Music Local artist brings zither sounds of Vietnam to the world Kieu Giang Friday, Feb 10, 2017,19:43 (GMT+7) Local artist brings zither sounds of Vietnam to the worldKieu Giang Vietnamese zither artist Tri Nguyen Vietnamese zither artist Tri Nguyen, who was named at the Global Music Awards in 2015 for his debut album of “Consonnances”, will introduce his latest album Beyond Borders at a concert which will take place next Monday at Idecaf in HCMC’s District 1. “Consonnances” was a winner of the Global Music Awards Gold Medal for World Music, a Gold Medal Winner of the Akademia Award for World Music, Voix des Arts music blog CD of the Month and a Top Ten Best Album on the Far Side Music website. Tri Nguyen is a composer/zither artist/pianist who has lived in France in 30 years with his Vietnamese nationality. In 2016, he became the first Vietnamese to be in the nomination list of the Grammy … [Read more...] about Local artist brings zither sounds of Vietnam to the world
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New bilingual book to introduce Vietnam to the world
New bilingual book to introduce Vietnam to the world The Saigon Times Daily The Agency of Foreign Information Service under the Ministry of Information and Communications has joined hands with the Institute for Southeast Asian Studies, Vietnam Pictorial and The Gioi Publishing House to release “Vietnam Yearbook 2016” book. The 180-page book, 60 cm by 20 cm, is about the history of Vietnam, unique cultural traits of different regions and popular places of interest and the dynamic and friendly Vietnamese people. It also contains images of people, events, festivals and landscapes. Foreigners, investors, tourists and people interested in discovering the country can find the book useful and interesting. Vietnam Yearbook 2016 consists of seven chapters and one appendix and has a special section about human rights and social welfare in Vietnam. According to Le Nghiem, head of the Agency of Foreign Information Service, said images of Vietnam as a peaceful and stable country … [Read more...] about New bilingual book to introduce Vietnam to the world
Introducing Vietnam’s puppetry to the world
(Cinet)- 2015 is a successful year of Vietnam’s puppetry by some activities of the puppetry theatre as an introduction to land, people and cultural identity of a beautiful country.Bringing the Vietnam’s puppetry to the world Various activities of the Vietnam National Puppetry Theatre at some festivals in Japan on May and October, Czech Republic on late August, Indonesia on early August, Australia on late September, South Korea on October and France on late October. Some audiences enjoyed and highly appreciated many programs at the festivals. Some artists at the Vietnam National Puppetry Festival brought many interesting and wonderful performances in the foreign countries. Plzen International Puppetry Festival in Crezch Republic attracts many audiences of the country. Some performances of Vietnam left the seers interesting enjoyments. Participating into the festival is one of some projects of Vietnamese culture 2015 in the Republic of Crezch on 65 year anniversary of foreign … [Read more...] about Introducing Vietnam’s puppetry to the world
CNN intends to introduce the Capital of Hanoi to the world
The Hanoitimes - On August 12, at the meeting with Chairman of Hanoi People`s Committee Nguyen Duc Chung, Ms. Stacey Rabsatt - CNN channel`s Sales Manager in South East Asia, expressed the wish to cooperate in the field of communication to introduce image descriptions and development of Hanoi as well as Vietnam to the world. By Anh Kiet kinhtedothi.vn … [Read more...] about CNN intends to introduce the Capital of Hanoi to the world
Introducing Vietnam to the world through Esperanto
PANO - Universala Esperanto-Asocio (UEA), Vjetnama Esperanto-Asocio (VEA) and the Vietnam Union of Friendship Associations organized Vietnamese Day on July 29th in Hanoi, as part of activities of the 97th World Congress of Esperanto (UK 97) from July 29th to August 4th in Hanoi. The Day included many interesting activities to introduce international friends the beauty of Vietnam, its culture and people through Esperanto. Participants had an opportunity to learn more about Ha Long bay, Vietnamese cuisine and special traditional culture features. Addressing the opening ceremony of the Day, Mr. Nguyen Van Loi, Chairman of VEA affirmed that Vietnam is developing strongly and integrating into the world comprehensively and hoped that Esperanto will be friendship bridge to help Vietnam integrate into the world and become an active and developed country. Mr. Vu Xuan Hong, the Chairman of the Vietnam Union of Friendship Associations, said that Esperanto is seen as bridge to promote … [Read more...] about Introducing Vietnam to the world through Esperanto