Sep
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‘Scent of Burnt Grass’ to compete at 85th Oscar
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VietNamNet Bridge – Director Nguyen Huu Muoi’s 'Scent of Burnt Grass' has been selected to compete for the 85th Oscar’s Best Foreign Language Film category.
The film features four Hanoian students, namely Hoang, Thanh, Thang and Long, who joined the army during the resistance war against US aggression in 1971.
They were trained very fast and then sent to the Quang Tri ancient citadel battlefield. Three of them died in heavy fighting, only Hoang luckily returned home on Vietnam’s Reunifcation Day (April 30, 1975). His experience of the 81 day-and-night fighting in the citadel and Thach Han river area is unforgettable.
In Vietnam, Scent of Burnt Grass has received a number of important awards, most recently the best film and best editor in the 2011 Golden Kite Award.
According to Director Bui Dinh Hac, Chairman of the National Council of Film Selection, Scent of Burnt Grass is an epic which successfully illustrates the noble spirit of a young Vietnamese generation, ready to scarify for national freedom and independence.
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Sep
27
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Photographer shoots for top prize
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British designer May Cortazzi will appear at PechaKucha Night 5 at Hanoi Cinematheque tomorrow.
PechaKucha Night was devised in Tokyo in 2003 as an event for young designers to meet, network, and show their work in public. It has turned into a massive celebration, with events happening in hundreds of cities around the world, inspiring creatives worldwide.
Drawing its name from the Japanese term for the sound of chit chat, it rests on a presentation format that is based on a simple idea: 20 images x 20 seconds. It's a format that makes presentations concise and keeps things moving at a rapid pace.
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Sep
27
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Photographer shoots for top prize
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Vietnamese photojournalist Tran Viet Van placed in the top 20 in the fourth international photo contest Peace Is...Peace is Not, hosted by the "World without War and Violence" organisation in Athens, Greece.
As many as 275 photographers from 53 countries participated in the contest. Each of them submitted a pair of photos for two themes: "Peace Is" and "Peace Is Not".
Van's entry includes a photo of Major General Nguyen Duc Huy lost in thought at one of Ha Noi's cemeteries, where many of his comrades were buried, and a photo of the retired general and his wife posing in their bedroom with their wedding photo 50 years ago.
Van was the only Vietnamese photographer to be placed on the shortlist.
Earlier this year, Van won the Prix de la Photographie Paris (Px3) photo contest for the fourth year in a row (2008-12).
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Asian Fund donates books to national library
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27/09/2012 09:05:55
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Asian Fund donates books to national library
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27/09/2012 08:59:00
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Hanoi to host German Oktoberfest
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27/09/2012 08:46:29
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Hanoi Cinematheque hosts design event
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27/09/2012 08:45:01
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Photographer shoots for top prize
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27/09/2012 08:43:50
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Asian Fund donates books to national library
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27/09/2012 08:42:18
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Hanoi to host German Oktoberfest
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27/09/2012 08:40:30
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Philharmonic to perform in Japan
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27/09/2012 08:39:19
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Hoang Pham Tra Mi receives certificate
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27/09/2012 08:37:48
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