Exhibition “Young Sculptors 2013″ Opening: Sun 30 Jun 2013, 4.30 pm Exhibition: 30 Jun – 05 Jul Artist Talk: Fri 05 Jul 2013, 08.30 – 11.30 am Art Exhibition Hall 16 Ngo Quyen, Hoan Kiem, Hanoi “Young Sculptors 2012″ – an exhibition specializing in sculpture (for artists below 35 years old) of Young Artists’ Club, was held for the first time under the auspices of Vietnam Fine Arts Association. Most of the works in the first exhibition were figurines which were made carefully and dressed up meticulously and expressing brand new outlooks. However, the second one will give more preference to spaces with separate stories which evoke individual emotions and give deeper perspectives. Mystic Echo – Electronic Music Night with Henrik Frisk Sat 29 Jun 2013, 8 pm Vietnam Film Association Cinema, 2nd floor, backyard 51 Tran Hung Dao street, Hanoi Domdom is proud to present Hanoi’s most exciting electronic music night … [Read more...]
EVENTS SCHEDULED FOR JULY 1 – 15 (daily updated)
Open Studio in July – Andrea Radai and NGUYEN Trinh Thi Opening: Sat 13 Jul 2013, 10 am – 10 pm Nhasan COLLECTIVE 3rd Floor, Block A, 9 Tran Thanh Tong, Hanoi Please join us in the first Open Studio event of our programme, with newest works “Landscape Series #1″ (Video, 2013), “Landscape Series #1, 2, 3″ (Postcards, 2013 and on-going) by Nguyen Trinh Thi, and “Back to future” by Andrea Radai. Both artists will be present when the Open Studio event starts at 10 am in Nha San Collective. At 7 pm please join us in the art talk, where the artists discuss with audience about their work, ideas, concepts as well as about the works on display. The opening reception will take place before the talk, at 6 pm. Andrea Radai was born in Budapest, Hungary in 1964. Because of the work of her father, the Radai family lived for a couple of years in Vietnam and Laos during the 70′s. Back in Budapest, she applied to Art School, Magyar … [Read more...]
EVENTS SCHEDULED FOR AUGUST 1-10 (daily updated)
Contemporary Dance “The Spinning Creator” in Hanoi and HCMC The Spinning Creator HCMC: Sun 10 Aug 2014, 8 pm Ben Thanh Theater 06 Mac Dinh Chi, Dist 1, HCMC — Hanoi: Thu 21 Aug 2014, 8 pm Cultural Friendship Palace 91 Tran Hung Dao, Hanoi CON TẠO XOAY (The Spinning Creator) is a contemporary dance carried out by The Association of Vietnamese Enterprises’ Cultural Department in association with Discovery Ballet Company and belongs to Project: For the popularity of Contemporary dance works. With famous choreographers and artists of high quality, this work will bring the art of dance closer to audiences in the country as well as up to have the opportunity to rise and keep abreast with international fellows. This play tells the changes of people’s lives through stages. People are absorbed in the industrial apparatus which turns them into emotionless machines. The struggle between the matter and the spirit of each person in different … [Read more...]
EVENTS SCHEDULED FOR NOVEMBER 10-20 (daily updated)
Photo Exhibition “Live III” at the Metropole Hanoi Opening: Sun 16 Nov 2014, 10 am Exhibition: 16 – 23 Nov 2014, 10 am – 6 pm Sofitel Legend Metropole Hanoi 15 Ngo Quyen Str, Hanoi One year after the Leica photo exhibition “Live II”, the third edition “Live III” is back at Sofitel Legend Metropole Hanoi featuring daily activities from all walks of life and beautiful sceneries from Northwest – Tây Bắc. Fourty coloured and black & white photos by over 30 authors from Leica Club Vietnam are exhibited as the reminiscence of everyday life in Vietnam North-western mountains. In addition to veteran photographers such as Do Anh Tuan, Nguyen Viet Thanh, Doan Ky Thanh, Tran Viet Dung, Hoang Minh Tri, Nguyen Trong Tung and Do Quoc Khanh, the exhibition also draws the participation of freelance photographers including Nguyen Ngoc Khanh, Nguyen Khoa Hai, Truong Thi Mai Huong, Trinh Quoc Trung and Quang Vu with a fresh and … [Read more...]
EVENTS SCHEDULED FOR NOVEMBER 20-30 (daily updated)
Fashion Exhibition Raffaella Curiel en Exhibition: 24 Nov – 07 Dec 2014 Casa Italia 18 Le Phung Hieu, Hanoi On the occasion of the visit to Vietnam of the Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation Sen. Benedetto Della Vedova, and in the framework of the activities of Y-Viet, the Embassy of Italy has the pleasure to present the fashion exhibition “Raffaella Curiel through Art, Travels and Music”. The exhibition displays 25 pieces by renowned fashion designer Raffaella Curiel, whose brand is among those that most contributed, since the early XX century, to the rise and the success of the Italian “alta moda” worldwide. As part of four generation of Italian female fashion designers – Ortensia, Gigliola, Raffaella and now Gigliola junior – Raffaella Curiel has presented and promoted the Italian “alta moda” all around the world, conveying, on the occasion of a number of international fashion shows, a unique and … [Read more...]
WHAT’S ON APRIL 1-15 (DAILY UPDATE)
Exhibition “Vietnamese Lacquer Story” Opening: Fri 15 Apr 2016, 5 pm Exhibition: 15 Apr – 02 May 2016 Hanoi Old Quarter Culture Exchange Center 50 Dao Duy Tu Street, Hoan Kiem district, Hanoi Exhibition “Vietnamese Lacquer Story” presents an overview of Vietnamese traditional lacquer art (with photos, tools artifacts, techniques) and Vietnamese Contemporary Lacquer Art (with the participation of 8 painters and representatives from the art’s villages). This event aims to promote and celebrate a traditional craft of Vietnam, within the framework of the Old Quarter craft year 2016 in Hanoi. Contemporary Art Show with Creative Group NONI Thu 14 Apr 2016, 6 pm – 7.20 pm Long Bien station, Tran Nhat Duat, Hanoi You are invited to the Contemporary Art Show titled “Memories – Things to remember” with Creative Group NONI from Korea. In 2016, Long Bien station is chosen to be the context of this program. This kind of art is … [Read more...]
VietJet Air adds flight information update via Zalo app
Low-cost carrier Vietjet Air has recently added a programme to keep passengers informed of their flight schedules through messages from the Zalo application along with usual SMS messages. Accordingly, the system will send a Zalo message and check its status after 5 minutes. If the message is unread, an SMS message will be sent. The carrier also recommends passengers check the “Flight Information” section at www.vietjetair.com for the most up-to-date information on their flight schedules. According to VietJet Air’s Director for Business Development Desmond Lin, the use of messages though social networks will help passengers save time as the information is transmitted faster. Currently, Vietjet Air uses 28 Airbus A320 and A321 planes and operates about 190 flights daily. The carrier has so far flown about 18 million passengers to 35 domestic and international destinations, including Singapore, the Republic of Korea, Taiwan (China), China, Thailand and Myanmar.-VNA … [Read more...]
Yahoo to shut down seven products, including Blackberry app
Yahoo Inc is shutting down seven products, including its mobile app for Blackberry smartphones, as new Chief Executive Marissa Mayer takes a page from Google Inc's play book by eliminating unsuccessful products en-masse. The product shutdowns, which Yahoo announced on its official company blog on Friday, are part of what the company said are regular efforts to evaluate and review its product line-up. "The most critical question we ask is whether the experience is truly a daily habit that still resonates for all of you today," wrote Jay Rossiter, Yahoo's executive vice president of Platforms. The announcement represents Yahoo's second group shutdown of products since Mayer, a former Google executive, became CEO of the struggling Web portal in July. So-called "spring cleaning" announcements, in which multiple products are shut down, have become a regular feature at Google in recent years. Mayer signaled the company would prune its line-up of mobile apps at an investor conference last … [Read more...]
Facebook launches smartphone app for event seekers
SAN FRANCISCO: Facebook on Friday (Oct 7) released a mobile app for finding local happenings to enjoy with friends. The Events app tailored for iPhones hit Apple's online shop, with a version "coming soon" for smartphones powered by Google-backed Android software, Facebook product manager Aditya Koolwal said in on online post. Events is a stand-alone spin on a section at the leading online social network that lets people share plans for concerts, poetry slams, plays or other types of events they are interested in attending. "When you open Events, you can quickly catch up on new events your friends are interested in, recently-announced events by the Pages you like, and updates from events you're already connected to," Koolwal said. More than 100 million people daily use Facebook's events section to discover activities they can take part in with friends, according to Koolwal. The Events app lets people browse for happenings based on factors such as location or interest, and to explore … [Read more...]
Windows Azure update launched
Today Microsoft announced a major update to its cloud computing platform—Windows Azure, that will enable customers to quickly and easily move existing apps to the cloud— to preserve their existing investments on-premise, while also taking advantage of the cloud’s economics, speed and scale. With the general availability of Windows Azure Infrastructure Services (IaaS), Microsoft is now the only cloud provider who can offer customers a comprehensive hybrid cloud solution that integrates existing IT infrastructure with all the benefits of the public cloud. In addition, Microsoft is announcing a commitment to match Amazon Web Services’ prices for commodity services like compute, storage and bandwidth. Today’s announcement officially makes the battle for the enterprise cloud a two-horse race between Microsoft and Amazon. According to Gartner, IaaS is the fastest growing segment of the public cloud services market, with emerging markets in Asia Pacific … [Read more...]