Photographer Nguyen Phuc Thanh's workPhotographer Nguyen Phuc Thanh took photo of Long Coc tea hills in Phu Tho province, Vietnam. He says that Long Coc is the most beautiful tea mountain in Vietnam with hills “shaped like upside down bowls”. The photographer added that at the beginning of winter, there is more fog with the lower temperatures, which makes the scenery “even more amazing during sunrise”. The Sony World Photography Awards, produced by the World Photography Organisation, is one of the most celebrated and diverse photography competitions in the world. Registration for the prizes is free, with the winners announced next April. The Photographer of the Year winner will be awarded USD25,000 at an awards ceremony in London in April 2019, and a selection of over 600 works will then be exhibited at the Somerset House in London, with over 30,000 visitors expected. After a record number of entries in 2018, the Sony World Photography Awards are well … [Read more...] about Vietnamese photographer’s work among top Sony World Photography Awards…
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PM requires Government to renew management work
Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc at the meeting (Source: VNA) Hanoi (VNA) – Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc has required the Government to renew management work and address the shortcomings that have been revealed by the National Assembly and the people. The PM made the request at the monthly government meeting that opened in Hanoi on December 3. The focuses of the meeting are the socio-economic development in the January-November period and the government’s draft resolution on key tasks and measures for 2019 (Resolution 01/CP). “Resolution 01/CP must be imbued with the spirit of reform,” PM Phuc said. He urged government members to offer their opinions on this important document. He also called attention to several urgent issues related to people’s petitions and complaints. In connection with the work, the PM announced a decision to establish a special working group led by Deputy Prime Minister Truong Hoa Binh to deal with issues of public … [Read more...] about PM requires Government to renew management work
What’s on October 29-November 4 (Daily updated)
MUSIC & PERFORMANCES Hanoi-A Sonata Evening with Composer Nguyen Van Quy 5:45 – 8pm on October 30, UNIS Hanoi, Centre for the Arts,G9, Ciputra, Tay Ho District, A concert aims to honour the life and work of an amazing Vietnamese composer who is nicknamed the Beethoven of Vietnam. Ticket: VND200,000 (adults) – VND100,000 (children) HCMC-A O Show by Lune Production ______________________________________________________________________ EXHIBITION Hanoi- Exhibition “Light – Dark” by Barbara Klemm Goethe Institut 56-58 Nguyen Thai Hoc, Ba Dinh, Hanoi The exhibition “Hell-Dunkel” (light – dark) is a reference to Barbara Klemm’s work in the former FRG and GDR. She photographed in both western and eastern Germany, thus documenting the path to the reunification of Germany. Free entrance Hanoi-Exhibition: “The Big Book Larousse of Space” L’Espace’s Mezzanine, 24 Trang … [Read more...] about What’s on October 29-November 4 (Daily updated)
PM’s working trip to UN headquarters is fruitful bilaterally, multilaterally: official
PM Nguyen Xuan Phuc delivers a speech at the general debate of the 73rd session of the UN General Assembly in New York on September 27 afternoon (local time) (Photo: VNA) Hanoi (VNA) – Deputy Foreign Minister Nguyen Phuong Nga has highlighted the outstanding outcomes of Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc’s working trip to the headquarters of the United Nations in New York City, the US, on September 27. The Government leader engaged in an array of activities, including delivering a speech at the general debate of the UN General Assembly’s 73rd session and having meetings with President of the UN General Assembly Maria Fernanda Espinosa Garces, UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres and leaders of five countries. He also joined a discussion with major US businesses and met US friends of Vietnam and representatives of Vietnam’s permanent mission to the UN and the Vietnamese community in New York. Deputy Minister Nga said the working trip was of special importance, … [Read more...] about PM’s working trip to UN headquarters is fruitful bilaterally, multilaterally: official
Gala: Muse behind Dali’s work gets own show in Barcelona
’Gala Placidia,1952’ by Salvador Dali, part of the new exhibition in Barcelona. — AFP PhotoViet Nam News BARCELONA — Salvador Dali’s companion and muse Elena Diakonova, known as Gala, is the star of a new show unveiled Thursday in Barcelona that also portrays her as a key force behind his work. Pepe Serra, director of the National Art Museum of Catalonia where the exhibition opens on Friday, said it highlights that Gala had an important, active role in the surrealist artist’s "creative, life-long project." "Gala Salvador Dali" gathers more than 300 elements from 18 museums and collections like the Georges Pompidou Centre in Paris or the Salvador Dali Museum in Florida. It includes Dali’s paintings and sketches of Gala, as well as items of their private life like letters, postcards, photos, clothes and personal objects. Born in 1894 into a family of intellectuals from Kazan, Russia, she spent her childhood in Moscow. She settled in … [Read more...] about Gala: Muse behind Dali’s work gets own show in Barcelona