The Hanoitimes - The India Times has listed Hoi An in the central province of Quang Nam one of most romantic sites beside such famous cities in the world as Paris and Seville Trang Tran … [Read more...] about Hoi An: one of nine most romantic cities in the world
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Trinh Cong Son’s multicolored painting world
VietNamNet Bridge – An exhibition of paintings by late songwriter Trinh Cong Son opened at the HCM City Art Museum on April 9-15. “I have looked for myself in music and poetry. I have not seen my whole face. And I have tried to turn to painting to continue looking for myself,” the musician wrote on a local newspaper in 1991. Ten years after his death, over 50 paintings and portrait sketches by Trinh Cong Son are being introduced at the “Not Mau” exhibition. Trinh Cong Son made these works in many years, since his boyhood in the central city of Hue to his last years at the house 47C Pham Ngoc Thach, District 3, HCM City. He used different materials, from water colors to chalk, oil. Like his music, Trinh Cong Son’s paintings show loneliness, the void of human existence as well as an unaffected, pure and romantic soul of a man who always loved humankind and life. When he was still alive, Trinh Cong Son exhibited his paintings with professional … [Read more...] about Trinh Cong Son’s multicolored painting world
Ho Chi Minh City celebrates 16 chords of festivity
The city’s Workers Culture Palace will be hosting the 2008 Asian 16-chord Zither Festival, the event that brings together traditional instrumentalists from Viet Nam and other Asian countries next year. The 16-chord zither is widely known as dan tranh in Viet Nam and considered as one of the most romantic musical instruments in Asia. It has been five years since this cultural palace first hosted the important festival, attracting other countries in the region, such as China, Japan, Korea and Mongolia, where other types of board-like zither instruments are also part of the culture. The festival targets protecting traditional music from the fierce invasion of modern trends. The instrument has inspired many artists and poets and is glorified in classical literary works like Nguyen Du’s Truyen Kieu (The Tale of Kieu) and even in some modern movies. It is made of a sound box with one end slightly wider than the other and 16 strings strung almost parallel from the head to a … [Read more...] about Ho Chi Minh City celebrates 16 chords of festivity
World’s hottest indie and short film festival in Jeonju late April-May
The 11th Jeonju International Film Festival (JIFF) will run from Apr. 29 to May 7 under the watchwords “freedom, independence and communication,” in Korea’s Jeollabuk-do (North Jeolla Province). A total of 209 films - 131 long and 78 short ones – from 49 countries including Korea, the United States, Japan and Peru will be shown throughout the festival. JIFF, first held in 2000, has been mainly introducing digital and independent movies, which are emerging as alternatives to traditional films. The opening movie of the festival is “Should’ve Kissed,” a work by Park Jin-o, who has already made his name known in the international arena by winning renowned film awards for his creative short films. Reading the synopsis only, the movie looks just like another romantic love story of a man and a woman in a city, but watching it there is a difference, in that “Should’ve Kissed” shines new light on love through Park’s icy and … [Read more...] about World’s hottest indie and short film festival in Jeonju late April-May
My Khe listed in the world’s six most attractive beaches
The American leading economic magazine, Forbes, has recently honoured My Khe Beach in Da Nang City as one of the six most attractive beaches in the world. According to the magazine, the beach has met all requirements, including easy traffic and access, free admission for tourists, long and flat sand shore, sunlight and waves for sea sports, a variety of high-class resorts and international standard villas. The Australian magazine, Sunday Herald Sun, also ranked the 900m-long My Khe Beach in the world’s top 10 Asian best beaches. Many beautiful and well-known beaches, such as Nam O, My Khe, Tien Sa and Non Nuoc, are located in Da Nang City. The beach became famous for smooth sand, peaceful waves, year-round warm sea water and romantic coconut-palm rows. Tourists can both swim and enjoy beautiful scenery of the Ngu Hanh Son Mountain and Cu Lao Cham Island. Source: dulichvn … [Read more...] about My Khe listed in the world’s six most attractive beaches