According to the Italian Embassy in Hanoi, the film festival “Women in Cinema” included in the 2008 Italian Cultural Season will be held from February 20 to May 05, 2008.
Korean television producers have wrapped up shooting a video segment on the giant ao dai (traditional dress) created by Vietnamese designer Vo Viet Chung.
The photos shooting Le Thi Mui, a homeless woman with HIV, and her son bathing in the Hong (Red) River, Hanoi by US photographer Justin Maxon won the first prize of the Daily Life Singles of the 51st World Press Photo Contest on February 8.
Vietnam’s ancient dances are now almost lost to oblivion. Therefore, choreographers of the Hanoi Dancers’ Association are now conducting a scientific work to restore the art as one of the activities to celebrate the 1000th anniversary of Thang Long Hanoi.