Viet Nam News By Hồng Vân The global cinema industry has seen massive success from crossover flick Avengers: Infinity War, which became the fourth highest grossing film of all time. The Avengers features characters from films like Iron Man, Captain America, Thor, Spider-Man and Guardians of the Galaxy and is the ‘most ambitious crossover event in history’. Since 2016, Vietnamese crossovers have attempted to rake in some of the huge viewership, even if they don’t aspire to the same high cinematic standards. The crossover based on blockbuster TV series Quỳnh Búp Bê (Quỳnh The Doll) has racked up more than 1.6 million views on its fanpage since its release two months ago. This is not a bad number for a 6-minute video that was published online and made within two days. It did a good job in hooking viewers yet is considered a fun music video rather than a movie. The video … [Read more...] about Crossover movies should be more than just a gimmick
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Are long music videos worth the watch?
Viet Nam News by Mộc Miên and An Vũ In recent years, the Vietnamese music scene, especially music for young people, has made great strides in production quality, especially music videos. This is an indispensable trend for artists, from senior artists like Mỹ Tâm and Đàm Vĩnh Hưng, to younger stars like Hương Tràm and Noo Phước Thịnh, in developing their images as well as elevating the quality of music videos. In this way, it is necessary to mention the approach to producing music videos, which is constantly being perfected, in terms of content as well as presentation. In the past, music videos were simple, with the main content used to highlight vocals and music. The videos of today are very different. "I see that music videos are now like short films, with complete stories that are consistent with the lyrical content of the song," said Nguyễn Ngọc Linh, a young music fan. According to … [Read more...] about Are long music videos worth the watch?
Greater Spending On The Internet
Greater Spending On The InternetBy Tuyet AnYahoo! and Kantar Media have just issued the results of a survey on Internet use in Vietnam, Net Index 2010. Spending on the Internet is on the rise and the prospects for e-commerce bright.Net Index 2010, undertaken by Kantar Media, surveyed 1,500 people aged 15 and over in four big cities, Hanoi, HCM City, Danang and Can Tho. Last year saw significant shifts in the number of users, websites, social stratification and expenditure on the Internet. Net Index 2010 offers insights into popular activities such as emailing, searching and chatting, and analyzes trends in Internet use, including social networking sites and other online channels.The survey in 2010 indicates that expenditure on Internet services in the four cities in 2009 rose by 20% year-on-year on average, VND210,000 per month in 2009 as compared with VND174,000 per month in 2008. The steepest rise was in Can Tho, from VND115,000 in 2008 to VND192,000 in 2009,which surpassed … [Read more...] about Greater Spending On The Internet
Watching a 3D movie save a life
VietNamNet Bridge – At half-past 10 in the morning, the cardiopulmonary bypass (CPB pump) started running, making a steady sound.My heart was pounding, though, and I was half-afraid I would faint. I had never seen an operation first-hand before, and I was no medical student inured to the graphics of flesh, bone and blood.The room’s was filled with the clean hospital-aseptic tang and other odours, the iodine used to sterilise the skin, the subtler notes of the fluids.A state-of-the-art, minimally invasive surgery was about to take place, I reminded myself to get rid of the nervousness.Dr Pham Thanh Dat, the surgeon, had just finished establishing the CPB for the heart surgery. The patient, Nguyen Van Hao, 59, lay still on a stainless steel table, draped in a green sheet.A gloved palm went out and Doan Thi Yen, the scrub nurse, placed a scalpel on it. Dat made an incision of five centimeters on the patient’s thoracic. A soft retractor was then inserted into the … [Read more...] about Watching a 3D movie save a life
We must do the right things
We must do the right thingsReported by Hong Phuc Raul Paredes, Consumer Business Manager, Citi Vietnam, reflects upon his 20-year banking career, his personal life and shares his view on Vietnam and its people Banking is about integrity and honesty as we are being entrusted with our customer’s assets, which are the result of their hard work, to help them achieve their goals in life Raul Paredes,Citi Vietnam Q: Christmas is in the air. What would you say about this Christmas? - A: My colleagues and I are going to end a successful year. We have achieved our target which is doubling the customer base in Vietnam and this makes it the most successful year. In fact, it is a special landmark for Citi’s Consumer Business in Vietnam, so this would be a very happy Christmas indeed. Given your 20-year career in the banking industry, which do you think is the most important virtue of a banker? - First and foremost, banking is about integrity and … [Read more...] about We must do the right things
US film producer brings Vietnamese movies to US
Gerald Herman, a film producer and a student of famous film director Martin Scorsese, has lived in Vietnam for the past 15 years. Instead of seeking opportunities in Hollywood, he quietly brings Vietnamese movies to the US to help Americans understand more about Vietnam. He said he would live in beautiful Vietnam the rest of his life.The road to Vietnam In 1992 Gerald Herman, at that time working as manager of an advertising firm in Indonesia, travelled to Vietnam. He was immediately charmed by this country. The trip changed his life.“At that time, the US hadn't lifted its embargo on Vietnam. I imagined seeing poor Vietnamese with sad faces, who hated Americans. But Vietnamese people seemed to pay no attention to the past. They ware busy building the country and developing economics. They amazed me,” he said.“I felt that this was a vital and developing country. I decided to leave my company in Indonesia to work in Vietnam,” he added.Herman’s Lotus … [Read more...] about US film producer brings Vietnamese movies to US
Moviegoers reap benefits as cinema houses jostle for ticket sales
As foreign and domestic cinema firms battle it out for the most customers, ticket prices are dropping and daily specials are always on order.Foreign and domestic cinema businesses vying for customers are offering moviegoers with improved service and cheaper ticket prices.Brian Hall, chairman of Megastar Media Co, a joint venture between UK Envoy Media and Phuong Nam Culture Co, says customers are the one’s benefiting the most from the competition among foreign, private and State-owned cinema businesses.Ticket discounts on one or two days a week is a promotion programme being offered by many cinema houses.Megastar Media discounts its ticket prices by about 15 per cent at its theatres every Wednesday.However, movie houses also say that the most important part of luring customers is the choice of movies shown on their screens.Megastar Media and Thien Ngan Co, who own two Galaxy cinemas in HCM City, are taking advantage of a niche market by showing most of the foreign films in the … [Read more...] about Moviegoers reap benefits as cinema houses jostle for ticket sales
Movies lead the way in 2009 while television lags behind
This year Vietnam’s movie industry has won new admirers for its innovation but the same cannot be said of television.2009 was a year of high achieving movies with filmmakers achieving both critical and commercial success. Art house movies like Choi Voi (Adrift), Trang Noi Day Gieng (The Moon at the Bottom of the Well), Dung Dot (Don’t Burn) all caught experts’ eyes at film festivals and audience’s attention at cinemas. Meanwhile more traditionally entertaining movies focus have also been praised. Bay Rong (Clash), featuring a hot actors Johny Tri Nguyen and Ngo Thanh Van, was truly an action movie. Meanwhile Khi Yeu Dung Quay Dau Lai (Don’t Look Back When You Are in Love) by Nguyen Vo Nghiem Minh, the director of Buffalo Boy, is a more romantic effort. Elsewhere there were horror films Miss Muoi and Chet Luc Nua Dem (Die at Midnight) while there was also Quang Dung’s Nhung Nu Hon Ruc Ro (Splendid Kisses) – a musical. Many … [Read more...] about Movies lead the way in 2009 while television lags behind
It’s hard to find a movie outside the big cities these days
Vietnam’s opening to world markets has been a mixed blessing for the cinema distribution business and the diffusion of film culture, reports Tuoi Tre.Like a ghosts of the past, a few mobile movie teams still operate in Vietnam’s remote regions. With theatres improvised from several bamboo poles, cloth screens and old films, they serve audiences in rural and mountain hamlets. Urban spectators can choose the films and the cinemas they like, but rural viewers don’t have a choice. Up to 2002, when state-owned Fafilm ruled the film importing and distributing market, Urban and rural audiences had equal opportunity. True, the rural audiences didn’t get to see the films first, but the tickets were cheaper, and sometimes free. Vietnam has 87 million people and about 100 cinemas. Nearby Thailand, by contrast, has 500. Most Vietnamese cinemas are located in big cities though the desire to enjoy movies is the same in both city and … [Read more...] about It’s hard to find a movie outside the big cities these days
Conference “ historical figures in Vietnamese movies ”
(Cinet)- On November 06, in Ha Noi, Viet Nam Cinema Association held conference “historical figures in Vietnamese movies ” to seek opinions from experts on the difficulties in making historical movies. "I hope we can make good historical movies in the future," said association deputy president Hong Ngat. Most historical movies that Vietnamese audiences had watched were produced by directors and studios from the US, China and South Korea. Many people now claimed that Vietnamese audiences understood China's history better than Viet Nam's history because they had seen so many Chinese films. Vietnamese youngsters may be more familiar with South Korea's Dae Jang Geum than with Viet Nam's Queen Le Ngoc Han. Many people believe that historical movies made by Chinese and South Korean filmmakers were very realistic and the actors performed well. And they wondered why Viet Nam, a country that had spent the better part of thousands of years defending itself from powerful foreign … [Read more...] about Conference “ historical figures in Vietnamese movies ”