Award winning short documentaries

Viet Nam News Photography is a real skill. Those at the top of their game produce pictures that don’t just tell a thousand words, but instead an entire novel. Sadly, as technology moves at a mindboggling speed, everyone with a half decent cell phone fancies themselves as the next Annie Leibovitz. But just because you can take a wonderful image of a fancy cup of coffee in front of a slice of cake, or can head over to Long Biên Bridge early one morning, take a quick snap then let Photoshop do the hard work, doesn’t make you a superb snapper. Photography is capturing that perfect moment when the world stops rotating for a split second and you’re there, right place, right time to press the button. One such image that was deemed up there with the best of the best was captured in Việt Nam by Malaysian photographer Edwin Ong Wee Kee. His haunting picture showing a Vietnamese woman carrying two children won him the grand prize at the Hamdan … [Read more...] about When an award winning photograph develops into something different

A scene in Ròm, a Vietnamese film that won the top award at the Busan International Film Festival.  The film has been fined for participating in the event without legal authority. — Photo thanhnien.vn HÀ NỘI — Vietnamese coming-of-age drama Ròm, a recent winner at the Busan International Film Festival, has been fined VNĐ40 million (US$1,700) for participating in the festival without an official licence from the authority. The fine was issued on the decision of Phạm Cao Thái, chief inspector of the Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism on October 14, against HKFilm, the producer of Ròm. According to the ministry, HKFilm sent the film to the Busan International Film Festival when the production had not yet been granted approval from the competent State agency. HKFilm’s punishment was made more severe when the company deliberately went ahead with the screening despite the Vietnam Cinema Department’s decision. … [Read more...] about Busan award winning film gets fined

Noi Buon Chien Tranh (The Sorrow of War), the well-known novel by Bao Ninh, has once again received a regional literary award in the Republic of Korea. Author Bao Ninh (L) receives the Asian Literature Award for his internationally well-known novel The Sorrow of War. The novel, which tells the story of a soldier who grows reflective as he collects dead bodies after a battle, won the only prize at the Asia Literature Award 2018 during a recent ceremony in the RoK. The winner was selected by a council of seven Korean writers and a publisher from all works available in the book market. Organisers invited nominated writers to the RoK for the award ceremony. Ninh, whose real name is Hoang Au Phuong, was born in 1952. He is a novelist and writer of short stories best known for his aforementioned award-winning first book, The Sorrow of War. During the anti-American War, he served in the 27th Youth Volunteer Brigade. Of the five hundred who went to war with the brigade in … [Read more...] about Vietnamese novel about war wins Asia Literature Award 2018

Oliver Horn (second from right) receiving the awards on behalf of InterContinental Phu Quoc Long Beach Resort One of the most prestigious travel and tourism events of the year, the World Travel Awards was launched in 1993 to acknowledge excellence in the travel and tourism industry. Proclaimed the "travel industry's equivalent of the Oscar's" by The Wall Street Journal, the awards are voted for by travel and tourism professionals and consumers across the globe. “We are thrilled to have been honoured at the World Travel Awards for the second year in a row,” said Oliver Horn, general manager of InterContinental Phu Quoc Long Beach Resort. “The World Travel Awards celebrate the best of the best in the hospitality industry and to receive these awards reflects the wonderful facilities and service we offer families, couples, and meeting delegates alike. Since we opened in 2018, our team at InterContinental Phu Quoc Long Beach Resort has worked tirelessly to ensure that … [Read more...] about InterContinental Phu Quoc wins World Travel Awards 2019

HÀ NỘI — Nine-year old Bùi Mai Khuê won top prize at a children's story writing contest in Hà Nội on Sunday.  Juror Masahito Hirano gives certificate to the contest Special Prize winner Bùi Mai Khuê. — Photo organisation board Khuê's story Bướm Lá (Leaf Butterfly) won first prize in the elementary school and younger category of the JX-ENEOS Children's Story Award, earning her a VNĐ5 million (US$200) prize. The annual contest has run in Japan since 1970 and was brought to Việt Nam last year by Việt Nam More Production and Kim Đồng Publishing House. Khuê also won the Special Prize at the contest. Bướm Lá tells the adventures of yellow leaves that are thought to be butterflies.  The story is inspired by the leaves falling from the tree a Khuê's mother showed her.  "It stands out among the contest participating … [Read more...] about Children’s writing award names winners