British Council does its bit for art in Vietnam

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The British Council in Vietnam will auction a collection of artworks donated by Vietnamese and foreign artists and the US-based Ford Foundation in Hanoi October 10 to support contemporary art in Vietnam.

The funds raised from the auction will go towards its Contemporary Arts Fund, which gives grants to artists, runs workshops for them, improves exhibition and cultural spaces, and gives Vietnamese artists access to training and residency abroad.

The artists include Aaron Joel Santos and Jamie Maxtone-Graham of the US, Sandrine Llouquet and Lionel Descostes of French, and Chinh Le, Diep Quy Hai, Dinh Cong Dat, Ha Manh Thang, Ly Tran Quynh Giang, Nguyen Manh Hung, Nguyen Minh Thanh, Pham Huy Thong, Pham Luan, and Truong Tan of Vietnam.

The event, organized in collaboration with the Art Vietnam Gallery, Ford Foundation, British embassy, British Business Group of Vietnam, and Sofitel Metropole Hotel Hanoi, will take place at the hotel.

The works to be auctioned will be on public display at the Bui Gallery from October 1 to 9.

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Ha Noi plans fun celebration

All dressed up: Ly Thai To Garden is readied for the opening ceremony of the 1,000th anniversary of Thang Long-Ha Noi on Friday. — VNS Photo Truong Vi

HA NOI — A fun-filled phantasmagoria of activities will take place in the city on Friday to celebrate the capital's millennium.

The opening ceremony take place at Ly Thai To Garden and around Hoan Kiem Lake.

Following a worshipping ceremony dedicated to King Ly Thai To, who oversaw the transfer of the capital from Hoa Lu (in the northern province of Ninh Binh) to Thang Long (former name of Ha Noi) in 1010, city officials will be presented with an official certificate from UNESCO director-general Irina Bokova recognising Thang Long Citadel as a world heritage site.

Pigeons will be released to mark the occasion.

Around Hoan Kiem Lake and in front of the Opera House five stages have been erected to celebrate the occasion.

On the opening night there will be an ao dai (long traditional dress) show featuring more than 1,000 local designs. Models will walk along a 370m-long catwalk from the The Huc Bridge to Dinh Tien Hoang Street.

The show will be broadcast live on Viet Nam Television's VTV1, VTV4, VTV5 channels and HCM City Television's HTV1, HTV9, and re-screened on CNN, BBC, KBS, CNBC and Bloomberg.

Between October 1 and 10, as many as 245 art shows by domestic troupes and 38 shows by international artists will take place every night throughout the city.

In addition, there will be dozens of exhibitions at the Viet Nam Centre for Exhibition, Culture and Arts and at the Giang Vo Exhibition Centre. There will also be a photo exhibition at the Ha Noi Exhibition House.

A carnival will also take place on October 8.

Around West Lake, from October 6-10, food-lovers will be able to sample local delicacies from across the country.

Meanwhile, at Ba Dinh Square on October 10, there will be a parade of the armed forces and local residents numbering an estimated 31,000. There will also be an art show at the My Dinh National Convention Centre on the final day of the celebrations.

A full list of the millennial celebrations is available on page 27. — VNS

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Events celebrating 1,000th anniversary of Ha Noi

Event	Vennue
October 1
Opening ceremony	Ly Thai To Garden/ Hoan Kiem Lake
Exhibition: literature and art works through history	Centre for Exhibition, Culture and Arts, 2 Hoa Lu St
Photo exhibition on Ha Noi	Exhibition House 45 Trang Tien St
Revolutionary film week	National Cinema Centre
Art show	Hoan Kiem Lake
October 2
Exhibition on ancient materials and artefacts on Thang Long Citadel	Thang Long Citadel relic
Thang Long international tourism festival	Bao Son Paradise Resort (Hoai Duc Dist)
October 3
Ha Noi Moi newspaper run	Hoan Kiem Lake
October 4
Exhibition: National heroes and cultural figures	Revolutionary Museum
Exhibition: Historic battles in Viet Nam	Viet Nam Military History Museum
Calligraphy exhibition	Literature Temple
Thang Long old dances	Ly Thai To Garden
October 5
Official opening of the Ceramic Road	Yen Phu Road
Bat Trang ceramic exhibition	Bat Trang Village, Gia Lam Dist
October 6
Kite festival	My Dinh Square
Traditional martial arts performance	Quan Ngua Sports Palace
Exhibition: Old Ha Noi Food festival	Ha Noi Museum West Lake Water Park
October 8
Art shows by young people	Out-door stages all over the city
Street festival	Square in front of the State Bank Headquarters
October 9
Art show by international art troupes	Out-door stages all over the city
October 10
Official ceremony celebrating 1,000th anniversary of Ha Noi	Ba Dinh Square
Gala night	My Dinh Stadium

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Students in Hanoi receive STF-PepsiCo scholarships

Ten students from University of National Economics and University of Foreign Trade in Hanoi last week received long-term scholarships worth VND10 million each from the Saigon Times Foundation (STF) under the Saigon Times Group and PepsiCo Vietnam.

“I’m so happy and surprised to be awarded this scholarship because there are many talented students at my school. I want to become a businesswoman,” said Bui Thi Thuy, a student of the international commerce faculty of Hanoi’s University of Foreign Trade.

Thuy lives with her grandparents who are 80-year-old farmers in Phuc Tho District in Hanoi because her mother died when she was 9 and then her father left her.

Nguyen Van Thang, student of the industry and construction faculty of Hanoi’s University of National Economics wishes to become a successful businessman. Born in a poor family in Nam Dinh, Thang and his older sister struggle to find money for tuition and living expenses in Hanoi.

“I would like to give my sincere thanks to the scholarship program. This is such a great support for me. I hope to contribute to some social activities conducted by PepsiCo Vietnam and STF”, Thang said in an email.Previously, 25 students at Tay Do University in Can Tho City and three universities in HCMC including University of Economics, University of Agriculture and Forestry and University of Industry and two universities in Danang City including University of Economics and University of Technology received the STF-PepsiCo scholarships.

The STF together with PepsiCo Vietnam have donated long-term scholarships to 55 students in Can Tho, HCMC, Danang and Hanoi since 2008.

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Toyota awards music scholarships

Toyota Vietnam Foundation (TVF) on Monday awarded scholarships to 23 students at HCMC Musical College.

At a previous awards ceremony for northern institutions at National Institute of Vietnam on September 20, 59 scholarships were granted, and 18 scholarships were awarded at Hue Musical College on September 27.

This year TVF in collaboration with Toyota Motor Vietnam (TMV), Ministry of Education and Training, and Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism has awarded 100 Toyota Scholarship for Vietnamese Young Music Talents at five music conservatoriums, which operate directly under Ministry of Culture, Sports, and Tourism.

The musical schools that are part of the VND300 million TVF scholarship program that is in its second year are National Music Institute of Vietnam, Tay Bac Musical Colleague, Viet Bac Musical Colleague, HCM Musical Colleague and Hue Musical Colleague.

The scholarships are awarded in recognition of students’ musical achievements including prizes, good students experiencing financial difficulties, ethnic students and talented players of traditional music.

Dang Phan Thu Huong, vice president of TMV said, “We hope the scholarships will encourage students, especially disadvantaged ones, helping them excel and become music talents in the future.”

Huong said TMV hoped to contribute to Vietnamese culture in the long term through the program.

TMV has contributed over US$13.6 million to social and cultural activities in the last 14 years. US$5.7 million of that was for education.

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Toyota awards music scholarships

Toyota Vietnam Foundation (TVF) on Monday awarded scholarships to 23 students at HCMC Musical College.

At a previous awards ceremony for northern institutions at National Institute of Vietnam on September 20, 59 scholarships were granted, and 18 scholarships were awarded at Hue Musical College on September 27.

This year TVF in collaboration with Toyota Motor Vietnam (TMV), Ministry of Education and Training, and Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism has awarded 100 Toyota Scholarship for Vietnamese Young Music Talents at five music conservatoriums, which operate directly under Ministry of Culture, Sports, and Tourism.

The musical schools that are part of the VND300 million TVF scholarship program that is in its second year are National Music Institute of Vietnam, Tay Bac Musical Colleague, Viet Bac Musical Colleague, HCM Musical Colleague and Hue Musical Colleague.

The scholarships are awarded in recognition of students’ musical achievements including prizes, good students experiencing financial difficulties, ethnic students and talented players of traditional music.

Dang Phan Thu Huong, vice president of TMV said, “We hope the scholarships will encourage students, especially disadvantaged ones, helping them excel and become music talents in the future.”

Huong said TMV hoped to contribute to Vietnamese culture in the long term through the program.

TMV has contributed over US$13.6 million to social and cultural activities in the last 14 years. US$5.7 million of that was for education.

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Lotte Group grants US$10,000 in scholarships

Kim Sang Yoon, Korean consul general in HCMC, delivers a Lotte Foundation scholarship to a Student of HCMC University of Socal Sciences and Humanities on Monday - Photo: Kieu Giang

Twenty-two outstanding HCMC students on Monday received Lotte Foundation scholarships worth over US$10,000 at a ceremony at Lotte Mart Saigon South in HCMC’s District 7.

The students who are majoring in Korean studies, economics, finance and accounting from four universities in HCMC - University of Social Sciences and Humanities, University of Law, University of Economics and University of Foreign Languages – Information Technology (Huflit) were awarded scholarships worth US$460 to US$480 each.

Nguyen Duy Nu Hong Han, a studious poor student of the Korean studies faculty at Huflit who won the scholarship for a second time, said she would use the scholarship to get a second bachelor degree at the University of Law to prepare as a law consultant in a Korean company.

“A Korean proverb tells that a small help is more meaningful than a big promise. We hope that our small act could help these students with their studies and to become talents of the country,” said Hong Pyong Gyu, general director of LotteMart under the Lotte Group at the ceremony.

The Lotte Foundation which was established in 1983 has carried out its scholarship program in Vietnam since 2008. The scholarships are granted twice a year to students in HCMC and Hanoi.

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