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Tuesday, February 15, 2011

Local hiphoppers perform in Hanoi, HCMC, Paris, Berlin

A play called “Faces,” created in 2008 will be on in Hanoi and HCMC late this month, followed by performances in Paris and Berlin.

In the dance/theatre performance, German-French choreographers Raphael Hillebrand from Germany and Sébastien Ramirez from France work with nine dancers from three hiphop crews, Big Toe, Milky Way and Sacred Crew and two musicians from Hanoi.

“The dancer’s masks raise questions about modern-day society. Do people wear so many different masks that, in the end, they are afraid to see their real faces?”

Faces that is produced by Goethe Institute Vietnam and the French Cultural Exchange Center, L’Espace, and supported by Fonds Elysée asks questions about the youth such as: What is the biggest dream in my life? Where will my future go if I become a hiphop dancer? What is love?

The show suggests there are many ways to preserve traditional customs and pass them on to young people. It merges traditional and contemporary music and dance. Faces reveals Vietnam to be dynamic, opening and modern, but also traditional and culturally rich.

The performance will be staged at Tuoi Tre Theater, 11 Ngo Thi Nham Street in Hanoi at 8 p.m. on February 25 and at Ben Thanh Theater, 6 Mac Dinh Chi Street, HCMC’s District 1, HCMC at 8 p.m. on February 27.

Tickets are free at Goethe Institute in Hanoi and HCMC.

Wednesday, January 19, 2011

Young Translators Club wants members

Young Translators Club (YTC), a job organization of HCMC University of Social Sciences7 and Humanities, is calling for membership. Founded in November, the club is for young translators in HCMC, who are students, postgraduates, lecturers, entrepreneurs interested in doing translation as a job. The HCMC-based club specializes in translating for services, projects and research.

Services provide professional translations; projects consist of community activities, career orientation, and seminars. For instance YTC has started a song translation project at the website http://baihatdich.maudantoc.com. The research section is for translation of researches and publications.

To be a member of YTC you must be a Vietnamese national or foreigner living and working in Vietnam. For more information and for registration, please visit the website at http://dichgiatre.blogspot.com/p/members.html or contact the university at 10-12 Dinh Tien Hoang Street, HCMC’s District 1, email dichgiatre@gmail.com, or phone (848) 39102989 - 0902 848 163.

Young Translators Club wants members

Sunday, January 16, 2011

Newspapers welcome Tet at festival

A newspaper festival to welcome New Year 2011 will be held Jan 20 and 21 from 9 a.m. at the Youth Cultural Center, 1 Pham Ngoc Thach St., HCMC’s District 1.

The festival will feature 45 booths from all the national print newspapers, magazines, radio news and electronic newspapers. Well-known reporters will be there to talk to visitors and discuss the special editions for the Lunar New Year.

One booth will display the cover pages of all the newspapers and have pictorial displays about 12 remarkable news events in 2010.

Visitors can relax in the Tet corner with special Lunar New Year editions to read over while enjoying a free drink. Participants can also vote for their favorite newspapers in a poll run by the organizers. Students will receive free copies of their favorite papers.

Other attractions include music, drama, health consultancy, circus, juggling and food. Amazing prizes will be granted to readers and visitors who come on stage to perform with the artists.

A music & fashion gala named “Thong diep mua xuan 2011” (A note from Spring 2011) featuring entertainment by Nguyen Phi Hung Jimmy Nguyen, Vietnam Idol 2008’s finalist Thanh Duy and special guests will be held at 7:30 p.m. on Jan. 20.

The festival is organized by the HCMC Department of Information and Communications and HCMC Journalists’ Association.

Friday, January 14, 2011

Discover the magic of Persian carpets in HCMC

Dhush Kuladeva, director of Hassan’s Carpets, displays a pure silk Kashmir carpet to a customer - Photo: The organizer

A collection of old and contemporary hand-made carpets from the Far East and Europe will be shown this Sunday at Villa FB Lounge at 79 Suong Nguyet Anh Street in HCMC’s District 1 from 10 a.m. to 8 p.m.

The one day event, which is organized by Hassan’s Carpets, purveyors of fine oriental carpets, will feature pure silk carpets from Kashmir, India, Persia (Iran) and a rare collection of nomadic and tribal carpets of a bygone era. The prices range from US$195 for a 0,6 m x 1,2 m tribal carpet to US$20,000 for a pure silk carpet.

The exhibition marks the company’s second year in Vietnam

“What we hope to achieve in this exhibition is to let our patrons understand the historical, cultural, and artistic values associated with hand made carpets,” said Dhush Kuladeva, director of Hassan’s Carpets in an email to the Daily.

The company’s showroom is at S12-1, Sky Garden, Nguyen Van Linh Blvd, Phu My Hung, District 7, HCMC. Tel: 5410 4495.

To attend the free event, contact Ms Truc on 0915 755 455 or email thanhtruc.dang@hassanscarpets.vn for registration.

Tuesday, January 11, 2011

Photos show child’s POV of road safety

School kids look at photos taken by fellow students that show some of the hazards on HCMC streets as part of the Safe Kids campaign - Photo: Minh Tam

FedEx Express Company and Asia Injury Prevention (AIP) Foundation/Safe Kids Vietnam are holding a photography exhibition by school children to promote pedestrian safety.

The “Photovoice” exhibition at Nguyen Minh Quang Primary School, District 9, HCMC features more than 50 photos taken by eight students at the school.

Subjects in the photos included motorbikes overloaded with passengers, bike riders without helmets, children playing on the street, and holdups at bus stations.

Huynh Van De won the first prize with the photo essay “Please give us a safe route to school”.

The Photovoice project is part of the Walk This Way program organized by Safe Kids Worldwide and FedEx Corp. It uses photography as a medium to promote social change and improve quality of life in the community.

Photovoice projects have been successful in seven major cities: Sao Paolo (Brazil); Toronto (Canada); Shanghai (China), Mumbai (India), Seoul (South Korea), Manila (Philippines) and HCMC (Vietnam).

The exhibition will stay at Nguyen Quang Minh Primary School this week and then be transferred to other schools in HCMC, spending three days at each.

Monday, January 10, 2011

Photos show child’s POV of road safety

School kids look at photos taken by fellow students that show some of the hazards on HCMC streets as part of the Safe Kids campaign - Photo: Minh Tam

FedEx Express Company and Asia Injury Prevention (AIP) Foundation/Safe Kids Vietnam are holding a photography exhibition by school children to promote pedestrian safety.

The “Photovoice” exhibition at Nguyen Minh Quang Primary School, District 9, HCMC features more than 50 photos taken by eight students at the school.

Subjects in the photos included motorbikes overloaded with passengers, bike riders without helmets, children playing on the street, and holdups at bus stations.

Huynh Van De won the first prize with the photo essay “Please give us a safe route to school”.

Photovoice projects have been successful in seven major cities: Sao Paolo (Brazil); Toronto (Canada); Shanghai (China), Mumbai (India), Seoul (South Korea), Manila (Philippines) and HCMC (Vietnam).

The exhibition will stay at Nguyen Quang Minh Primary School this week and then be transferred to other schools in HCMC, spending three days at each.

Photos show child’s POV of road safety

School kids look at photos taken by fellow students that show some of the hazards on HCMC streets as part of the Safe Kids campaign - Photo: Minh Tam

FedEx Express Company and Asia Injury Prevention (AIP) Foundation/Safe Kids Vietnam are holding a photography exhibition by school children to promote pedestrian safety.

The “Photovoice” exhibition at Nguyen Minh Quang Primary School, District 9, HCMC features more than 50 photos taken by eight students at the school.

Subjects in the photos included motorbikes overloaded with passengers, bike riders without helmets, children playing on the street, and holdups at bus stations.

Huynh Van De won the first prize with the photo essay “Please give us a safe route to school”.

Photovoice projects have been successful in seven major cities: Sao Paolo (Brazil); Toronto (Canada); Shanghai (China), Mumbai (India), Seoul (South Korea), Manila (Philippines) and HCMC (Vietnam).

The exhibition will stay at Nguyen Quang Minh Primary School this week and then be transferred to other schools in HCMC, spending three days at each.

Photos show child’s POV of road safety

School kids look at photos taken by fellow students that show some of the hazards on HCMC streets as part of the Safe Kids campaign - Photo: Minh Tam

FedEx Express Company and Asia Injury Prevention (AIP) Foundation/Safe Kids Vietnam are holding a photography exhibition by school children to promote pedestrian safety.

The “Photovoice” exhibition at Nguyen Minh Quang Primary School, District 9, HCMC features more than 50 photos taken by eight students at the school.

Subjects in the photos included motorbikes overloaded with passengers, bike riders without helmets, children playing on the street, and holdups at bus stations.

Huynh Van De won the first prize with the photo essay “Please give us a safe route to school”.

Photovoice projects have been successful in seven major cities: Sao Paolo (Brazil); Toronto (Canada); Shanghai (China), Mumbai (India), Seoul (South Korea), Manila (Philippines) and HCMC (Vietnam).

The exhibition will stay at Nguyen Quang Minh Primary School this week and then be transferred to other schools in HCMC, spending three days at each.

Sunday, January 9, 2011

Photos show child’s POV of road safety

School kids look at photos taken by fellow students that show some of the hazards on HCMC streets as part of the Safe Kids campaign - Photo: Minh Tam

FedEx Express Company and Asia Injury Prevention (AIP) Foundation/Safe Kids Vietnam are holding a photography exhibition by school children to promote pedestrian safety.

The “Photovoice” exhibition at Nguyen Minh Quang Primary School, District 9, HCMC features more than 50 photos taken by eight students at the school.

Subjects in the photos included motorbikes overloaded with passengers, bike riders without helmets, children playing on the street, and holdups at bus stations.

Huynh Van De won the first prize with the photo essay “Please give us a safe route to school”.

Photovoice projects have been successful in seven major cities: Sao Paolo (Brazil); Toronto (Canada); Shanghai (China), Mumbai (India), Seoul (South Korea), Manila (Philippines) and HCMC (Vietnam).

The exhibition will stay at Nguyen Quang Minh Primary School this week and then be transferred to other schools in HCMC, spending three days at each.

Photos show child’s POV of road safety

School kids look at photos taken by fellow students that show some of the hazards on HCMC streets as part of the Safe Kids campaign - Photo: Minh Tam

FedEx Express Company and Asia Injury Prevention (AIP) Foundation/Safe Kids Vietnam are holding a photography exhibition by school children to promote pedestrian safety.

The “Photovoice” exhibition at Nguyen Minh Quang Primary School, District 9, HCMC features more than 50 photos taken by eight students at the school.

Subjects in the photos included motorbikes overloaded with passengers, bike riders without helmets, children playing on the street, and holdups at bus stations.

Huynh Van De won the first prize with the photo essay “Please give us a safe route to school”.

Photovoice projects have been successful in seven major cities: Sao Paolo (Brazil); Toronto (Canada); Shanghai (China), Mumbai (India), Seoul (South Korea), Manila (Philippines) and HCMC (Vietnam).

The exhibition will stay at Nguyen Quang Minh Primary School this week and then be transferred to other schools in HCMC, spending three days at each.

Photos show child’s POV of road safety

School kids look at photos taken by fellow students that show some of the hazards on HCMC streets as part of the Safe Kids campaign - Photo: Minh Tam

FedEx Express Company and Asia Injury Prevention (AIP) Foundation/Safe Kids Vietnam are holding a photography exhibition by school children to promote pedestrian safety.

The “Photovoice” exhibition at Nguyen Minh Quang Primary School, District 9, HCMC features more than 50 photos taken by eight students at the school.

Subjects in the photos included motorbikes overloaded with passengers, bike riders without helmets, children playing on the street, and holdups at bus stations.

Huynh Van De won the first prize with the photo essay “Please give us a safe route to school”.

Photovoice projects have been successful in seven major cities: Sao Paolo (Brazil); Toronto (Canada); Shanghai (China), Mumbai (India), Seoul (South Korea), Manila (Philippines) and HCMC (Vietnam).

The exhibition will stay at Nguyen Quang Minh Primary School this week and then be transferred to other schools in HCMC, spending three days at each.

Saturday, January 8, 2011

Photos show child’s POV of road safety

School kids look at photos taken by fellow students that show some of the hazards on HCMC streets as part of the Safe Kids campaign - Photo: Minh Tam

FedEx Express Company and Asia Injury Prevention (AIP) Foundation/Safe Kids Vietnam are holding a photography exhibition by school children to promote pedestrian safety.

The “Photovoice” exhibition at Nguyen Minh Quang Primary School, District 9, HCMC features more than 50 photos taken by eight students at the school.

Subjects in the photos included motorbikes overloaded with passengers, bike riders without helmets, children playing on the street, and holdups at bus stations.

Huynh Van De won the first prize with the photo essay “Please give us a safe route to school”.

Photovoice projects have been successful in seven major cities: Sao Paolo (Brazil); Toronto (Canada); Shanghai (China), Mumbai (India), Seoul (South Korea), Manila (Philippines) and HCMC (Vietnam).

The exhibition will stay at Nguyen Quang Minh Primary School this week and then be transferred to other schools in HCMC, spending three days at each.

Photos show child’s POV of road safety

School kids look at photos taken by fellow students that show some of the hazards on HCMC streets as part of the Safe Kids campaign - Photo: Minh Tam

FedEx Express Company and Asia Injury Prevention (AIP) Foundation/Safe Kids Vietnam are holding a photography exhibition by school children to promote pedestrian safety.

The “Photovoice” exhibition at Nguyen Minh Quang Primary School, District 9, HCMC features more than 50 photos taken by eight students at the school.

Subjects in the photos included motorbikes overloaded with passengers, bike riders without helmets, children playing on the street, and holdups at bus stations.

Huynh Van De won the first prize with the photo essay “Please give us a safe route to school”.

Photovoice projects have been successful in seven major cities: Sao Paolo (Brazil); Toronto (Canada); Shanghai (China), Mumbai (India), Seoul (South Korea), Manila (Philippines) and HCMC (Vietnam).

The exhibition will stay at Nguyen Quang Minh Primary School this week and then be transferred to other schools in HCMC, spending three days at each.

Photos show child’s POV of road safety

School kids look at photos taken by fellow students that show some of the hazards on HCMC streets as part of the Safe Kids campaign - Photo: Minh Tam

FedEx Express Company and Asia Injury Prevention (AIP) Foundation/Safe Kids Vietnam are holding a photography exhibition by school children to promote pedestrian safety.

The “Photovoice” exhibition at Nguyen Minh Quang Primary School, District 9, HCMC features more than 50 photos taken by eight students at the school.

Subjects in the photos included motorbikes overloaded with passengers, bike riders without helmets, children playing on the street, and holdups at bus stations.

Huynh Van De won the first prize with the photo essay “Please give us a safe route to school”.

Photovoice projects have been successful in seven major cities: Sao Paolo (Brazil); Toronto (Canada); Shanghai (China), Mumbai (India), Seoul (South Korea), Manila (Philippines) and HCMC (Vietnam).

The exhibition will stay at Nguyen Quang Minh Primary School this week and then be transferred to other schools in HCMC, spending three days at each.

Friday, January 7, 2011

Photos show child’s POV of road safety

School kids look at photos taken by fellow students that show some of the hazards on HCMC streets as part of the Safe Kids campaign - Photo: Minh Tam

FedEx Express Company and Asia Injury Prevention (AIP) Foundation/Safe Kids Vietnam are holding a photography exhibition by school children to promote pedestrian safety.

The “Photovoice” exhibition at Nguyen Minh Quang Primary School, District 9, HCMC features more than 50 photos taken by eight students at the school.

Subjects in the photos included motorbikes overloaded with passengers, bike riders without helmets, children playing on the street, and holdups at bus stations.

Huynh Van De won the first prize with the photo essay “Please give us a safe route to school”.

Photovoice projects have been successful in seven major cities: Sao Paolo (Brazil); Toronto (Canada); Shanghai (China), Mumbai (India), Seoul (South Korea), Manila (Philippines) and HCMC (Vietnam).

The exhibition will stay at Nguyen Quang Minh Primary School this week and then be transferred to other schools in HCMC, spending three days at each.

Photos show child’s POV of road safety

School kids look at photos taken by fellow students that show some of the hazards on HCMC streets as part of the Safe Kids campaign - Photo: Minh Tam

FedEx Express Company and Asia Injury Prevention (AIP) Foundation/Safe Kids Vietnam are holding a photography exhibition by school children to promote pedestrian safety.

The “Photovoice” exhibition at Nguyen Minh Quang Primary School, District 9, HCMC features more than 50 photos taken by eight students at the school.

Subjects in the photos included motorbikes overloaded with passengers, bike riders without helmets, children playing on the street, and holdups at bus stations.

Huynh Van De won the first prize with the photo essay “Please give us a safe route to school”.

Photovoice projects have been successful in seven major cities: Sao Paolo (Brazil); Toronto (Canada); Shanghai (China), Mumbai (India), Seoul (South Korea), Manila (Philippines) and HCMC (Vietnam).

The exhibition will stay at Nguyen Quang Minh Primary School this week and then be transferred to other schools in HCMC, spending three days at each.

Saturday, January 1, 2011

Plan a great Saigontourist night for New Year

The garden at the Continental Hotel Saigon where you can enjoy a gala diner on New Year's Eva - Photo: Courtesy of Saigontourist

As this weekend is the New Year, Saigontourist is holding special food programs at many of its restaurants and hotels in HCMC.

Continental Hotel Saigon (132 Dong Khoi Street, HCMC’s District 1, tel: 3829 9201)

Enjoy a gala dinner with Western food in the hotel garden from 10:30 p.m. on December 31. A Flamenco band and singers from the Philippines will keep you bopping. Also be entertained by dancers Phuong Linh and Dang Hung and a dance group, circus, juggling and a lucky draw with a trip for two prize.

Tickets are VND990,000 per adult and VND590,000 per child, inclusive of drinks.

Dong Khanh Hotel (2 Tran Hung Dao Street, HCMC District 5, tel: 3923 6404)

New Year’s Eve will have a set menu with four main dishes including grilled beef with salted cream; barbecued lamb ribs and steamed cabbage done French style; and chem fish roasted with butter and lemon. To round off the meal there will be twenty dishes to select from for appetizers, soups and deserts.

Tickets are VND332,000 per adult and VND273,000 per child. In addition the hotel will hold a buffet lunch on that day. Tickets are VND176,000 per adult and VND137,000 per child.

Thien Hong Hotel (52-56 Tan Da Street, HCMC’s District 5, tel: 3855 3472)

A buffet will be prepared from 10 p.m. on New Year’s Eve with more than 30 Vietnamese and Chinese dishes, accompanied with a music show.

Tickets are priced at VND229,000 per adult and VND149,000 per child.

Saigon Hotel (41 Dong Du Street, HCMC’s District 1, tel: 3822 4845)

A buffet featuring specialties of Japan, Thailand, Italia, Russia, Germany, Singapore and Malyasia as well as three regions of Vietnam will start at 7 p.m. on December 31. You could win the lucky draw.

Tickets are VND399,000 per adult and VND199,000 per child.

Lion Restaurant (11C Lam Son Square, HCMC’s District 1, tel: 3823 8514)

Buffet parties from 7 p.m. to 10 p.m. on Dec 31, with more than 40 dishes. The parties will rock along with Filipino singers, a Christmas choir, circus and magic performances, games, dances and stand-up comedy with a chance to win a lucky draw. Ticket prices are VND579,000 for adults and VND379,000 for children.

Lemongrass Restaurant (14th floor in the Palace Hotel Saigon, 56 Nguyen Hue Boulevard, HCMC’s District 1, tel: 3829 1520)

The party to welcome the New Year has a set menu from 7:30 p.m. to 11:30 p.m. on December 31. Tickets are VND680,000++ per adult and VND380,000++ per child.

Van Thanh Tourist Area (48/10 Dien Bien Phu Street, Binh Thanh District, tel: 3512 3025)

A buffet including many delicious dishes such as grilled veal, and grilled chicken wings with honey will be served from 6 p.m. to 11 p.m. on December 31. Dance the New Year in with Flamenco Gipsy Fire.

Tickets are VND220,000 per adult and VND140,000 per child.

Friday, December 10, 2010

Toyota awards HCMC scholarships

Japanese businesses grant 90 scholarships in HCMC

Toyota Vietnam Foundation (TVF) with founding members Toyota Motor Vietnam (TMV), Ministry of Education and Training, and Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism awarded 37 scholarships at a ceremony in HCMC on Wednesday.

TVF will award over 140 scholarships worth a total of VND544 million at 16 universities around the country till Dec.17 for mechanical engineering, environment disciplines and scientific study groups. Last week TVF held handed out scholarships in Hanoi.

Individual students will receive VND3 million each, while study groups from each university will get VND10 million.

TMV will donate two Toyota Innova engines, 12 chassies and one transmission to 12 universities to be used to train students in mechanical engineering. The Toyota Scholarship program will also provides internships at the TMV plant and will send some businessmen and students to a Toyota course on manufacturing and business.

Since 1997, Toyota Scholarship Program has encouraged research and study in Vietnam universities by providing nearly 1,400 scholarships.

*The Japanese Business Association of HCMC and Japan Business Federation on Wednesday granted 90 scholarships to students from HCMC-based University of Social Sciences and Humanity and University of Technology.

Each scholarship from the Japan-Vietnam human resources development program is worth VND2 million. Since it started in 2002, the program has donated 914 scholarships in the two universities.

Toyota awards HCMC scholarships

Japanese businesses grant 90 scholarships in HCMC

Individual students will receive VND3 million each, while study groups from each university will get VND10 million.

Since 1997, Toyota Scholarship Program has encouraged research and study in Vietnam universities by providing nearly 1,400 scholarships.

Each scholarship from the Japan-Vietnam human resources development program is worth VND2 million. Since it started in 2002, the program has donated 914 scholarships in the two universities.

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