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Noi Bai International Airport displays huge lotus paintings The Saigon Times Daily Nguyen Thu Thuy is seen working on the project - PHOTO: VNA HCMC - Two large paintings featuring lotus, Vietnam’s national flower, began to be displayed at Terminal 2 of Noi Bai International Airport in Hanoi on January 3, the Vietnam News Agency reports. The paintings, covering 360 square meters in total, were created in two months by painters from Tan Hanoi Art Company. They feature lotus ponds at sunset, creating a romantic and peaceful corner for passengers at the airport. Speaking at the inauguration ceremony, Nguyen Thu Thuy, director of Tan Hanoi Art Company, said: “It’s our great honor to be chosen to bring a new look to a corner of Terminal 2 and we are happy when guests and airport staff love the paintings. We are working on another project of a pottery painting featuring Hanoi’s charm from past to present on the second floor of Terminal 2.” Thuy and her colleagues … [Read more...] about Noi Bai International Airport displays huge lotus paintings

Hanoi to display Tet fireworks at 30 venues The Saigon Times Daily Hanoi will organize 30 fireworks displays at low and high altitudes to celebrate Tet - PHOTO: NHAN TAM HCMC - In celebration of the Lunar New Year (Tet), the government of Hanoi will organize fireworks shows at 30 different venues across the city. Fireworks will be displayed at both low and high altitudes at six venues – Hoan Kiem Lake, Tay Ho, Nam Tu Liem, Hai Ba Trung and Ha Dong districts, and the outskirts town of Son Tay. Low-altitude fireworks shows will be held in Dong Da, Thanh Xuan, Ba Dinh, Bac Tu Liem, Cau Giay, Thanh Tri, Hoang Mai, Gia Lam, Long Bien and other districts. The fireworks displays will begin at midnight on February 5 and will last 15 minutes. … [Read more...] about Hanoi to display Tet fireworks at 30 venues

60 years of VNA’s historic photos are put on display (13-09-2005) General Director Le Quoc Trung (centre) opens the photographic exhibition by cutting the ribbon. — VNA/VNS Photo Truong Vi HA NOI — To celebrate the 60th anniversary of the establishment and development of the Viet Nam News Agency (VNA) which falls on this Thursday, the nation’s largest journalism unit yesterday opened a photo exhibition displaying works taken over the last six decades. Nearly 150 photos taken by hundreds of photographer and reporters during war and peace, show a cross section of life. Through the images selected from VNA’s archives, audiences will be able to admire historical moments captured by talented photographers. During the last 60 years, along with reporters, photographers have been to every part of the country, recording the sacrifices and endurance of the people and soldiers during war and the small changes that have occurred during the renewal process. … [Read more...] about 60 years of VNA’s historic photos are put on display

Hanoi’s hand-painted typography on display in HCMC The Saigon Times Daily Simon Richards poses with his works - PHOTO: COURTESY OF RMIT VIETNAM HCMC - Photographer and RMIT Vietnam lecturer Simon Richards is showcasing pictures featuring unique typography and hand-painted Vietnamese signs that he took in Hanoi’s Hoan Kiem District at an exhibition on RMIT Vietnam’s Saigon South campus. As an old trading hub, Hoan Kiem District still clings to its past with tight streets, narrow shop houses, and crowded markets. Richards described the district as a “real walking museum, street by street, featuring Vietnamese history for everyone to see”, and shared the difficulty of finding the hand-painted signs hidden in the noise of Hanoi’s Old Quarter. “My initial research was looking at sign writers and once my team and I started talking to people, we realized they wanted to share their stories. Some of the signs we found are more than 70 years old, and some are 40 years old … [Read more...] about Hanoi’s hand-painted typography on display in HCMC

Government In Action (04-06-2007) Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung has: Taking the sizzle out of fireworks displays ... issued a decision stipulating when, where and how fireworks can be used. Long-range fireworks will be let off within 15 minutes of the lunar new year in major cities including Ha Noi, HCM City, Hai Phong, Hue, Da Nang, and Can Tho. Short-range fireworks will be allowed for 15 minutes on the anniversary of the Hung Kings’s death on the 10th day of the third lunar month at the Hung Kings’ Temple and in the city of Viet Tri in Phu Tho Province . On other national holidays, including Independence Day on September 2, the anniversary of the Dien Bien Phu victory on May 7, and Reunification Day on April 30, fireworks shows will be conducted every five years in years ending in 0 or 5. If a local area wants to let off fireworks on a special day or to mark an international, regional or national event, it must send a proposal to the Ministry of … [Read more...] about Taking the sizzle out of fireworks displays

Vietnamese artist’s artwork on display in France The Saigon Times Daily Part of Thuy Nguyen “Silver Room” installation work, which is now on display at Chateau La Coste in France - PHOTO: VNA HCMC - Thuy Nguyen, also known as Tia Thuy Nguyen, is introducing her installation artwork titled “Silver Room” at the sculpture garden Chateau La Coste in France, becoming the first Vietnamese artist to display artworks there. “Silver Room” is a reflection of the common houses of ethnic minority groups in the Central Highlands of Vietnam. The work incorporates silver gilding techniques of Vietnamese traditional lacquer art, carving techniques on quartz and wood. The artwork has the size of a real house, measuring 16.2 meters in height, 6 meters in width, and 14.9 meters in length. Thuy Nguyen said it took her and her assistant, an artisan of Bana ethnic minority group, to find suitable wood and treat it before making the room. The room's 26 pillars and floor were made from … [Read more...] about Vietnamese artist’s artwork on display in France

Artifacts from ancient shipwrecks on display in Quang Ngai The Saigon Times Daily Pottery items from ancient shipwrecks on display at the exhibition in Quang Ngai - PHOTO: VNA HCMC - Artifacts found in nine ancient shipwrecks along the coast of Vietnam from Quang Nam to Ca Mau provinces are being showcased at an exhibition center in Quang Ngai Province, Nhan Dan newspaper reports. The exhibits include vases, bowls, plates, and jars found in Binh Thuan Province, ceramic products dating back to the 13th-14th century in Binh Dinh Province, stone statues in the former Ha Tien Province, and thousands of Chu Dau pottery pieces from shipwrecks in Quang Nam Province’s Cu Lao Cham. Other objects are from shipwrecks discovered in Ca Mau, Ba Ria-Vung Tau, Kien Giang and Quang Ngai provinces. Particularly, some exhibits originated in China and Thailand. Most of the artifacts were found during excavations carried out by Doan Anh Duong Investment and Development Company in … [Read more...] about Artifacts from ancient shipwrecks on display in Quang Ngai

Photos by Argentine journalist on display in town The Saigon Times Daily Argentine journalist Ignacio Ezcurra’s Pentax Honeywell H camera on display at the “Stories from a camera” exhibition - PHOTO: VNA HCMC - An exhibition featuring photos of Vietnam taken by an Argentine journalist opened at the HCMC War Remnants Museum on July 9. The exhibition, titled “Stories from a camera”, is jointly organized by the museum and the Embassy of Argentina in Vietnam to mark the 203rd anniversary of Argentine Independence Day, according to the Vietnam News Agency. On display are 130 photos, artifacts, and documents telling stories about Vietnam in wartime and peacetime. The photos were taken by Argentine journalist Ignacio Ezcurra, who was working for The La Nacion in Vietnam in 1968, and his granddaughter Luisa Duggan when she traveled to Vietnam 50 years later. According to Tran Xuan Thao, director of the HCMC War Remnants Museum, Ezcurra got lost in Saigon on May 8, … [Read more...] about Photos by Argentine journalist on display in town

Vietnamese contemporary artwork displayed in Paris for first time The Saigon Times Daily Borderline, the first contemporary work from Southeast Asia, is on display at the Guimet Museum of Asian Art in Paris - PHOTO: COURTESY OF HANOIA HCMC - A Vietnamese lacquer work called “Borderline” has become the first contemporary handicraft from Southeast Asia to be displayed at the Guimet Museum of Asian Art in Paris. Borderline was created by Paris-based Vietnamese actress and designer Tran Nu Yen Khe in partnership with Vietnamese lacquer house Hanoia, according to the Vietnam News Agency. It took three months to complete the artwork. The work represents a line connecting the past and the present, and tradition and modernity. Inspired by non la , Vietnamese traditional conical hat, the cone-shaped work features the patterns of flowers and barbed wire inlaid by gold leaf on a lacquered background. Its colors of yellow and orange evoke the architecture of old pagodas as … [Read more...] about Vietnamese contemporary artwork displayed in Paris for first time

Artworks by artists with autism on display in Hanoi The Saigon Times Daily Two visitors are seen at the exhibition - PHOTOS: COURTESY OF ORGANIZER HCMC – A not-for-profit exhibition featuring 11 artworks created by artists with autism is taking place in Hanoi. The exhibition is organized by social enterprise Tohe at the Exhibition House at 29 Hang Bai Street from July 28 to August 4, according to the Vietnam News Agency. The Khong Thoi Gian (No Time) exhibition comprises groups of works under two main themes namely "Love" and "Safe Zone". The participating artists come from Tohe Fun art club such as Ha Dinh Chi, Van Minh Duc, Lee Nguyen Sahae and Pham Binh Minh, and some others from Tottochan Center. About 1% of Vietnam’s population is children with autism. The exhibition helps visitors understand that people with autism can create artworks, work and find joy in life, proving they are not the burden of the society. Founded in 2006, Tohe is a social … [Read more...] about Artworks by artists with autism on display in Hanoi