Rural culture in Phu Luu village

Rural culture in Phu Luu village

(VOVworld) – Phu Luu, a village in Bac Ninh province, is home to many historical relics sites. The area has been urbanized, yet still retains cultural traditions
Đồng dao – children’s folk songs

Đồng dao – children’s folk songs

(VOVworld) - Đồng dao – children’s folk songs – are simple folk verses created long ago by unknown authors and passed orally from generation to generation. The lyrics are plain, often incoherent or illogical verses...
April 17th, 2013

April 17th, 2013

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Hoang Hiep – a revolutionary maestro

Hoang Hiep – a revolutionary maestro

(VOVworld) - Composer Hoang Hiep passed away early this month at the age of 82 but his revolutionary songs associated with the national revolutionary milestones will last forever. Hiep’s music...
2nd Hanoi International Film Festival wraps up

2nd Hanoi International Film Festival wraps up

(VOVworld) – Vietnam’s feature film “Thien Menh Anh Hung” (Blood Letter), directed by Victor Vu, has won the jury special prize at the 2nd Hanoi International Film Festival (HANIFF) which...
Adventures of a cricket, 70 years after

Adventures of a cricket, 70 years after

(VoVoworld) – Over the past 70 years, “Adventures of a Cricket", written by To Hoai, has become a close friend of many generations of Vietnamese children. Every sentence, every paragraph, and every image...
A Japanese friend of Vietnam

A Japanese friend of Vietnam

(VOVworld) - “I want to write about Nguyen Thi Binh, a typical woman of Vietnam, about Vietnam’s land and especially Vietnam’s war and things behind it”. That was what Japanese...
Writer Chi Trung wins regional award

Writer Chi Trung wins regional award

(VOVworld)-Vietnamese writer Nguyen Chi Trung has won the 2011 Southeast Asian Writers Award. Trung was honored for his novel “The Cry of Ms Ut”