A scene in Trinh and I movie The bullet of the madman by director Luong Dinh Dung hit theaters on May 20, overwhelming the audience with the team's willingness to spend on the film. The film has a series of great scenes flattering viewers and making a strong visual impression. In particular, the scene at Dinh Vu port in the Northern City of Hai Phong over an area of 20,000 meters square with more than tens of thousands of containers is the highlight. The film crew also mobilized 57 container trucks and seven 25m-high light cars to meet the light for big action scenes. For the rain scenes, many complex rain systems were mobilized, each day the crew had to use up to 20,000-30,000 liters of water. Director of photography Morgan Schmidt admitted that Dinh Vu Port was the most difficult scene in the film. Meanwhile, although it will be released on June 17, the producer of the film Trinh and I has just revealed the cost of VND50 billion (US$2,1 million). It took five years to … [Read more...] about Big-budget films compete with each other in movie market
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Pink Silk collection accentuates northern highland folk traditions
Designer Thuỷ Nguyễn’s new collection, 'Tơ Hồng' (Pink Silk), comprises 30 designs that are themed on ethnic women who live in remote northern highland areas. Photo courtesy of Thuỷ Design House HCM CITY— Northern highland women and their lifestyle is the premise of a new collection called Tơ Hồng (Pink Silk) by designer Thuỷ Nguyễn. The collection comprises 30 designs for women in cotton, silk and satin in vivid colours like blue, red and pink that the designer has created after visiting northern mountainous areas and interacting with the ethnic minority women who live there. She said she was inspired by both the remote areas and how the women lived their lives there. The new collection by designer Thuỷ Nguyễn, 'Tơ Hồng' (Pink Silk), reflects the nation's folk traditions in vivid colours. Photo courtesy of Thuỷ Design House Each design in the collection is linked to stories and dreams that the women living in remote mountainous areas nurture, she added. Designer … [Read more...] about Pink Silk collection accentuates northern highland folk traditions
Supporting Vietnam’s strive for sustainability
Mark Ratcliff, sustainability specialist at Except Integrated Sustainability Whether we acknowledge it or not, sustainability is and always has been our most important goal. Collectively, we have gotten away with pushing it aside for too long. We can no longer ignore it, but realizing sustainability beyond a marketing slogan is easier said than done. Many countries are falling behind, and without a systemic shift to a more long-term mindset, Vietnam will also flounder and fail to achieve its bold National Green Growth Strategy for 2021-2030. Nevertheless, things are not as gloomy as they seem. Except Integrated Sustainability, a Dutch consultancy and design firm, has initiated ViCo, Vietnam’s first sustainability community for innovation. It aims to bolster worldwide partnerships, enhance learning, and help with new joint business models to support the shift to sustainability and attract more funding. Vietnam is perfectly positioned to prosper and, with the support of ViCo, … [Read more...] about Supporting Vietnam’s strive for sustainability
Vietnam, US plan several cooperative ventures
Vietnamese Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh (L) meets with US President Joe Biden (Photo: VNA) Boost in tourism At the conference to promote investment, trade, and tourism between Vietnam and the US, the Saigontourist Travel Company signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) on a comprehensive strategy with US and their Vietnam Airlines partners to promote two-way tourism cooperation. Commenting on the US tourist market, a representative of Saigontourist company said that this is one of the major tourist markets. Every year, the company welcomes and serves about 30,000 US tourists for tours into Vietnam by air and sea routes. According to the present schedule, in 2022 and 2023, the Saigontourist company is expecting to receive a total of 23 cruise ships, with an estimated number of 22,550 tourists from the US alone. According to Mr. Nguyen Huu Y Yen, General Director of the Saigontourist company, his company is currently focused on promoting a program titled "Vision Destination … [Read more...] about Vietnam, US plan several cooperative ventures