Renowned painter Bui Xuan Phai (Photo courtesy of the late artist’s family) Nominations for the “Bui Xuan Phai: For Love of Hanoi” Awards 2019 contain nostalgia for a Hanoi in a time long gone by. The organising board of the 12th edition of the “Bui Xuan Phai: For Love of Hanoi” Awards recently approved 10 final nominations. This year, the award continues its journey to seek, discover and honour creators and works, activities and ideas connected to the development of Hanoi, as well as profound sentiment for the capital city. Reflecting Hanoi lifestyle The nominations include works, ideas and activities which honour Hanoi and contribute to the city’s development, namely the books entitled “Mot thoi Hanoi hat”, “Kim Lien mot thuo” and “Hanoi quan xa pho phuong”. The Idea Prize and Job Prize feature the efforts to help the “Hanoi Post Office” building near Hoan Kiem Lake regain its old name, … [Read more...] about “Bui Xuan Phai: For Love of Hanoi” Awards 2019: Nostalgia a highlight
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My love affair with Vietnamese pho
My love affair with pho began way back in 1980, after moving from a small town in British Columbia, Canada to attend an art college in Vancouver. And like many students living in cramped rooming houses with only a hot plate to cook, I was always searching for eateries that served fast, inexpensive food. That’s when I discovered My Tan on Broadway Avenue, which was among the first Vietnamese restaurants in Vancouver. The restaurant was operated by a family from Vietnam, who came to live in Canada. I had my first bowl of pho at this little restaurant, which quickly became one of my go-to eating places during my college years. A bowl of rare beef, tendon and tripe pho served at a restaurant in Victoria, Canada. Photo: Chris Bradshaw Once you become exposed to Vietnamese pho, you start to look for it wherever you go. In the mid-1980s there were only a few places that served pho in Vancouver, but word spread quickly in art school of a little family-run Cambodian/Vietnamese noodle … [Read more...] about My love affair with Vietnamese pho
Five-star Liverpool thrash sorry Everton
Liverpool celebrate beating Everton 5-2 on Wednesday. — Photo mirror.co.uk LIVERPOOL — Liverpool surged eight points clear at the top of the Premier League as Divock Origi was the scourge of Everton once more in a thrilling 5-2 Merseyside derby win for the European champions at Anfield. All but one of the goals came before half-time as Origi and Xherdan Shaqiri, who replaced the rested Roberto Firmino and Mohamed Salah, put Liverpool 2-0 up inside 17 minutes. Michael Keane pulled a goal back for Everton before Origi got his second and Sadio Mane finished off a blistering counter-attack to make it 4-1. The scoring did not stop there as Richarlison cut the deficit once more, but Georginio Wijnaldum hammered the final nail in the Everton coffin a minute from time as an eighth defeat in 11 league games sees the Toffees slip into the bottom three. "All the goals were incredible," said a delighted Jurgen Klopp, who made five changes in total. "Wonderful goals, … [Read more...] about Five-star Liverpool thrash sorry Everton
Web series on cải lương performer released on YouTube
People’s Artist and cải lương star Lệ Thủy (left). Her career is featured in the web series Hồi Ký Một Kiếp Cầm Ca - Sinh Ra Để Hát (Memoirs of a Performer - Born to Be on Stage), which has been released on YouTube to mark the artist’s 40-year career. Photo courtesy of the producer HCM CITY A web series on People’s Artist and theatre actress Lệ Thủy, a star of cải lương (reformed opera), has been released on YouTube to mark the artist’s 40-year career. The film Hồi Ký Một Kiếp Cầm Ca - Sinh Ra Để Hát (Memoirs of a Performer - Born to Be on Stage), written and directed by Đình Trí, features the career of Thủy, one of the region’s leading performers in cải lương. The work includes 32 episodes and highlights the artist’s … [Read more...] about Web series on cải lương performer released on YouTube
Photos of family happiness on display
Tết Vùng Cao (Tết in Mountainous Region) by Dương Phượng Đại. HÀ NỘI — Is there anything better than a happy family? Well now you can see for yourself, at a photographic exhibition that opened in Hà Nội on Thursday. The images displayed are winners of a competition that opened in June to celebrate Vietnamese Family Day (June 28). After six months, the organising board received 1,000 photos sent by more than 200 photographers nationwide, according to Người Hà Nội (Hanoians) newspaper’s editor-in-chief Đào Xuân Hưng, head of the organising board. “We select 70 excellent photos to grant prizes and exhibit, regretfully no entry meets the criteria to receive first prize,” he said. Two second prizes went to Tết Vùng Cao (Tết in Mountainous Region) by Dương Phượng Đại and Tình Già (Love … [Read more...] about Photos of family happiness on display