Vietnam Airlines offers free tickets to award-winning students, children under 12By Le Anh HCMC – The national carrier, Vietnam Airlines, has launched two concurrent promotions for secondary school and high school students with outstanding academic records, offering each a free flight ticket (excluding taxes and fees) on such routes as Vietnam-Bangkok, Vietnam-Singapore and Vietnam-Kuala Lumpur. The free tickets are being offered to students who have won the first, second or third prize in provincial or municipal contests for excellent academic performance or those who have received national or international awards. The students need to present the original prize certificate as well as a photocopy, along with their identification card or birth certificate, to any verified ticket agent to receive their free tickets. The promotional tickets must be claimed within three months of the date the prize certificate was issued and can be used from this month until the end of May 2019. … [Read more...] about Vietnam Airlines offers free tickets to award-winning students, children under 12
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Award-winning photo show returns to Vietnam
By Phan Anh  June 7, 2018 | 02:53 pm GMT+7 A photo by Richard Tsong-Taatarii for the Star Tribune, to be displayed at the World Press Photo Exhibition 2018, shows John Thompson embraced in Minnesota, U.S., after speaking out at a memorial rally for his close friend Philando Castile on June 18, 2017, two days after police officer Jeronimo Yanez was acquitted of all charges in the shooting of Castile. World Press Photo Exhibition 2018 in Hanoi will feature 130 outstanding pictures taken by top photojournalists. An international press photo exhibition including famous classics like the “Napalm Girl” will return to Hanoi this month after 15 years. The exhibition will feature 130 award winning photographs in different categories taken by photojournalists from around the world. The World Press Photo Exhibition 2018 is being organized by the Embassy of the Netherlands as part of a celebration of 45 years of diplomatic ties between Vietnam and the … [Read more...] about Award-winning photo show returns to Vietnam
Award winning Hoi An resort offers summer holidays for families
The international award-winning Sunrise Premium Resort & Spa Hoi An has launched a special promotion for families to welcome summer 2018. The infinity pool boasts a serene view overlooking Cham Island.-Photo courtesy of the resort Starting from VND3,990,000++/night, a guest and their little angels can enjoy a two-day-one-night stay in a Deluxe Room and a buffet breakfast at Spices Garden. The offer also includes a free extra bed and complementary swimming lesson, cake making, hat painting for children, and several other interesting offers. The promotion is applicable from now until June 30, 2018. Sunrise Premium Resort & Spa Hoi An was named in the the World Luxury Hotel Awards 2017. The resort is also the winner of the Asian Lifestyle Tourism Awards (ALTA) 2017 with three significant awards, including Vietnam’s Best Resort, Outstanding Honeymoon Destination in Southeast Asia, and Vietnam’s Best Luxury Resort Spa. Nestled on the side of the pristine Cua … [Read more...] about Award winning Hoi An resort offers summer holidays for families
Award-winning film director passes away
Viet Nam News HCM CITY — Award-winning film director Huy Thành passed away while visiting his daughter in France on May 22, at the age of 90. Director Thành is from the first generation of directors of Vietnamese revolutionary cinema. He is one of two directors to win the Golden Lotus Award three times. He won the award at the 1st Việt Nam National Film Festival in 1970; and again in 1983 and 1985. "Director Thành was calm and thoughtful. He always respected the creativity of his artistes," said actor and director Trần Vịnh. He expressed his sorrow to hear about the death of director Thành, whom he regarded as a mentor, and the one who helped him to achieve what he has become today. Director Thành encouraged Vịnh, who stared out as a theatre actor, to star in films, and later to direct them. Vịnh starred in three award-winning films directed by Thành. Born in Đà Nẵng in 1928, Thành joined the … [Read more...] about Award-winning film director passes away
Award-winning pics on display
Viet Nam News HÀ NỘI — An exhibition at Hà Nội’s Goethe Institute gives visitors a chance to see photos by this year’s New German Photography competition award winners. The exhibition features 53 works by eight winners in the competition for young photographers in Germany for 2017 and 2018. "New German Photography is the most prestigious competition for young photographers in Germany," said Rebecca Sampson, the 2011 winner at a press conference held on Wednesday. The award-winning photos have been exhibited in Germany each year since the competition’s launch 15 years ago, but this is the first time photos from the competition are on display in Hà Nội. The winners, who are selected by a jury of well-known experts, can look forward to broad public exposure through a wide range of exhibitions, promotional campaigns and media interest, she said. New German Photography was set up in 2004 by Josefine Raab and … [Read more...] about Award-winning pics on display
Award-winning cartoon film comes on air in Vietnam
Award-winning cartoon film comes on air in Vietnam Phi Vu The British preschool cartoon movie “Peppa Pig” directed by Astley Baker and earning three British Academy Children’s Awards of the British Academy of Film and Television Arts, will go on air on HTV3 – DreamsTV channel from December 27. The animated movie, which has heaped praise from parents and kids around the world for its educational and entertainment values, will be aired at 5 p.m. from Monday to Friday every week in English with Vietnamese subtitles. The screening of the funny cartoon film is expected to help Vietnamese children be exposed to English from a young age and acquire life skills to cope with issues in daily life. Earlier, HCMC Television (HTV) teamed up with Purpose Media Joint Stock Company to turn HTV3 into an edutainment television channel which targets kids, adolescents and families. In this July, the channel was renamed as HTV3 - DreamsTV to convey the message of “learn, … [Read more...] about Award-winning cartoon film comes on air in Vietnam
An award-winning botanical garden in Saigon
An award-winning botanical garden in SaigonThanh Hoa Vegetable Trellis, a botanical garden designed by Cong Sinh Architects, has recently won the “Hotel and Leisure - Completed Buildings” award at the 2017 World Architecture Festival in Germany. The garden, which came into operation in 2016, covers 565 square meters at 40-42 Nguyen Van Tang Street in District 9, HCMC. The project is aimed at adapting to climate change and saving energy as solar power is the main source of energy in the property. The vegetable trellis is surrounded by a living space in harmony with nature. It is open for public viewing from 6 a.m. to 6 p.m. every day. … [Read more...] about An award-winning botanical garden in Saigon
Free screenings of award-winning films in Hanoi
Pictures include Em chua 18 (I’m not 18 yet - Jailbait), Sac dep ngan can (Heavy beauty), 12 Chom Sao: Ve duong cho huou chay (12 Constellations: Draw Lines For the Deer Run Means Nothing), Co hau gai (The housemaid), Ve si Saigon (Saigon Bodyguards) and Yeu di dung so (Love do not be afraid).Film Em chua 18 (I’m not 18 yet - Jailbait) by director Le Thanh Son won “Golden Lotus Award” for Best Feature Film and “Best Actress” title at the 20th Vietnam Film Festival.Movie Co hau gai (The housemaid), directed by Derek Nguyen received the “Silver Lotus Award” and “Best Music Designer”.Meanwhile the film Yeu di dung so (Love do not be afraid) got the Audience Choice Prize; and the Jury Awards went to Ve duong cho huou chay (12 Constellations: Draw Lines For the Deer Run Means Nothing).Cinema-goers can enjoy movies at the National Cinema Center, 87 Lang Ha Street in Hanoi. … [Read more...] about Free screenings of award-winning films in Hanoi
Green City contest generates award-winning ideas
VietNamNet Bridge – A project to build playgrounds for children in urban areas won a US$3,500 prize on Saturday. Think Playground, a Ha Noi-based social enterprise, overcame 38 competitors in the “Raising Awareness on Green City Solutions in Vietnam” competition hosted by the Danish Embassy.The enterprise came up with the idea of creating workshops on using recyclable materials to make play equipment for children. The workshops will provide children, parents, volunteers and other community stakeholders with craft skills to maintain and protect public playgrounds.Nguyen Tieu Quoc Dat, co-founder of Think Playground, said the award would encourage further efforts.“People think children in the cities enjoy more favourable conditions than those in countryside. The reality is quite the reverse. Urban areas cannot offer them big playgrounds,” Dat said.“The award will help us mobilise community resources to build playgrounds in urban areas,” he … [Read more...] about Green City contest generates award-winning ideas
Reclusive award-winning film director reveals his fears
VietNamNet Bridge – Vu Ngoc Dang won the Best Director award at the 20th National Film Festival in Da Nang recently. It was the second such award for Dang, his first coming in 2012. Both awards were for the first and second parts of his Lost in Paradise, made six years apart in 2011 and 2017.Lost in Paradise was the first “queer” feature film from Vietnam to enter the Vancouver International Film Festival.Dang graduated in first place from the HCM Academy of Theatre and Cinema with a short film called Vo Chong Chuot (Mouse Couple). The film was selected to compete at the International Student Film Festival in Israel in 2001. He gained further popularity with his first motion picture, Nhung Co Gai Chan Dai (Long-legged Girls), which fetched him the Silver Lotus at the 14th National Film Festival in 2004. The movie was a record box office hit, one of those that marked the emergence of Vietnamese cinema from a crisis at the end of 1990s.His television series, like Bong … [Read more...] about Reclusive award-winning film director reveals his fears