Back to English Comments Travel & Life - December 21, 2018 | 11:32 am GMT+7 A popular cultural entertainment event presented by LGBT people mocks social evils often, but it is not officially recognized. A group of gay and transmen are making up, but this is not your typical drag queen show. Their cabaret act incorporates a form of bingo, which is popular in this country. The members of Huong Nam loto troupe are in a room on the second floor at Kasa Café, District 10, HCMC, immersed in their usual weekly pre-show routines. Some focus on drawing precise brush lines on their cheeks, others rehearse while putting on foundation, and there is non-stop banter. They are all gay men or transwomen, and they pitch their deep voices higher and their body language is overtly feminine. The two oldest performers, Nga (mirror in hand, left) and Phung (to her left) are getting dolled up for the show and so is a young performer sitting on stage. He will be the only one … [Read more...] about LGBT troupes set Saigon stages alight with cabaret-bingo shows – VnExpress International
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Vietnam gains as overseas Vietnamese players go through the hoops
Young Vietnamese basketball players see in overseas Vietnamese a more realistic potential of the athletes they can become, so the latter inspire more confidence and commitment, experts say. And they have amazing stories to tell. In 1980, a 15-year-old Vietnamese boy named Nhan swam two kilometers from the Da Nang coast to a ship heading to Hong Kong. He fled the country without saying goodbye to his family, and found his way to starting a new life in California, United States. Thirty-six years later, Nhan’s son, Horace Nguyen, decided to return to the very country his dad left behind, to start a new life of his own, pursuing his dream of playing professional basketball. Horace is one of the first foreign players of Vietnamese descent to play basketball professionally in Vietnam, specifically in the annual tournament organized by the Vietnam Basketball Association (VBA). Established in 2016, the VBA league has six teams: Da Nang Dragons, Ho Chi Minh City Wings, Sai Gon Heat, Ha … [Read more...] about Vietnam gains as overseas Vietnamese players go through the hoops
Hanoi Buffaloes beats Thang Long Warriors in VBA Playoffs
Hanoi Buffaloes (blue) defeated reigning champions the Thang Long Warriors (white) in Playoffs 2 Game 2 of the Việt Nam Basketball League’s (VBA) 2018 season. ⸺ Photo Courtesy of organisers Viet Nam News HÀ NỘI — The Hanoi Buffaloes defeated reigning champions the Thang Long Warriors in Playoffs 2 Game 2 of the Việt Nam Basketball League’s (VBA) 2018 season, held at the Hà Nội University of Science and Technology Gymnasium on Sunday. Hosts Hà Nội Buffaloes entered the Game as the favoured team. The trio Lê Ngọc Tú, Stefan Nguyễn and Mike Bell ended the first round at 21-16. With efforts from Tô Quang Trung and Jaywuan Hill, the Thang Long Warriors came close to flipping the scoreboard. However, through bad shots and failed attacks the Warriors gave away their opportunities to score. In the third round, good 3-point shots by Quang Trung and Trương … [Read more...] about Hanoi Buffaloes beats Thang Long Warriors in VBA Playoffs
A night of Mozart and Tchaikovsky
Music A night of Mozart and Tchaikovsky Bradley Winterton Wednesday, Apr 18, 2018,20:08 (GMT+7) A night of Mozart and TchaikovskyBradley Winterton Korean pianist Cho Eun Young will perform at a concert featuring Mozart’s piano concertos in HCMC on April 19 - PHOTO: BRADLEY WINTERTON Mozart’s piano concertos represent a pinnacle. Quite what they are a pinnacle of is another matter, because nothing like them had ever been produced before. But a pinnacle they are nonetheless. The piano was at the time a relatively new instrument. Its ability to create notes soft or loud was described in its name, the ‘pianoforte’ – soft (‘piano’) or loud (‘forte’). This was an advance on the older harpsichord, where the strings were plucked with a kind of claw rather than hammered with a padded hammer, as in the new piano. Mozart essentially wrote his piano concertos to play himself, to … [Read more...] about A night of Mozart and Tchaikovsky
Hanoi Buffaloes enter playoffs after beating Danang Dragons
Mike Bell (9) produced 21 points and helped Hanoi Buffaloes to victory. — Photo courtesy of organisers Viet Nam News HÀ NỘI — Hanoi Buffaloes beat Danang Dragons and won a ticket to the playoffs in the 33rd Game of Việt Nam Basketball (VBA)’s League, held on Tuesday at the 5th Military Zone Gymnasium. Hanoi Buffaloes soon took the lead at 7-0 thanks to Stefan Nguyễn and Đinh Tiến Công. Though Danang Dragons’s major player Zach Allmon produced 12 points to shorten the gap, the Buffaloes continued to lead at 19-16. In the second quarter, Danang Dragons used their best players Chris Dierker and Allmon to notch up 26 points and played a counterattack to lead 42-36 over the Buffaloes. They continued with 14 points in the third quarter after just a few minutes, raising the score to 52-38. Keeping their spirit, the capital team regained control of the match and managed to turn the score to 63-62 over the hosts. In the final … [Read more...] about Hanoi Buffaloes enter playoffs after beating Danang Dragons