Showing posts with label Television. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Television. Show all posts

Tuesday, December 21, 2010

Lao art troupe to perform in Ha Noi

HA NOI — The Lao National Art Troupe will perform in Viet Nam this week at the invitation of Viet Nam's Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism.

The 35-member troupe will appear in Ha Noi on Thursday and Saturday and in Bac Giang Sunday. The shows coincide with Lao Cultural Week in Viet Nam, December 21-28.

Writer donates books to museum

HA NOI — Writer Nguyen Dac Xuan donated a collection of books to the Museum of Vietnamese Literature.

Xuan's work includes 700 Nam Thuan Hoa-Phu Xuan (700 Years of Thuan Hoa-Phu Xuan) which won the silver prize in the 2010 Beautiful Books awards, as well as nine other volumes from the 19th and 20th centuries.

Xuan also donated a 19th century portrait on metal of the poet Nguyen Phuc Mien Trinh (1820-97) who was a member of royal family in the Nguyen dynasty and served as a mandarin.

The writer has granted books for the museum in 2006 in the central city of Hue. Xuan will donate valuable books for the museum in the future to let people have chance to read them, he said.

Teenage pianist performs in homeland

HA NOI — Teen pianist Vu Dang Minh Anh, an overseas Vietnamese from Poland, will perform with the Ha Noi Symphony Orchestra tonight at the Ha Noi Opera House.

Born and raised in Poland, Anh has won many prizes in international piano contests in Poland and Italy. In tonight's concert, she will play The Barber of Seville by Rossini, Concerto KV 449 by Mozart, and Dumka and Romeo and Juliet by Tchaikovsky.

VNews broadcasts on K+ network

HA NOI — VNews, the new channel of the Vietnam News Agency, is now being aired on digital satellite network K+.

VNews launched in August, with broadcasts throughout the day on the latest news and current events in politics, business, culture and society, from journalists throughout the country and permanent correspondents in countries and territories around the world.

K+ is also carrying THVL1, the channel of the southern province of Vinh Long, providing news and entertainment in the Cuu Long (Mekong) Delta region.

VTC presenter wins talent crown

HCM CITY – Pham Khanh Ly, presenter of VTC Digital Television, won the HCM City Television's (HTV) annual Miss Charming Television contest held in HCM City at HTV Theatre.

Twenty-four-year-old Ly beat 12 other contestants in the competitions, which included evening dress presentation, talents and emceeing skills, at the HTV Theatre.

The Ba Ria-Vung Tau Radio and Television Station's hostess Ma Ngoc Dieu gained second prize while Tran Thi Thanh Phuong of HTV brought third prize.

During the four-day contest, contestants were judged on appearance, performance and emceeing skills, voice, poise, and presentation style.

All of the contestants work as reporters, presenters or hosts for television stations in the provinces and cities of Ha Noi, Hai Phong, Ninh Binh, Lang Son, Binh Thuan, Tra Vinh, Hau Giang, Ba Ria-Vung Tau, Dong Nai, and HCM City.

The guest contestant from Laos, Nhom MaLa of Attapeu Provincial Radio and Television Station, also took part in cultural exchange performances with Vietnamese contestants. — VNS

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Can Tho turns on TV festival

In the limelight: Actress Thanh Huyen (left) will compete for Best Actress honours at the 30th National Television Festival. — File Photo

CAN THO — The 30th National Television Festival kicked-off yesterday in the southern province of Can Tho, showcasing the best television works produced by State-owned television stations and private studios.

The seven-day festival this week will offer more than 700 entries in 10 genres including trailers, that will be making their first appearance at the festival.

"It's good news that trailers will be shown at the festival for the first time. Trailers will make a big contribution to advertising television shows," said Ha Nam, deputy head of the organisation board.

Judges, chaired by Deputy Head of the Cinematography Department Le Ngoc Minh, have already started reviewing the multiple episode category (10-30 episodes), that includes Viet Nam Television Film Centre's Silver Swamp, Viet Nam Multimedia Corporation's Perhaps Because of Love, and Tran Gia Studio's At the End of the Rainbow.

For the first time, individual prizes for television series will be presented, including Best Director, Best Actor, Best Actress and Best Cameraman.

The organisation board will also present 35 Gold Awards, 48 Silver Awards and 120 certificates of merit.

Four workshops and two exhibitions will be included as part of the festival. The workshops will discuss how to improve television programmes on ethnic people, children and digital technology television.

Representatives from foreign television broadcasters such as Australia's ABC; China's CCTV; South Korea's KBS; Japan's NHK and the Asia-Pacific Broadcasting Union (ABU) will attend the seminars.

"This festival will focus on workshops which will be of great help to local television stations. We aim to improve the quality of television programmes in the future," said Vu Van Hien, general director of Viet Nam Television.

The opening ceremony will broadcast live on VTV's channel 1 tonight. — VNS

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Monday, December 20, 2010

Television festival kick-offs in Can Tho

CAN THO - The 30th National Television Festival kicks-off today in the southern province of Can Tho, showcasing the best television works produced by State-owned television stations and private studios.

The seven-day festival will offer more than 700 entries in 10 genres including trailers, that will be making their first appearance at the festival.

"It's good news that trailers will be shown at the festival for the first time. Trailers will make a big contribution to advertising television shows," said Ha Nam, deputy-head of the organisation board.

Judges, chaired by Deputy Head of the Cinematography Department Le Ngoc Minh, have already started reviewing the multiple episode category (10-30 episodes), that includes Viet Nam Television FiIm Centre's Silver Swamp, Viet Nam Multimedia Corporation's Perhaps Because of Love, and Tran Gia Studio's At the End of the Rainbow.

For the first time, individual prizes for television series will be presented, including Best Director, Best Actor, Best Actress and Best Cameraman.

The organisation board will also present 35 Gold Awards, 48 Silver Awards and 120 certificates of merit.

Four workshops and two exhibitions will be included as part of the festival. The workshops will discuss how to improve television programmes on ethnic people, children and digital technology television.

Representatives from foreign television broadcasters such as Australia's ABC; China's CCTV; South Korea's KBS; Japan's NHK and the Asia-Pacific Broadcasting Union (ABU) will attend the seminars.

"This festival will focus on workshops which will be of great help to local television stations. We aim to improve the quality of television programmes in the future," said Vu Van Hien, general director of Viet Nam Television.

The opening ceremony will be broadcast live on VTV1 at 8pm tomorrow night. - VNS

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Wednesday, December 15, 2010

German textbooks gifted to National Library

HA NOI — The German Embassy granted 50 textbooks to the National Library yesterday.

Textbooks on law, economics, and engineering purchased by the German Foreign Affairs Ministry, have been selected by the Goethe Institute in Ha Noi and the library.

Earlier, the library and the Goethe Institute signed a memorandum of co-operation focused on improving the standards of human resources working in the library and archiving sector.

Embroidery depicts famous poem of Zen master

HA NOI — Veteran artisan Le Van Kinh has completed a set of embroideries depicting a poem by Zen Master Man Giac.

Kinh has spent 10 years to complete the paintings in a variety of languages including Danish, English, French, German, Russian, Italian, Spanish, Japanese, Chinese, Lao, Cambodian and Thai.

The artisan, who works in the former imperial capital of Hue, plans another six such embroideries.

Zen Master Man Giac (1052-96), or Ly Truong, was famous for his Buddhism theory and writing skills during the reign of King Ly Nhan Tong.

TV personalities set for Miss Charming Television

HCM CITY — Thirteen women television personalities from around Viet Nam and one from Laos will take part in a traditional-culture and lifestyle contest that begins in HCM City tonight.

At the four-day annual Miss Charming Television organised by HCM City Television (HTV) contestants will be judged on appearance, performance, emceeing skills, and presentation style.

The Vietnamese competitors work for television stations in Ha Noi and HCM City and some provinces, and the Lao contestant, Nhom Mala is from Attapeu Television.

All work as reporters, producers and hosts.

Five will go through to the final to be held on Saturday at the HTV Theatre where they will perform folk songs and dances in their traditional costumes.

The contest will be shown on HTV's channel 9.

Winners of British Council ‘green' contest announced

HA NOI — The winners of the British Council's Green Tips essay contest were announced yesterday, as part of the council's I Am Green campaign to raise environmental awareness.

The contest, launched last month, sought to encourage young people to think about and develop responses to the challenges of climate change, said the organising board. It drew 400 entries from around the country, all written on recycled paper

Two other competitions under the campaign have also wrapped up, including the How Green Is Your City photo contest – which chose ten winners, each of whom will win English courses at British Council and trips from the Exotissimo tour company – and the Green Tip Box competition, which selected eight winners.

Another 28 young people have won a trip to the Cu Chi Wildlife Rescue Centre in another contest on wildlife conservation. — VNS

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