Taoism celebrations and festivals

The film competes in the Encounters – a competitive section devoted to new cinematic visions, with other 11 films. A three-member jury will choose winners for the best film, best director and a special jury award. “Vi” is about a Nigerian football player playing in the Vietnamese football league. After he breaks his leg, he is forced to leave the team and find a job in a sex parlor to provide for his wife and son back home. Bao got the idea for the film years ago based on his high-school memories. At that time, he saw black men on buses while going to school. Bao was obsessed by these men who seemed to have overcome some significant challenges. First-time filmmaker Bao has composed a delicate, sensory meditation that conjures up many a thought in the viewer’s mind. In “Vi” the actors are amateurs, including the call girls. Earlier, the film won the “Most Potential Project” award at the Singapore International Film Festival in 2020. Due to the global COVID-19 pandemic, … [Read more...] about Vietnamese movie “Taste” competes in Berlin International Film Festival

Pictures were taken by 15 young artists in three-day workshops which were organized in HCMC and Hue City in January. The authors present to viewers portraits of female members in their families in daily activities as well as emphasize the women’s role in daily life. The exhibits are expected to touch the hearts of audiences. The exhibition will run until April 11. The display is one of activities celebrating International Women’s Day (on March 8) organized by the French Institute in HCMC at the Institute of Cultural Exchange with France (IDECAF), including a discussion on gender equality titled “Vietnamese women today” with the participation of representatives of the French NGO organization Planète Enfants & Développement (PE&D) in Vietnam, Mexican Ambassador Sara Valdes Bolano, psychologist Ly Thi Mai, and Le Thi Hong Anh, head of Human Resources of Sanofi Vietnam. Some pictures in the exhibition: "Women in Bo Ho  alley" by  Nguyen Anh Tuan "Women and … [Read more...] about Exhibition of female portrait celebrates Int’l Women’s Day

Vietnamese Ambassador to Belgium Vu Anh Quang (R) presents a souvenir to a member of the Vietnamese community in the European country (Photo: VNA) Brussels (VNA) – The Embassy of Vietnam in Belgium held a get-together with overseas Vietnamese on March 4 to celebrate the Lunar Year of the Buffalo . At the event, Ambassador to Belgium Vu Anh Quang extended his greetings to the local Vietnamese community, and voiced his encouragement to the community after a year full of hardships caused by COVID-19 , while expressing his gratitude for their activities in support of the homeland. Quang, who is also head of the Vietnamese mission to the EU, also informed the participants on future activities, along with the results of the fight against COVID-19 in Vietnam, the country’s socio-economic development and success of the 13th National Party Congress which took place before Tet (Lunar New Year) festival. Despite difficulties, the association of Vietnamese people in … [Read more...] about Embassy hosts New Year gathering with overseas Vietnamese in Belgium

A man donates his blood at the Red Spring Festival in Dien Bien province on March 5 (Photo: VNA) Dien Bien (VNA) – The Red Spring Festival, a voluntary blood donation event, is taking place in the northern mountainous province of Dien Bien on March 5, with more than 300 people coming to register. This activity aims to encourage people in good health from all social strata to donate blood, helping to address the blood shortage in medical treatment after the Lunar New Year holiday, especially after a hiatus in donation activities due to the COVID-19 resurgence. Disease prevention measures were carried out to ensure safety for participants, organisers said. The event is expected to collect more than 210 blood units. According to the Dien Bien steering committee for voluntary blood donation , this movement has been developing extensively and intensively in the province over the past years, with an increasing number of donors. Donation are now not limited to … [Read more...] about Voluntary blood donation event held in Dien Bien province

The department has also asked these units not to organize public religious activities and festivals during the festive season on the occasion of the lunar New Year, and encouraged hosting online events in an attempt to avoid gatherings and prevent further Covid-19 infections in local communities. The relic sites must continue strictly respecting preventive measures to keep the pandemic under control, especially the implementation of the Health Ministry’s 5K message, Khau trang (facemask) - Khu khuan (disinfection) - Khoang cach (distance) - Khong tu tap (no gathering) – Khai bao y te (health declaration), he added. Regarding to the reopening of the special national relic site of Huong Pagoda in Hanoi’s My Duc District, Deputy Director of the Department of Culture and Sport Tran Thi Van Anh said that two departments of Health, Culture and Sport had a working session with My Duc District’s authorities to check plans for epidemic prevention and control at the heritage site and the … [Read more...] about Hanoi plans to reopen historical, religious sites from March 8