Vietnam shipped nearly 5 million tonnes of rice abroad in the first nine months of this year, earning 2.5 billion USD, up 8.5 percent in volume and 23.2 percent in value year-on-year. (Source: VNA) Hanoi (VNA) – The Mekong Delta province of Long An will host the third Vietnam Rice Festival from December 18-24. The festival will feature various activities, including an exhibition on Vietnamese rice exports, a workshop on saltwater intrusion, drought and solutions to protect rice production from natural disasters, and a rice contest. The festival will be jointly held by Mekong Delta localities, the Vietnam Food Association, the Vietnam Southern Food Corporation and some ministries and agencies. It aims to honour and improve the position of Vietnamese rice in the world and promote rice production and export, contributing to local socio-economic development and improvement of people’s living standards. The first edition of the festival was held in 2009 in Hau Giang … [Read more...] about Long An to host third Vietnam Rice Festival
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Japanese director Kohei Oguri to chair Hanoi film festival jury
Other members of jury include Polish production designer and set decorator Allan Starski, Iranian director Shahram Mokri, Korean producer Lee Dong Ha and Vietnamese actor and producer Ngo Thanh Van. Japanese director Kohei Oguri won the Grand Prize of the Jury at the 1990 Cannes Film Festival for his film The Sting of Death, which tells the story of couple isolating themselves from the outside world as the attempt to salvage their faltering marriage. In 1985, he was a member of the jury at the 14th Moscow International Film Festival. His other works include Sleeping Man, Buried Forest and Foujita. Meanwhile Allan Starski is best known for winning an Oscar for best production design for Steven Spielberg's Schindler's List along with Ewa Braun. In 2002, he won a Cesar for The Pianist by Roman Polanski and continued to work with this renowned director on Oliver Twist. Shahram Mokri won the special orizzonti award for innovative content at the 70th Venice International Film Festival for … [Read more...] about Japanese director Kohei Oguri to chair Hanoi film festival jury
Coffee festival to be held in Dak Lak
(Photo: vccinews.vn) Hanoi (VNA) - The seventh annual Buon Ma Thuot coffee festival will be held on March 9 - 16, 2019 in the Central Highlands province of Dak Lak with a wide range of activities featuring the local specialty. The festival will include an opening ceremony, a closing ceremony, the 2019 Dak Lak investment promotion conference, an exhibition on coffee, a seminar on the development of Vietnamese specialty coffee, an exhibition on the world’s coffee history, a street festival, a contest for farmers, a Vietnamese specialty coffee quality competition, free coffee tasting, a Buon Don elephant festival, and an international paragliding contest. The annual event aims to promote Buon Ma Thuot coffee brand, develop Vietnam specialty coffee and gradually turn Buon Ma Thuot city into a destination for coffee aficionados worldwide, contributing to affirm Vietnamese coffee’s position on the global market. It also aims to honour domestic coffee growers, processors and … [Read more...] about Coffee festival to be held in Dak Lak
Provincial artists honoured at National Magic Festival 2018
Magician Trần Dũng of HCM City, Golden Medal winner at the 3rd National Magic Festival 2018 in HCM City, performed magic tricks and illusions that appeared to be supernatural. Photo courtesy of organisersViet Nam News HCM CITY — Two artists from Quảng Trị and Bến Tre provinces won the Golden Medal prize at the 3rd National Magic Festival 2018 held at the HCM City Opera House on Monday. Magician Lê Tuấn Anh of Quảng Trị attracted crowds with his performance in a show called Một Thoáng Hương Chăm (A Flavour of Chăm Culture). He used female dancers in Chăm clothes to dazzle the audience. Trần Vĩnh Thịnh of Bến Tre entertained his fans with magic tricks using hats, cards and doves. “Magicians in provinces have worked very hard to compete with their colleagues in big cities. Their performances at this year festival prove that art has no limits,” … [Read more...] about Provincial artists honoured at National Magic Festival 2018
National Tourism Year 2019 to feature various sea festival activities
Khanh Hoa province will host the 2019 National Tourism Year, which is scheduled to open in parallel with the local biennial Nha Trang - Khanh Hoa Sea Festival The information was announced at the first meeting of the Steering Organizing Committee for the National Tourism Year 2019, held by the Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism in collaboration with the Khanh Hoa provincial People's Committee, in Hanoi on October 16. Accordingly, the National Tourism Year will be a typical socio-economic and cultural event on a national and international scale, contributing to raising public awareness on the development of tourism combined with sustainable development. In 2019, the National Tourism Year will be hosted by the central coastal province of Khanh Hoa. The official announcement of the event will be combined with the 2019 New Year celebration on December 31, 2018, in Khanh Hoa’s Nha Trang city. The opening ceremony for the 2019 National Tourism Year will take place in May 2019, … [Read more...] about National Tourism Year 2019 to feature various sea festival activities