Entertainment

The Ho Chi Minh City Ballet, Symphony Orchestra and Opera (HBSO) will stage a programme entitled ‘A Night of Mozart’ at the city’s Opera House on June 8 in honour of the greatest Austrian musical genius. ‘A Night of Mozart’ programme to entertain Ho Chi Minh City audience The programme will open with the overture to Mozart’s early opera Die Entfuhrung aus dem Serail (The Abduction from the Seraglio), followed by the Sinfonia Concertante - an exquisite concerto for violin and viola, and Symphony No. 35 (the Haffner symphony). The masterpieces will be brought to the stage by violin soloist Nguyen Cong Thang, viola player Pham Vu Thien Bao, and HBSO instrumentalists. The programme will be held under the baton of celebrated Japanese conductor Honna Tetsuji, Music Director and Principal Conductor of the Vietnam National Symphony Orchestra. The curtain will rise at 7pm of June 8 at Ho Chi Minh City Opera House, 7 Lam Son Square, District … [Read more...] about ‘A Night of Mozart’ programme to entertain Ho Chi Minh City audience

MUSIC & PERFORMANCES Hanoi-Audio Visual Performance “Our Light” Hanoi- Presentation: “Composing the Performance” by Kent Olofsson Oct 22, 8 pm Olofsson will also talk about his work with Vietnamese musicians and instruments and present his new work for Dan Tranh and electronics, Red Madonnas, Black Rivers, written for Nguyen Thanh Thuy. Hanoi, Hue, Danang & HCMC – Concert Tour of German Band AB SYNDROM This is the eighth time already the Goethe Institute has invited a German-language band to Southeast Asia. After FOTOS, AUFBAU WEST, STABIL ELITE, GOLF, VON WEGEN LISBETH, DER RINGER and ISOLATION BERLIN, it is now time for the Berlin duo AB SYNDROM to come to Vietnam. As a special feature, Vietnamese artist LINH HA (FOR NOW) will accompany the duo on their tour of Vietnam. At every concert, AB SYNDROM and LINH HA will collaborate on a number of songs. In Hanoi and HCMC, the support act will be LINH HA’s duo project TINY GIANT. … [Read more...] about Entertainment Events in Hanoi & HCMC on October 21-26

Sunworld Ba Na Hills Carnaval Each of the five Sun World complexes in Vietnam offers a unique charm that has made the country’s leading destinations even more appealing. The origin of Disneyland On July 17, 1955, Disneyland first opened its doors in Anaheim, California, ushering in a new era of entertainment that would go onto capture the world’s imagination. Now there are a total of 11 Disney operated parks around the globe with five Disneyland locations and six other theme parks. By the end of 2018, Disneyland had welcomed more than 2 billion visitors globally—the equivalent to nearly one-third of the world’s population—since that opening day. For both adults and children, Disneyland is considered a must-see experience—one that they would gladly return to again and again. The theme parks are filled with thrilling rides and magical experiences that whisk all who enter into a fun-filled world. Most visitors agree that one day at Disneyland is … [Read more...] about With world class entertainment and accommodations, Vietnam enters a new era for travel and leisure

Ranked as Korea's best romance film of 2019, CRAZY ROMANCE, a romantic comedy film produced by the Group's indirect wholly-owned subsidiary, Zip Cinema, surpassed the 2 million audience markSince its first day of wide release on 2 October 2019 in Korea, CRAZY ROMANCE, which broke even within eight days, grossed US$14.8 million in box office revenue and recorded a total of 2,046,847 tickets as of 13 October 2019 The romantic comedy film was exported to 22 countries including Singapore, Malaysia, Vietnam, Cambodia, Taiwan, Philippines, Hong Kong, Macau, Australia and New Zealand SINGAPORE - Media OutReach - 14 October 2019 -Spackman Entertainment Group Limited ("Spackman Entertainment Group" or the "Company" and together with its subsidiaries, the "Group"), wishes to announce that the Group's new film, CRAZY ROMANCE, a romantic comedy film produced by the Group's indirect wholly-owned subsidiary, Zip Cinema Co., Ltd. ("Zip Cinema"), surpassed the 2 million … [Read more...] about Spackman Entertainment Group’s New Film, CRAZY ROMANCE, Produced by Zip Cinema, Crosses The 2 Million Audience Mark at The Korean Box Office

Moonlight Water Puppet Theatre Reviving a forgotten art Hundreds of years ago, water puppet shows were a popular cultural activity for Vietnamese royalty and peasants alike. Many villages would have had their own troupe in those days, but very few do today. One of the last is Dao Thuc, once a countryside village but now part of the Hanoi suburbs. The village is still well-known for water puppets and the artisans are enthusiastic and skilled practitioners of the age-old art form. However, there are not many of them left. Like other traditional art forms in Vietnam such as cheo, tuong, and cai luong, water puppetry has struggled to find its audience in a modernising society. As a result, this is far from a lucrative occupation. Many of the artisans have had to find second jobs to make a living as carpenters, mechanics, and other tradesmen. As a result, the number of guild members in Dao Thuc village has been dwindling over the years to less than two dozen today. … [Read more...] about Cultural entertainment thrives through Sun World theme parks