ENTERTAINMENT

Newly-issued Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism Circular 25 has ordered firms and artists to limit smoking scenes in films and plays. Smoking on screen will be banned The new circular bans actors from smoking on screen in films for general audience unless the purpose is criticism. Smoking scenes are banned in works for children or to praise individuals and organisations that become successful from cigarettes. Cigarettes can still be used for artistic purposes or to be historically accurate, however, actors must not smoke for real. If there are many smoking scenes in a film, it must be rated or gives audiences warnings about smoking. Vietnamese spend approximately VND31trn (USD1.24m) on tobacco and VND24trn go into treatments for just five out of 25 tobacco-related illnesses every year. The circular will take effect from November 25. … [Read more...] about Smoking in film largely banned

Many artists have criticised several local singers who signed their names on a painting which was auctioned in HCM City recently.  Famous singers Dam Vinh Hung, Le Quyen and Quang Le altogether signed on the picture of artist Hua Thanh Binh which was auctioned at an art event in HCM City for the charitable purpose.  The singers sign their names on the painting … [Read more...] about Singers criticised for signing on auctioned painting

40 photos featuring rural women and sustainable development in Vietnam are being displayed at an exhibition which opened at the Vietnamese Women’s Museum in Hanoi on October 10. A photo by Giang Dong Son wins the first prize of the photo contest The photos were shortlisted from over 1,000 submissions to a photo contest on Rural Women and Sustainable Development held by UN Women with the support of the Australian and Canadian Embassies to recognise and promote the contribution of rural Vietnamese women to the sustainable development of Vietnam. The photographs submitted highlight the contestants’ recognition of the significant contributions made by rural women to the prosperity of their communities across many areas, including technology, sustainable agriculture, disaster risk reduction and climate change adaptation, entrepreneurship, leadership and decision making, and the promotion of substantive equality between women and men in rural Vietnam. … [Read more...] about Women’s contribution to sustainable development honoured through photography

A happy and joyful Hanoi in the liberation day 64 years ago is being shown at an exhibition titled Hanoi – The Return Day", held at the Hoa Lo Prison. The exhibition recalls the historical context, the devastation of wartime, liberation day and the process of rebuilding Hanoi after the war. When the resistance Government took over the capital from the French soldiers in October 1954, 422 administration officers and 158 police officers were sent to reclaim 35 major agencies and public buildings including the Government Guest House (Tonkin Palace), the Hoa Lo Prison, and Bach Mai Hospital. A French solider received Vietnamese soldiers back to Hanoi on October 8, 1954. After the horn was sounded at Hanoi Opera House, the national anthem was played by the military band. Vietnamese flag was hung at the Government Guest House. Vietnamese soldiers walked through the Long Bien Bridge to the city's centre to take over the capital. The Vietnamese … [Read more...] about Exhibition recalls Hanoi’s Liberation Day

Hanoi’s craft streets and villages are featured at a photo exhibition being held at the Temple of Literature. The event named Hanoi In Me hosts 80 photos about the capital city’s craft villages and is among activities marking the 64th anniversary of the city’s Liberation Day on October 10.  Visitors at the exhibition The photos depict Hanoi’s craft streets such as Hang Trong Street famous for folk paintings, Hang Than street with Banh Com (green rice flake cakes), Hang Duong with o mai (salted fruit) and traditional craft villages like Bat Trang pottery village, Van Phuc silk village and Kim Lan pottery village. Craft villages are also displayed in the photos like Bat Trang pottery village, Van Phuc silk village, Kim Lan pottery village, Quat Dong embroidery village and Ngu Xa bronze casting village.  Some more photos at the exhibition: … [Read more...] about Craft village exhibition held Hanoi