 13-year-old boy who cycled more than 100km to visit his hospitalised little brother went viral on social media. Vì Quyết Chiến, a Thái ethnic minority, began his journey from the northern mountainous province of Sơn La to Hà Nội on March 25, after his grandfather told him his two-month-old brother had been admitted to a hospital in the capital city, about 175km from his home. Chiến, overcame with worry, decided to ride to Hà Nội on his small bicycle to see his brother. He did not tell anyone about his plan and snuck out of the village and followed the national highway. The brave boy didn’t care that his bike’s brakes were broken, or that he didn’t even any money, food or water with him. When he reached Hòa Bình Province, he was exhausted and lain down on the road with his bicycle. Luckily, the crew of a coach going to Hà Nội noticed him … [Read more...] about A boy driven by love