HA NOI (VNS) — A concert featuring songs by famous Vietnamese composer Duong Thu is scheduled to take place at the Ha Noi Opera House on December 13. Entitled Bai Hat Ru Mua Dong (Winter Lullaby), the show will feature 20 popular songs about memories of winter. Well-known singers and artists such as My Linh, Bang Kieu and Nguyen Thao, and newcomers such as Khanh Linh, Nhat Thuy, Ha Linh and Tran Nguyen Minh Duc will perform at the concert. The show is part of the series initiated by Duong Thu, entitled Music Window. Two concerts – entitled My Narratives and I Dreamed a Dream – were held as part of the series in the previous years. This concert would focus more on art, Thu told Ha Noi Moi (New Ha Noi) online newspaper. The audience would not see any "imposing" light and sound effects, but would be inspired by a profound light and music show, he said. Thu, Pho Duc Phuong, Nguyen Cuong and Tran Tien are regarded as four songwriters who have made the greatest … [Read more...] about Ha Noi concert to feature Duong Thu’s winter songs
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Overseas Vietnamese writes of his love of Ha Noi
VietNamNet Bridge – The Literature Publishing House yesterday (March 15) introduced overseas Vietnamese writer Mai Lam’s three-book collection titled Tu Xa Ha Noi (Ha Noi From Afar). Mai Lam, 65, has been resettled in Germany for nearly 30 years. He wrote the collection to express his love and miss of his Ha Noi nativeland. Among nearly hundreds of Lam’s literature proses, he expressed a harassing longing of Ha Noi with deep memories such as corners of the city, his friends, his family and Hanoians’customs and habits. Nguyen Anh Vu, director of the LPH said, "Lam’s drafts are so interesting that I read it through the night and quickly decided to publish it." "I like Lam’s books because he is among very few authors writing about old Ha Noi and Vietnamese abroad so trusted and lively compared with others," Vu said. Writer Nguyen Van Tho said Lam helps to speak out overseas Vietnamese’s inmost feelings towards the nation. Reader Nguyen Van … [Read more...] about Overseas Vietnamese writes of his love of Ha Noi
Singer Khanh Ha holds mini-show in Hanoi
Well-known overseas singer Khanh Ha will hold her mini-show titled "Nhac tinh muon thua" (Immortal Love Songs) at the 2B Tea Room, Pham Ngoc Thach Street, Hanoi, on the evenings of January 28th and 29th. Khanh Ha will perform many of Vietnam’s lyric songs of famous musicians that helped build up her reputation and image such as "Ha Noi mua thu" of Trinh Cong Son, "Co don" and "Buon oi chao mi" of Nguyen Anh 9, "Tinh khuc mua xuan" of Phu Quang, "Bien can" of Kim Tuan, "Bay di canh chim bien" of Duc Huy, "Ban khong ten so 8" of Vu Thanh An, "Khuc thuy du" of Anh Bang, "Ha Noi mua vang nhung con mua" of "Truong Quy Hai and "Anh da thay mua xuan chua" of Quoc Dung and so on. The technical part including sound and lighting systems for the show will be undertaken by the Sai Gon Band and its three members namely musician-guitarist Kim Tuan, drummer Quang Huy and pianist Nguyen Quang (a son of composer Nguyen Anh 9); this is the band that usually takes part in mini-shows for singers … [Read more...] about Singer Khanh Ha holds mini-show in Hanoi
Overseas Vietnamese return to Ha Noi
by Ngan Binh Thanh Phan has spent most of his adult life living away from his homeland and his beloved Ha Noi, yet he remembers it like he left yesterday. He thinks wistfully of the tree-lined streets where he used to walk, the pho cafe where he used to eat, the people he used to know. Despite his love for London, he says Ha Noi has never left him and that he thinks about Ha Noi every day. But the 70-year-old has a glint in his eye - he will be returning to his birthplace this week for Ha Noi's millennial celebrations. "In recent years, I have been lucky enough to be able to visit my homeland several times, but this time is very special because of the millennium. I'm so excited I can't sleep." A few days before flying back to Ha Noi, he holds a get-together in London with his fellow countrymen to sing songs about the Vietnamese capital ahead of the millennial celebrations. The event was organised by the club for expat Vietnamese that Phan established shortly after arriving in London. … [Read more...] about Overseas Vietnamese return to Ha Noi
Ladies capture their love of Ha Noi
Relic: Gieng Co (Old Well) by Pham Thi Thu. HA NOI — Female photographers from the Hai Au Photography Club based in HCM City have organised an exhibition entitled Ha Noi - Visual Angles featuring 100 black-and-white photos. The exhibition will remain open at the Temple of Literature in central Ha Noi until September 3 to express the artists' love for the capital and celebrate its 1,000th anniversary. The Hai Au Club, for female photographers only, sponsored trips to Ha Noi for its members to take photos of the capital. Fifteen women established the club in 1990. Members range in age and profession but they all have the same passion for capturing beautiful moments through pictures. During the last 20 years, they have taken hundreds of trips throughout the country and have won 290 awards at home and abroad. The artists spent hours exploring the capital's streets, Old Quarter, traditional craft villages and ancient pagodas to experience local life and capture some of the … [Read more...] about Ladies capture their love of Ha Noi