Exhibition opening

Nude paintings by Indochinese painters have proved their value on international market. However in Vietnam, this topic is considered as a “sensitive” artistic mode. The recent first-ever nude painting exhibition in Hanoi has opened the knot for this topic. Nearly 70 nude paintings by 30 artists from various periods were displayed at the Vietnam Fine Arts University. Themed “endless inspiration”, the paintings featured youthful beauty of Vietnamese women through many different art styles and techniques. After the success of first ever nude photo exhibition in 2018, it’s the first ever nude painting exhibition being licensed. Artists in Hanoi are looking forward to this exhibition and consider this event as the initial step to make the sensitive subject accessible to the public. The exhibition has received warm response from the public. The pieces on display at the event are the physical representation of the passion, sweat, and tears the ten featured … [Read more...] about First-ever nude painting exhibition opens in Hanoi

Illustrative image (Photo: VNA) The Vietnam International Plastics and Rubber Industry Exhibition (VietnamPlas) opened on October 3 in HCM City, showcasing advanced technologies and machinery and equipment used in the plastics and rubber industry. They include extruder brands Everplast, Ming Jilee and Kim Minh; blow moulding machinery suppliers Chum Power, Quingdao Weier, Kim Cuong and OPEC; blown film equipment makers Polystar, Chyi Yang, Full Shine and Ye I; injection molding machinery producers E-Shine, Jing Day and Pan Stone; and plastic recycling machinery leaders Atlas, Changshu Shi Shouyu, LaiZhou Jinlida and Nanjing Tengda.VietnamPlas also features raw materials such as masterbatches, PVC additives and engineering polymers and compounds. … [Read more...] about Plastic, rubber industry exhibition opens in HCM City

  Modern technology brings the feeling like we are sitting in Bùi Xuân Phái's paintings of streets. Photo courtesy of exhibition's organiser HÀ NỘI  Standing in front of the camera, you soon realise that you have become part of a painting by a prominent Vietnamese artist, Bùi Xuân Phái (1920-1988). Artificial intelligence technology identified you and imitated the style of Phái to create the painting, then projected your portrait on to the wall. Thanks to AI technology, visitors can become characters in Phái's paintings. VNS Photo Minh Thu The amazing experience is a part of an exhibition showing Phái’s works using 3D mapping technology and multimedia art, including light and sound systems, to create an immersive space. This is the first time artworks by a master of Vietnamese fine arts have been presented in this way. The exhibition opened on Friday at the Hà Nội Museum showing 100 … [Read more...] about Exhibition shows art of Bùi Xuân Phái through latest tech

Chilean poet Gabriela Mistral (1889-1957) in a photo displayed at the exhibition Opened on September 24, the 7-day exhibition is co-organised by the Chilean Embassy in Vietnam and the National Library of Vietnam to mark her 130th of birth anniversary. … [Read more...] about Exhibition on Chilean Nobel prize laureate poet opens in Hanoi

At the opening ceremony (Photo: hanoimoi.com.vn) The event, which runs until October 15, is an activity to mark the 65th anniversary of the liberation of the capital from French colonialists (October 10, 1954-2019). A total of 88 documents, maps and photos are on display, arranged in three periods, showing the administrative boundary of Hanoi before the August Revolution in 1945, during the time from 1945 to 1954, and after 1954. As of 1945, Hanoi had a total area of 150 sq.km. The French colonial regime divided Hanoi into the urban and suburban areas. The urban area comprised of 8 sections, while the suburban area was divided into 8 “tong” (districts) with 36 communes. During 1954-2010, Hanoi’s administrative boundary underwent four major adjustments in 1961, 1978, 1991 and 2008. Hanoi’s boundary was expanded in 1961 and 1978, but narrowed in 1991 before being broadened on a much larger scale in 2008. The expansion of administrative … [Read more...] about Exhibition gives insight into changes in Hanoi’s administrative boundary