Duong Dieu Linh, 29, ended up winning the competition and won a four-day film immersion course in Hollywood in November and a chance to pitch her script there. It was held Thursday at the Script to Screen workshop held at the U.S. consulate in HCMC by the Motion Picture Association (MPA), Asia Pacific Screen Awards, CJ Entertainment, and Autumn Meeting. Linh’s "Chuyen san giai" (Man Hunting) impressed the jury and audience as did her compelling narration and humor. The comedy is about two women in different stages of life, a woman of middle age and her daughter in her 20s, both craving love. They try everything they can to win the heart of the man of their dream, including consulting a fortune teller. "I’m sure almost every Vietnamese in this room has met a fortune teller in their life," Linh, who came on stage wearing the same clothes her characters would wear, told a laughing audience, implying how her movie would resonate with many people … [Read more...] about Vietnamese filmmakers pitch scripts to producers at Saigon event, one scores
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Tiger protection film launched
Environmental organisation Education for Nature Vietnam (ENV) has introduced a short public awareness film about tiger protection. The film’s story focuses on an engagement ceremony in which the groom’s mother offers a box of tiger bone glue as a gift for the bride’s family. However, the bride’s parents turn the gift down which disappoints the groom’s mother, ending the proposed wedding. The film is scheduled to be screened on Vietnam Television and local stations nationwide. People can also see the film on ENV’s Youtube channel. Many Vietnamese people still believe that tiger bone glue is a kind of magical medicine which can help to support the treatment of lots of diseases and health improvement. This is some of the reason for the increased number of tigers that have been hunted. Tigers are at high risk of extinction, particularly in Vietnam and neighbouring countries. Scientists estimated that less than five tigers now live in Vietnam. In 2018, … [Read more...] about Tiger protection film launched
October 22-28: Party chief elected State President
General Secretary Nguyen Phu Trong elected Vietnamese President Party General Secretary Nguyen Phu Trong was sworn in as President of Vietnam after being elected by the National Assembly on October 23. President Nguyen Phu Trong was born in 1944 in Dong Anh district on the outskirts in Hanoi. He is currently General Secretary of the Communist Party of Vietnam. Prior to becoming the Party chief in 2011, he held numerous important posts including Secretary of the Hanoi Party Committee and Chairman of the National Assembly. 14th National Assembly commences sixth session A general view of the opening sitting at the sixth session of the 14th National Assembly on October 22. (Photo: NDO/Duy Linh) The sixth session of the 14th National Assembly (NA) opened at the National Assembly House in Hanoi on October 22. The NA is scheduled to adopt nine bills, a resolution and give opinions on six other bills. Besides law-making, the NA will discuss and make decisions on many important socio-economic … [Read more...] about October 22-28: Party chief elected State President
Phuong Nam divests 12.5 per cent of CJ CGV to pay off debts
Phuong Nam Cultural Company (code: PNC) has just announced to collect comments from shareholders on selling 12.5 per cent of CJ CGV Vietnam Co., Ltd. for VND160 billion ($7.05 million) to repay due debts. Black Diamond Investment JSC will be the new shareholder of CJ CGV Vietnam from next month Black Diamond Investment JSC would be the partner to purchase the shares. The major sector of this company is real estate, its charter capital is VND120 billion ($5.3 million), and it is managed by Vu Hoang Nhat (1983). The biggest shareholder of Black Diamond is Vinh Vinh Phat Investment JSC with the ownership of 59.5 per cent, which was established in April 2018 and is also managed by Vu Hoang Nhat. The transaction is expected to be carried out before July 5, 2018. If it is successful, PNC will reduce its ownership in CJ CGV to 7.5 per cent. The money PNC would earn from the transaction will be mainly used to repay the debts of Cross Junction Investment Pte., Ltd. (CJI), including $7 … [Read more...] about Phuong Nam divests 12.5 per cent of CJ CGV to pay off debts
Goethe Institute Hanoi launches Karl Marx contest
Karl Marx was born in 1818 in Trier, which then belonged to Prussia. The Goethe Institute Hanoi will mark this anniversary by exploring the life, work, and most importantly, the impact of this multi-faceted thinker. The contest will include short essays or fictional stories of about 500 words in length. Art works such as plays, poems, comic strips and picture stories or cartoons and artistic or documentary short films of no more than 90 seconds in length are also accepted. An exhibition featuring the life of Karl Marx “We want to call on all people, not only scientists and researchers, but also others from fields such as art to join the contest,” said Goethe Institute’s director Wilfried Eckstein at a press conference held on May 10. People can write in Vietnamese and English and send their work via email to [email protected] before four deadlines on May 15, June 4, July 2 and August 20. After each deadline a jury will select the items to … [Read more...] about Goethe Institute Hanoi launches Karl Marx contest