Well-Wisher, a drawing by 23-year-old artist Kenny Nguyễn, is part of his first solo exhibition, titled “lamina | ink”, which will open on Friday at The Factory Contemporary Arts Centre in HCM City. — Photo kennynguyenart.orgViet Nam News HCM CITY — Visual artists Trương Quế Chi and Kenny Nguyễn are showing their works at two exhibitions that open on Friday (September 28) at the Factory Contemporary Arts Centre in HCM City. Chi, a visual artist and filmmaker, will collaborate with vn-a, an architectural studio to present the “site/shine/sight” exhibition which will include an arrangement of sculptures, a photography installation, walls and lights. The arts centre will be transformed into a dim maze to explore how elements of light can be communicated and interpreted within the context and conditions of a contemporary art centre. Chi earned a master’s degree in film studies at the New Sorbonne in Paris. Her … [Read more...] about Visual artists, filmmaker exhibit work at The Factory Contemporary Arts Centre
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Vietnamese symphonic poem set for premiere
Viet Nam News HÀ NỘI — A symphonic poem by Vũ Duy Cương will be performed for the first time ever under the baton of France’s Michael Cousteau at Việt Nam National Academy of Music today. Mầm Sống (Life Sprout) is one of the rare symphonies to be composed by modern Vietnamese musicians. It was written for a philharmonic orchestra, commissioned by the Việt Nam Musicians’ Association. Cương worked on the symphony for the last two years. "The symphony is poetic, romantic and friendly," said Cương. "Man likes seed which will be developed well if it is planted in fat land. Mầm Sống tells about brave and dauntless spirit of Vietnamese during the war time." Cương used Vietnamese folk music including the northern province of Bắc Ninh’s Hoa Thơm Bướm Lượn melody (Scented Flowers Flying Butterflies) to compose Mầm Sống. … [Read more...] about Vietnamese symphonic poem set for premiere
‘Loner’ student shoots and kills 10 at Texas school
A 17-year-old student dressed in a trench coat and armed with a shotgun and pistol opened fire at his high school outside Houston on Friday, killing nine students and a teacher, before surrendering to officers, authorities said. Santa Fe High School, southeast of Houston, joined a long list of U.S. campuses where students and faculty have been killed in a spray of gunfire. The Texas shooting stoked the nation’s long-running debate over firearms ownership and came about three months after 17 teens and educators were fatally shot in Parkland, Florida. Students said the gunman, identified by law enforcement as Dimitrios Pagourtzis, opened fire in an art class shortly before 8 a.m. Students and staff fled and a fire alarm triggered a full evacuation. Classmates described Pagourtzis as a quiet loner who played on the football team. On Friday, they said, he wore the trench coat to school in Santa Fe, about 30 miles (50 km) southeast of Houston, on a day when temperatures topped 90 … [Read more...] about ‘Loner’ student shoots and kills 10 at Texas school
Nhã Phương debuts in Cannes as producer
Arriving in style: Actress Nhã Phương is present at Cannes Film Festival 2018 to show her short film Infill and Full Set. — Photo ngoisao.net Viet Nam News HÀ NỘI — Vietnamese actress Nhã Phương has appeared at the Cannes Film Festival to screen short film Infill & Full Set at Festival Corner. The film is the first short that Phương has produced. She also plays the main role. The 14-minute film is about a Vietnamese woman who immigrates to Britain illegally. She is pregnant and doesn’t know which way to turn. She has to use false identification to try to get employed at a nail salon, but unfortunately, on her first test day her services get her into trouble. "The short film brings me to Cannes," said the actress. "I have a chance to meet and get experiences from filmmakers from over the world. I hope to get access to new perspectives and unique filming styles. I aim to use this to be able to set my own path in … [Read more...] about Nhã Phương debuts in Cannes as producer
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Twenty-seven more communes and wards this year join family medical practice A health staff member takes blood for testing at An Hòa ward health station in Cần Thơ City’s Ninh Kiều District. Source http://soytecantho.vn The Department of Health in the Mekong Delta city of Cần Thơ this year plans to expand a model of family medical practice clinics to 27 more communes and wards. Family medical practice clinics aim to provide comprehensive and continuous health care services to each local individual and family in order to reduce overcrowding of patients at city or central-level hospitals. These clinics are located at health stations in communes and wards. Each commune or ward has one health station. Cần Thơ aims to equip more than 80 per cent of its 85 health stations with these clinics by 2020. According to Dr Bùi Thị Lệ Phi, the department’s head, the city now has 18 commune-based health stations with family … [Read more...] about Social News 5/4 (Hourly Updated)