Korean music festival 2018

The event is part of activities within the framework of Hue Festival 2022, and is seen as one of the major events of the festival, attracting and bringing exciting experiences for thousands of tourists and local people. Along with music and dance performances, Ao dai fashion show and Hue kite display, other attractive activities will take place, including the antique car parade “Hue – Four seasons of flowers,” and traditional art performances featuring popular festivals and folk culture of several localities in Hue. According to the organizing panel, the festival will run from June 26 to 28. This year, residents and visitors will be given the opportunity to enjoy a range of art performances by domestic and international art troupes. Translated by Quynh Oanh … [Read more...] about “Colors of Culture” street festival kicked off

150 artists from five teams of the city’s armed forces joined the event. Art performances at the festival praised the Fatherland, the Party, and President Ho Chi Minh and the country, while highlighting the national tradition of revolutionary struggle and outstanding examples. Each team performed a general music and dance program with a duration from 25 to 30 minutes, with at least two art forms and four or more  performances. Each program must ensure the following criteria: Having a theme and logic, ensuring a reasonable proportion of performances and having at least one performance about young people. As a result, the organizers awarded the first prize to the team with members from Gia Dinh Regiment, Regiment 10, the city’s Military School, and several other units with the contest theme "Keeping the sacred flame forever." The festival contributed to educating and raising awareness of staff and youth union members and youngsters about the meaning, spirit and basic content of the … [Read more...] about HCM City’s armed forces join art festival

Young Vietnamese people at a KOCCA's event. — Photo courtesy of KOCCA Việt Nam HÀ NỘI — The Korea Content Creation Agency (KOCCA) in Việt Nam will organise a series of cultural-entertainment events this year to commemorate the 30th anniversary of the establishment of diplomatic relations between the two countries, according to Hong Jeong Yong, director of KOCCA Việt Nam. Two cultural events scheduled to take place in July are the Korean Animation Festival and Korean Culture Days in Việt Nam. KOCCA will also release its annual Hallyu (Korean wave) report at the same time. In August, Hồ Chí Minh City and Đà Nẵng will host the K-pop competition's qualifying competition. In October, KOCCA will release a white book on video games. In November, the Hallyu Expo, the highlight of a series of events commemorating the 30th anniversary of the establishment of diplomatic relations between the two countries, will feature several … [Read more...] about Korea, Việt Nam to mark 30th anniversary of relations with cultural events

The seven-and-a-half minute work is a proof-of-concept film from Hanh Trinh Nhan Qua (Karma Journey), an animation project about the Linh World produced by Sun Wolf Animation Studio. The Linh World exists below the human world and is supported by a giant tree, called the karma tree. It is the home of creatures inspired from Vietnamese folk tales and real life including a kylin named Leng Keng. Kylin is a mythical creature with a lion’s head, a long tail and a dog-like body, that appears at temples, pagodas and mausoleums symbolising longevity, luck and good government. Linh: Magic Powder reveals a little corner in Pig District in Karma City, the capital of Linh World, and its life and citizens. In the video, Leng Keng chases Bloody Frog through the street of Pig District until finally bursting into the restaurant of Uncle Pig Chef. The film features Vietnamese traditional architecture and cuisine. The film was screened at Family Picture Show at the 48th Seattle … [Read more...] about Animation project depicts traditional culture