HCM City (VNA) – The Vietnam News Agency (VNA)’s reporters have won three prizes of the Ho Chi Minh City Tourism Press Awards 2020. They include a first prize in the category of photo reportage and two consolation prizes in radio - television and print - electronic newspaper categories. The first prize came to Hoang Tuyet and Manh Linh from VNA’s Tin Tuc Newspaper with a photo reportage entitled “More than 3,000 women join Ao Dai show on Nguyen Hue pedestrians’ street”. Meanwhile, the other two prizes came to reporters from VNA’s VNews television channel and VNA’s representative office in HCM City. This year, the awards received 141 entries from 24 media agencies across the country. Many reflected the reality of the tourism sector in 2020 and created positive effects. Meanwhile, many other introduced the cuisine and tourism of Vietnam and the city, gave recommendations on how to build a safe and friendly tourism sector, and … [Read more...] about Vietnam News Agency wins three prizes of HCM City Tourism Press Awards
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Annual Tết book fair to open in downtown HCM City
The HCM City Journalists Association will display more than 100 special publications from the city’s major newspapers and magazines including Trẻ (Youth), Thanh Niên (Young People) and Sài Gòn Giải Phóng (Liberated Sài Gòn). … [Read more...] about Annual Tết book fair to open in downtown HCM City
Famous cải lương play from the 1980s to be restaged for Tết
The original version of Nàng Xê Đa was written for chèo (traditional opera), a form of Vietnamese theatre in the North. The play helped its creator, scriptwriter Vũ, to become a phenomenon in the industry after its release in Hà Nội in 1982. Vũ worked with his father, author Lưu Quang Thuận, to write the play. … [Read more...] about Famous cải lương play from the 1980s to be restaged for Tết
Breast reconstruction surgery after mastectomy improves patients’ quality of life
Dr Nguyễn Văn Phùng, a lecturer at the Department of Plastic-Aesthetics at the HCM City University of Medicine and Pharmacy, who works in Bình Dân Hospital's Plastic-Aesthetic Surgery Unit, said: “Breast reconstruction is for women who have had a mastectomy to treat cancer or have lost breast structure due to burns or trauma.” … [Read more...] about Breast reconstruction surgery after mastectomy improves patients’ quality of life
Comedy show celebrates Lunar New Year
American stand-up comedian JK Hobson, who has performed in Việt Nam since 2017, will perform in the comedy show “Goodbye Rat, Hello Buffalo” at Hard Rock Cafe HCM City on February 7 to celebrate Lunar New Year. File photo from the artist’s Facebook page … [Read more...] about Comedy show celebrates Lunar New Year
