Grants for art projects

I really admire my brother, who is a famous artist and illustrator. But I never got a chance to learn art properly. Calligraphy is somehow like a bridge between art and science. It connects my way of thinking to my eye of seeing beautiful things around. I was always happy whenever I picked up a pen; calligraphy came so naturally to me. I was said to be a “chosen” one. I really think it is true. Over the years, calligraphy has turned out to be much more artistic than I thought. I have learned painting with pigments, gilding gold leaf, and preparing parchments and vellum for sophisticated artworks, and have expanded my study to other art techniques.  … [Read more...] about Young calligrapher renowned for his talent introduces art to new generation

According to the government’s COVID-19 task force, the factory, which was used to manufacture canned foods under the Nautilus brand, is now a 600-patient bed quarantine facility. It is divided into three zones: a green zone is the reception area, a yellow zone is where medical professionals are stationed and where they will change their clothes, and a red zone will house infected persons. … [Read more...] about VIETNAM NEWS JANUARY 17

Speaking at a meeting held on January 13 to review the industry and trade sector’s performance last year and set tasks for this year, Nguyen Phuong Dong, the department’s deputy director, said: “In 2020 city enterprises restructured their production to make it market-oriented. The city’s industrial sector shrunk by 4 percent last year due to the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic. … [Read more...] about VIETNAM BUSINESS NEWS JANUARY 17

Hanoi (VNA) – Viet Van Tran, a photographer from the Lao Dong newspaper, has been selected to join others of a free-to-enter online Salon of Photography, entitled “The Connected World: 2020” capturing moments of time in the US and around the world this year. The event, a joint project between the Los Angeles Centre of Photography (LACP) and the Museum of Photographic Arts (MOPA) in San Diego to acknowledge the importance of photography and art in capturing historic world events, is scheduled to run from October 24 to December 31. Its 7-member jury selected 68 entries from 58 photographers for the exhibition out of those from 300 candidates around the globe. Van was the only Vietnamese at the event. His picture to be exhibited, titled “Noi am anh” (Obsession), captures the 6-year-old girl Khanh Han standing in front of a painting on the COVID-19 theme by her farther – painter Nguyen Tan Phat. The work was ranked among the top 20 best photos at the … [Read more...] about Newspaper photographer to display works at US-based exhibition

Vietnam excellent as ASEAN Chair despite pandemic: Japanese expert Vietnam successfully accomplished its role as ASEAN Chair 2020 in the context of COVID-19’s impact being beyond imagination, the Director of the Vietnam Economic Research Institute (VERI), Hiroyuki Moribe, has said. … [Read more...] about Japan suspends visas for Vietnamese citizens