Int’l puppetry festival opens in Hanoi

Hanoi organizes six-day Second International Puppetry Festival in September to welcome the 1,000th Thang Long-Hanoi anniversary

Photo: VNA

The second International Puppetry Festival opened at the Hanoi Opera House Saturday as an activity to mark the 1,000th anniversary of Thang Long-Hanoi.

The festival is drawing the participation of 12 foreign troupes and 5 from host Vietnam, including the Vietnam Puppetry Theatre, the Thang Long Puppetry Theatre and the puppetry troupes from Hai Phong city, Dak Lak province and Ho Chi Minh City.

The six-day festival, organized by the Department of Performing Arts under the Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism, provides a chance for Vietnamese artists to exchange experiences with their colleagues from other countries and to promote the country’s traditional puppetry.

The jury, including three international members and two Vietnamese ones, will select outstanding puppetry performances for gold, silver and bronze prizes as well as the best director and the best artists.

The closing and awarding ceremony will take place in the evening of September 9.

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War martyr's diary published in France

PARIS — A French translation of Dang Thuy Tram's diary has hit bookstores in France. The book was printed by Philippe Picquier publishing house under the title Notebooks Found During 1968-70.

French journalist Didier Jacob said the French translation of the book provided valuable material about the war in Viet Nam.

Translator Jean Claude Garcias said he spent three years reading and translating the book into French. He had studied Vietnamese in HCM City and had lived in Viet Nam for two years.

Garcias is translating another book from Vietnamese about a child growing up in the Cuu Long (Mekong) Delta, which will be published next year.

International puppetry festival to be held

HA NOI — Puppeteers from 12 foreign countries will gather in the capital city between September 4 and 9 for the second international puppetry festival.

Five Vietnamese puppetry troupes will perform at the festival, which is held every two years.

The performances will take place at Hong Ha Theatre at 51 Duong Thanh Street, Viet Nam Puppetry Theatre in Truong Chinh Street, Thang Long Puppetry Theatre in Dinh Tien Hoang Street and Cinema 17 Ly Nam De Street.

The winning troupe will be awarded US$1,000.

Bronze drums to enter Ha Noi in procession

HA NOI — About 100 bronze drums will be taken to Ha Noi from the central province of Thanh Hoa in a solemn ceremony this Sunday, according to Duong Trung Quoc, general secretary of the Viet Nam Historical Science Association.

The procession will take the drums from where they were cast in Thanh Hoa to tour Hoan Kiem Lake. The procession will then stop at King Ly Thai To statue before heading to the Literature Temple.

The drums will be on display there till September 3. — VNS

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