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Two jazz nights featuring famed Russian guitarist Dmitry Maloletov and renowned Vietnamese saxophonist Tran Manh Tuan will take place in Ho Chi Minh City, with the first event scheduled for this weekend. As part of a series to celebrate the upcoming 70th anniversary of diplomatic relations between Vietnam and Russia (1950-2020), the events aim to show the unity of Russians and Vietnamese through music as well as promote cultural exchanges between the two peoples. The shows will take place at Sax n Art Jazz Club in District 1 on Sunday evening, and at Van Lang University’s Campus 3 in Binh Thanh District on December 12, respectively, said the Russian Consulate General in Ho Chi Minh City. The Ho Chi Minh City events are a sequel to a series of the two artists’ joint concerts in Russia two months earlier organized by the Vietnamese Embassy in Russia, the Moscow State Institute of International Relations’ ASEAN center, and the Russian Consulate … [Read more...] about Ho Chi Minh City jazz nights to promote Vietnam-Russia cultural exchange

  Pop star Cẩm Vân (right) and veteran and young singers, dancers and musicians will perform in many music shows to usher in the Christmas and New Year in HCM City. — Photo from the singer's facebook HCM CITY —  A series of drama, music and dance shows featuring hundreds of singers, dancers and theatre artists offering something for everyone in HCM City will begin this weekend.    Trống Đồng Entertainment Centre will cheer the Christmas and New Year and celebrate its 30 years of working with a great open-air music programme on Saturday. The event, 30 Năm Ký Ức Trống Đồng (30 Years - the Best Moments of Trồng Đồng Centre), will feature about 100 veteran and young singers and dance groups. Pop stars Ngọc Sơn and Cẩm Vân, who began their career in the 1980s, will be featured. The concert will also highlight Vietnamese-American veteran … [Read more...] about Music shows bring Christmas cheer to HCM City

  Nguyễn Thị Ánh Viên poses with her gold medal (centre) with the two runners-up in the women's 200m backstroke. — Photo 24.com.vn HÀ NỘI — Nguyễn Thị Ánh Viên completed her title hat trick after winning two gold medals yesterday at the Southeast Asian Games in the Philippines. The golden swimmer of Việt Nam won in the women's 200m freestyle and 200m backstroke an hour apart at the New Clark City Aquatic Centre. Viên was No 1 seed in both events after her best performance from the qualifications in the morning. The defending champion made a slower start than her rivals in the 200m freestyle soon caught up and kept the lead to the end. She finished her first with a time of 2min 0.75sec.  Natthanan Junkrajang of Thailand came second, followed by Remedy Rule of the hosts. Later, Viên continued defending her title in the 200m backstroke. This time she went ahead … [Read more...] about Swimmer Viên makes a double at SEA Games

  Swimmer Nguyễn Ánh Viên in the women's 400m freestyle. Photo dantri.vn HÀ NỘI — Swimming and taekwondo athletes brought two gold medals each for Việt Nam on the seventh day of the 30th Southest Asian Games on Saturday in the Philippines. Nguyễn Thị Ánh Viên won both the women's 400m freestyle and 100m backstroke events, defending her titles comfortably. The 23-year-old clocked 4min 13.20sec in the 400m freestyle. Gan Ching Hwee of Singapore and Natthanan Junkrajang from Thailand were second and third, respectively. In the latter race, Viên finished with a time of 1:02.97. Chloe Kennedy Anne Isleta and Jasmine Alkhaldi, both of the hosts, were the runners-up. Viên who is expected to win eight titles in this Games will take part in the 400m individual medley today. She is the defending champion. Meanwhile, taekwondo martial artists took two golds in poomsae (performance) … [Read more...] about Swimmers, taekwondo artists bring home golds

    DRINKERS ON THE BUS GO ROUND AND ROUND: Customers enjoy drinks in the cafe. Photo vietnammoi.vn   One way to break the mould is an eye-catching design, and what's more eye-catching than a big yellow bus?   That must have been what Nguyễn Đứa Sâm and his friends thought when they opened Hanoi Bus Cafe. Located on the grounds in front of a future Hà Đông metro station on Tô Hiệu Road, the cafe is inside a stationary bus which has been redesigned. Sâm said he came up with the idea for the cafe during a trip to Vĩnh Phúc Province north of the capital when he saw many damaged buses that had been abandoned and were going to waste. “A sudden idea came to my mind, why don't we use such a bus to open a coffee shop? My friends agreed and we bought a bus, but at first we faced many difficulties on how to turn it into a cafe as we didn't have any model to follow,” Sâm … [Read more...] about Old bus becomes a bustling cafe