EXHIBITION Hanoi-Exhibition: Those who do not move, do not notice their chains Opening (online launching): Mar 5 Hanoi-Online exhibition featuring shared culture of Vietnam, Australia HCMC-Exhibitions: ‘Within / Between / Beneath / Upon’ & ‘Home: Looking inwards to the outer world’ HCMC-Exhibition: Art and Peace Opening: Mar 10, 6 pm HCMC-Saigon Interplay Exhibition Until Mar 21, 8 am – 5 pm The exhibition offers 22 different ideas presenting through different mediums including conceptual models, videos, photographs that provide a unique experience for visitors. Come and explore with us! ___________________________________________________________________________________ CINEMA Screening of seven French movies Mar 1-Dec 31 Featuring seven classic and modern French movies. The films will be screened in 10 cities and provinces nationwide, including Hanoi, Hai Phong, Thai Nguyen, Nghe An, Ha Tinh, Lao Cai, Thua Thien-Hue, Da Nang, Ho Chi Minh City, Da Lat, and Can Tho. Dtinews/Hanoigrapevines …
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Late musician-author Son’s art appears on YouTube
Songs and music pieces by late musician and author Bac Son, one of the region’s leading artists in music, theatre and movies in the 1980s and 90s, can be seen on a YouTube channel. Songs and music pieces by late musician-author Bac Son, one of the region’s leading artists in music, theatre and movies in the 1980s and 90s, can be seen on a YouTube channel. Photo courtesy of the producer The channel, Tình Ca Bắc Sơn - Tập Đoàn An Nông (Bac Son’s love songs - An Nong Group), includes many works portraying southern people and their culture by artist Bac Son. Many documents and articles on the artist’s life and career are also featured. On the channel, music lovers can search Bac Son’s works arranged by topics by using key words. “Through YouTube, we hope fans, singers, composers and music producers can work together to introduce Vietnamese music and musician-author Bac Son in particular,” said theatre actress-singer Bich Thuy, one of the channel’s producers. Theatre actress-singer Bich Thuy performs songs featuring southern people and their culture written by his father, late musician-author Bac Son. His art is featured on YouTube via the channel, Tình Ca Bắc Sơn-Tập Đoàn An Nông (Bac Son’s love songs-An Nong Group). Photo courtesy of the producer Bich Thuy, also Bac Son's daughter, and her staff have invited dozens of singers and theatre actors to join their filming. She and her family have encouraged Bac Son’s fans at home and abroad to send information and materials to promote the late composer’s music on YouTube. Musician-author Bac Son (whose real name Truong Van Khue) was born in 1931 in Dong Nai Province. He began his writing career in 1952 when he was a teacher. In 1977, he became familiar with folk tunes that feature his love for the south. He later lived in HCM City and worked as a musician, theatre actor and scriptwriter. Bac Son wrote more than 500 songs, most of them in praise of southern people and their …
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First-ever clean-up of coral reefs in Cham Islands
The Management Board of the Cham Island Marine Protected Area in Hoi An city in central Quang Nam province finished a clean-up of the seabed to protect coral reefs in the waters of Cu Lao Cham (Cham Islands) on March 8 after a couple of days. Cleaning up the seabed in Cu Lao Cham (Photo: baoquangnam.vn) This was the first-ever clean-up to protect the coral reefs from natural enemies and household waste. Volunteers cleaned up coral reefs in Bai Tra, Bai Nan, Bai Xep, and Bai Bac beaches and caught crown-of-thorns starfish, a natural enemy of coral reefs. The board also measured the vulnerability of marine ecological systems and assessed vegetation coverage to identify specific measures to protect the reefs. …
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