WEDNESDAY, MARCH 12 - The last radio transmission from the cockpit of missing Malaysia Airlines flight 370 was "Alright, good night", Kuala Lumpur's ambassador to Beijing reportedly said Wednesday during a meeting with Chinese relatives. Iskandar Sarudin was speaking to passengers' relatives and friends at a Beijing hotel. A total of 153 of the 239 people on board the aircraft are Chinese. The "alright, good night" comment from one of the pilots came as the flight switched from Malaysian to Vietnamese airspace, Singapore's Straits Times newspaper quoted the ambassador as saying. - Lt. Gen. Vo Van Tuan, Vice Chief of Staff, said search and rescue efforts are not scaled back, but are even expanded. The search will only finish when the jetliner is found, he said. Eight airplanes and nine boats, including the ocean surveillance ship HQ-888 of Vietnam are participating in the search. - The search for the missing Malaysia Airlines jet expands to an area stretching from China to India, … [Read more...] about Search for missing Malaysia Airlines jetliner – update
Scheduled update
Additional services of Vietnam Airlines to/from Europe (updated 20:00 Vietnam time)
Between Vietnam and Germany: VN5453 Hanoi - Frankfurt, scheduled depature at 23:55 local time 22 April VN5442 Frankfurt - Hanoi, scheduled depature at 12:00 local time 23 April VN5455 Hanoi - Frankfurt, scheduled depature at 22:00 local time 23 April VN5442 Frankfurt - Hanoi, scheduled depature at 07:00 local time 24 April Between Vietnam and France: VN5322 Paris - Ho Chi Minh city, departed at 10:50 local time 22 April VN5353 Hanoi - Paris, scheduled depature at 04:55 local time 23 April VN5342 Paris - Hanoi, scheduled depature at 14:25 local time 23 April No additional service to/from Moscow will be operated as all stranded passengers of the routes have taken flights to their destinations. Vietnam Airlines' next additional services to/from Europe (Paris, Moscow) will be updated as soon as information is available. For updates and supports, please visit www.vietnamairlines.com and contact Vietnam Airlines booking offices. Vietnam Airlines will waive cancellation and change … [Read more...] about Additional services of Vietnam Airlines to/from Europe (updated 20:00 Vietnam time)
WHAT’S ON AUGUST15-31 (DAILY UPDATE)
Mid-autumn Festival Program "Create Authentic Vietnamese masks" Exhibition: Sun 13 Sep 2015, 8 am - 1.30 pm Vietnam Fine Arts Museum 66 Nguyen Thai Hoc St. Hanoi Cheap toys made in China are flooding the local market prior to the Mid-autumn Festival and threatening the children's health. Alongside of this trend, there is an undeniable absence of Vietnamese traditional toys. To create a meaningful playground for children this Mid-autumn Festival, the lecturers and students of Vietnam Fine Arts University has launched the project "Cùng sáng tạo mặt nạ Việt, vui Tết Trung thu" ("Make an authentic mask for Mid-autumn Festival"). Program + Mask-making guidance + Talk "Mid-autumn mask in Vietnam and other countries" Fee: 100.000 VND/child. Register before 5 Sep here Or via hotline: 0904802840 (Ms. Do Thanh Huong). Film Screening "The Cook, the Thief, His Wife & Her Lover" by Peter Greenaway Fri 28 Aug 2015, 8 pm Blossom Art House 6th floor, 94B Tran Hung Dao, Hanoi Come to the … [Read more...] about WHAT’S ON AUGUST15-31 (DAILY UPDATE)
WHAT’S ON SEPTEMBER 15-30 (DAILY UPDATE)
Improvisational Concert by Hanoi Collective Orchestra Sun 27 Sep 2015, 2 - 7 pm Japan Foundation Center for Cultural Exchange in Vietnam 27 Quang Trung Hoàn Kiếm, Hà Nội The Japan Foundation Center for Cultural Exchange in Vietnam proudly presents "Hanoi Collective Orchestra" which is audience participatory, improvisational orchestra performance on 27th of September in Hanoi. Before the performance, we will also hold a workshop to create "Music Instruments". Ensembles Asia Orchestra is a project launched in 2014, with the mission of creating a free-form orchestra that engages with people who are not professional musicians by the Japan Foundation, with musician, Mr. Otomo Yoshihide. After arriving at Hanoi, Mr. Otomo Yoshihide (musician), Mr. Fuji Hiroshi (artist) and 6 university students who has relation with Tohoku area will search materials which are used for everyday life in Hanoi. Then, they will create "Music Instruments" using these materials. On 27th, we will hold a … [Read more...] about WHAT’S ON SEPTEMBER 15-30 (DAILY UPDATE)
WHAT’S ON OCTOBER 15-31 (DAILY UPDATE)
Exhibition "Everything is Golden" by Michelle Wise Opening: Thu 29 Oct 2015, 6 pm Exhibition: 29 Oct - 12 Nov 2015 Spacebar Cafe 15/76 To Ngoc Van, Tay Ho Dist, Hanoi Join us for the opening of "EVERYTHING IS GOLDEN", a selection of paintings and contemporary lacquer by Michelle Wise. "EVERYTHING IS GOLDEN" is a series of works developed out of Wise's personal interest in using colours and simple geometric shapes to explore how spatial and color relationships have the power to evoke emotional responses. Inspired by non-objective abstract expressionists such as Joseph Albas and Mark Rothkoe and drawing on Vietnamese and other Asian cultural artistic traditions, this series utilizes lacquer work and gold leaf in contemporary ways. Her work thematically focuses on shape and form within these media; eliciting a sense of spiritualism while avoiding reference to religious iconography. Born in 1975, Michelle comes from Whanganui, New Zealand. She hitchhiked out of town with nothing … [Read more...] about WHAT’S ON OCTOBER 15-31 (DAILY UPDATE)