The awards ceremony was created by the Vietnam News Agency (VNA)’s The Thao & Van Hoa (Sports & Culture) newspaper, along with the family of the late painter Bui Xuan Phai (1920-1988) in 2008 to honor his career and spread his love for the capital city. The awards were classified into four categories: Grand Prize, Idea Prize, Job Prize, and Work Prize. The vault murals along Phung Hung pedestrian street win the Job Prize. Photo: thethaovanhoa.vn Speaking at the ceremony, VNA General Director Nguyen Duc Loi praised the efforts by the newspaper in organizing the awards, which have served the mission of discovering and honoring significant contributions to the capital city. This year’s Grand Prize went to 96-year-old Nguyen Ba Dam. Dam, born in Moc village, Giap Nhat, used to serve as a history teacher at Phan Dinh Phung high school. He was a good friend of Bui Xuan Phai and was an inspiration for 242 of Phai’s portrait sketches. He is renowned … [Read more...] about Bui Xuan Phai awards honor lovers of capital city
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Bui Xuan Phai awards honour lovers of capital city
Painter Bui Xuan Phai (L) (Source: VNA) Hanoi (VNA) – Winners of the 11th “Bui Xuan Phai: For the Love of Hanoi” awards were announced at a ceremony in Hanoi on August 29. The awards ceremony was created by the Vietnam News Agency (VNA)’s The Thao & Van Hoa (Sports & Culture) newspaper, along with the family of the late painter Bui Xuan Phai (1920-1988) in 2008 to honour his career and spread his love for the capital city. The awards were classified into four categories: Grand Prize, Idea Prize, Job Prize, and Work Prize. Speaking at the ceremony, VNA General Director Nguyen Duc Loi praised the efforts by the newspaper in organising the awards, which have served the mission of discovering and honouring significant contributions to the capital city. This year’s Grand Prize went to 96-year-old Nguyen Ba Dam. Dam, born in Moc village, Giap Nhat, used to serve as a history teacher at Phan Dinh Phung high school. He was a good … [Read more...] about Bui Xuan Phai awards honour lovers of capital city
April 9-15: Non Nuoc Cao Bang named second UNESCO-recognised Global Geopark in Vietnam
NA Standing Committee convenes 23rd session The National Assembly Standing Committee convened its 23rd session in Hanoi on April 10, led by NA Chairwoman Nguyen Thi Kim Ngan. During the nine-day session, the legislators have spent the majority of their time mulling over an array of laws and adjustments to the draft revised Law on Anti-corruption and continued to give their opinions on the contentious contents of the draft Law on Special Administrative-Economic Units. The lawmakers have also discussed the preparations for the fifth meeting of the NA, the supervision programmes of the NA and its Standing Committee and the law and ordinance building programme in 2019, as well as revising the Government’s report on thrift practice and wastefulness in 2017. Vietnam steps up regulations on digital currency Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc has signed a directive calling for stronger measures to rein in Bitcoin and other digital currencies as it is feared that they could destabilise the … [Read more...] about April 9-15: Non Nuoc Cao Bang named second UNESCO-recognised Global Geopark in Vietnam