Viet Nam News HÀ NỘI — Hà Nội will be hosting its first Singapore Festival on March 23-24 with a wide range of cultural activities. The Singapore Tourism Board (STB), the Embassy of Singapore in Hà Nội and the city’s People’s Committee will organise the event. Ambassador Catherine Wong Siow Ping said she felt happy to be hosting this festival because it would bring Singapore closer to the Vietnamese people, especially Hanoians. “This special event is an excellent opportunity to expand the cultural exchanges between the two countries, as well as to further strengthen the relationship between Singapore and Việt Nam,” she said. The festival will be divided into different areas called tribes. At the Culture Shaper Tribe, visitors will enjoy art installations, cultural performances and films. The Rainbow Connection is a suspended display of solar light modules that explores the fantastical dreamscape of the … [Read more...] about Singapore Festival to present cuisine, tourism, culture, arts
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Cultural, art activities celebrate Hanoi’s Liberation Day
A string of cultural and art activities will take place in October in Hanoi to mark the 64th anniversary of capital city’s Liberation Day. (Photo:vietnamembassy.org) Hanoi (VNA) - A string of cultural and art activities will take place in October in Hanoi to mark the 64th anniversary of capital city’s Liberation Day (October 10). The highlights are a Hanoi cuisine festival, a singing contest and a theatre festival, according to the Hanoi municipal Department of Culture and Sports. The 2018 Hanoi Cuisine Culture Festival will take place from October 5 to 7 at the Thong Nhat park, honouring and promoting typical food of Hanoi to domestic and foreign visitors. Pham Thi Lan Anh, head of the Heritage Management Division under the municipal Department of Culture and Sports, said the event will introduce the history of traditional trades relating to cuisine and the cuisine performance process as well as cooking utensils and materials, and famous cooks’ know-how in … [Read more...] about Cultural, art activities celebrate Hanoi’s Liberation Day
New regulations on culture & arts human resources trained abroad
The revision and supplement contents feature training areas, training subjects, and training levels. Under the project, the areas of training consist of music, fine arts, stage, cinema, dancing, circus and culture, with a priority given to training the disciplines in which Vietnam is not capable of training or the training quality is not high. Regarding the training subjects and levels, the Decision No. 1240/QD-TTg stipulates the bachelor’s level training for the following subjects: - Students of culture & arts training establishments with ethical grading of credit or above, academic grading of distinction or above, or with national, regional and international prizes. - Overseas Vietnamese students who have graduated from intermediate schools and colleges at foreign culture & art training institutions and are received by foreign training establishments, or who are asked by domestic training establishments, which send them for overseas training, to register for … [Read more...] about New regulations on culture & arts human resources trained abroad
Vietnamese artists participate in cultural art exchange in Norway
Artists including Le Xuan Chieu, Dang Thi Duong, Ly Khac Nhu, Hua Thanh Binh, Bui Tien Tuan, Viet Thi Kim Quyen, Nguyen Phan Nam An and Nguyen Tri Minh Tuyet brought 45 artworks in various materials, such as lacquer, oil, silk and ceramic to the “Saigon art exhibition” held in Hedmark county in Eastern Norway. At an exchange between the two sides, Norwegian artists are interested in Vietnamese artists’ activities, their trend, role and position in the modern society as well as materials used for fabric and lacquer paintings. The delegation of Vietnamese painters also visited art museums, landscapes and met Norwegian Vietnamese artist Duc Thanh Hong who is specialized in painting on ceamic in Norway. The “Saigon art exhibition” runs until August 25. By MINH AN – Translated by Kim Khanh Tags: Vietnamese artists cultural art exchange in Norway … [Read more...] about Vietnamese artists participate in cultural art exchange in Norway
Seminar discusses Industry 4.0 impacts on culture, arts
Minister of Culture, Sports and Tourism Nguyen Ngoc Thien (Source: Internet) Thua Thien – Hue (VNA) – The Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism sought to tap Industry 4.0 achievements in culture and arts from analyzing the revolution impacts on the sector at a scientific seminar in the central province of Thua Thien-Hue on June 21. Speaking at the event, Minister of Culture, Sports and Tourism Nguyen Ngoc Thien said the ministry wants to listen to scientists and researchers’ opinions in the field, thereby effectively renewing the State management to boost the effective application of Industry 4.0 achievements in culture and arts. Participants proposed roadmap to technological application between now and 2021 to build key products and services, as well as measures regarding capital, mechanisms, policies and human resources. Nguyen Phuong Hoa from the ministry’s Department of International Cooperation said with over 20 UNESCO-recognised heritages and … [Read more...] about Seminar discusses Industry 4.0 impacts on culture, arts