Sotheby’s denies selling fake Phai paintings
In a letter to the Vietnam News Agency correspondent in Hong Kong, the spokesman of Sotheby’s, Hong Kong branch, stated that they don’t sell fake paintings by well-known Vietnamese painter Bui Xuan Phai.
Hanoi to have street of flowers
Hanoi authorities will allow the local Department of Culture, Sports and Tourism and the Vietnam Artistic Exhibition Centre to organise the “Hanoi flower street festival” around Hoan Kiem Lake and on Dinh Tien Hoang street this New Year.
Australian Film Roadshow 2008 comes to Vietnam
Australian Film Roadshow 2008 will introduce seven recent Australian feature films and two short films to Vietnamese viewers in Hanoi, some provinces in the central of Vietnam, HCMC and the Mekong Delta province of An Giang from November 14 to December 4. In Hanoi and HCMC the films will be screened in both Vietnamese and English.
Young singer to tour US
Tra My, a singer who became known during the first Vietnam Idol competition in 2007, will tour the US in late November.
CEO Exchange show comes to Vietnam
It took one year for the national Vietnam Television (VTV) and its partner Vietbooks and Eximbank to have the copyright for the CEO Exchange, an American hot TV show about world famous chief executive officers (CEOs).
Thien Ly to represent Vietnam at Miss World ‘08
The official website of the Miss World beauty pageant (missworld.tv) and the website specialized on beauty contests in the world – Global Beauties – have introduced Duong Truong Thien Ly, the second runner-up of the Miss Universe Vietnam 2008, as Vietnamese contestant at Miss World 2008.
Young fashion designer wins ticket to Hong Kong
Young fashion designer Nguyen Hoang Tan from the southern province of Tien Giang won the Aquafina Pure Fashion 2008 contest held in HCM City yesterday for his collection called Su Thang Hoa Cua Nuoc (Water’s Sublimation).
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