HCM City university offers M.Sc in leadership together with US school HCM City International University has tied up with the US's Northeastern University for an M.Sc degree in leadership. Students have to take a total of 12 courses, including international business management, cross culture management and developing leadership capacity. Four will be taught by HCM City International University lecturers and the rest by Northeastern faculty. The US university will also provide the curriculum. On completion, the students will get a degree from Northeastern University. HCM City International University is a member of the Việt Nam National University-HCM City. Hoài Đức chosen to become urban district by 2020 Hoài Đức District on the outskirts of Hà Nội will be developed into an urban district by 2020, said Hoàng Trung Hải, secretary of the Hà Nội Municipal Party Committee. He made the statement during a working visit to the district last weekend. Hải said Hoài Đức District connects the … [Read more...] about Social News 3/8
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Art & Entertainment News Headlines 27/6
Vocal music is flavour of the month The free monthly show by the HCM Ballet Symphony Orchestra and Opera to educate the younger generations about music and dance, Giai Dieu Tre (Young Melodies), will this month feature the art of vocal music. The show, at the city Opera House at 8pm tomorrow, will feature excerpts from Verdi's La Traviata, Mozart's The Marriage of Figaro, Rossini's The Barber of Seville, Donizetti's Lucia di Lammermoor, and Gounod's Romeo et Juliette. They will be sung by leading city chamber music stars like soprano Cho Hae Ryong, Ngoc Tuyen, Hong Vy, Thanh Huyen, Nhu Ngoc, Khanh Ngoc, Thanh Nga, tenor Tran Duy Linh, Pham Trang, and baritone Thanh Minh. … [Read more...] about Art & Entertainment News Headlines 27/6
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Dragonfly Theatre to stage award-winning British play Following the success of its previous plays like The Little Prince and Dangerous Liaisons, Dragonfly Theatre presents the award winning Blue/Orange by Joe Penhall. It is about a young black patient in a psychiatric hospital and his two doctors who argue about whether he is sane enough to be sent back into society. Along the way, it asks the question, "what is sanity??" The play turns the spotlight on racial prejudice and how we take care of those with mental illnesses. The play won the Laurence Olivier Award in the UK in 2001 and has been adapted into a film by the BBC. It will feature Dragonfly's lead actor Aaron Toronto and newcomers Ryan Burkwood and Peter Muruako. Both the latter two are classically trained actors from the UK theatre scene and have performed in several shows in London's West End. Blue/Orange will be performed at the Cargo Bar, 7 Nguyen Tat Thanh, District 4, three nights from May 16-18. ASEAN … [Read more...] about Art & Entertainment News Headlines 18/4
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Art show celebrates creativity with do paper Titled Vu Dieu Cua Giay (The Dance of Paper), the event will bring together calligrapher Le Quoc Viet; a group of artists including Duong Linh, Huy An, Tien Quang, Yoyo and Tran Hien who will display an art installation on do paper; and artisan Nguyen Van Tam who will show traditional skills of making do paper. Plenty of handmade products made from do paper will also available at the event, which is being organised by Zo Project, a non-governmental organisation. The event will take place between 5 and 8pm on March 9 at Hanoi Rock City, 7/52 To Ngoc Van Street. Dong Ho paintings, calligraphy and water colour paintings or for documenting about past dynasties and family annals. Poonah paper comes from the bark of the poonah trees in the northern provinces such as Yen Bai, Lao Cai, Thai Nguyen and Cao Bang. It takes several complicated and precise processes to make poonah paper, and these include selecting the material, soaking it … [Read more...] about Art & Entertainment News Headlines 7/3
The year that was: The good, the bad and the funny
Vice President Joe Biden congratulated the wrong man on being elected mayor of Boston and college football star Manti Te'o publicly mourned the death of a girlfriend who never was. In the category of "Politicians Behaving Badly," former Congressman Anthony Weiner's campaign to become mayor of New York City tanked when news broke that the Democrat, who resigned from Congress in 2011 after a sexting scandal, was at it again - this time using the name "Carlos Danger." The X-rated déjà vu inspired a play called "The Weiner Monologues. On the West Coast, San Diego Mayor Bob Filner made the headlines with what came to be known as the "Filner Headlock." After asking a woman for a date, he came up behind her and wrapped one arm around her in an embrace that was more World Wrestling Entertainment than Kama Sutra. Sexual harassment accusations followed - from nearly 20 other women, resulting in Filner's resigning, getting sued and being sentenced to home confinement. A … [Read more...] about The year that was: The good, the bad and the funny