Sep
21
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Vietnam-Korea exchange concert
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Three Korean artists will grace a concert at HCMC Opera House tomorrow - Photo: Courtesy of HBSO
A friendship concert with performances from Korean trio - soprano Cho Hae Ryong, pianist Sun Young Ju and violinist Cho Ga Hyun - will take place at HCMC Opera House at 7:30 p.m. tomorrow. The concert will be staged under the baton of conductor Cho Hong Rae for the first part and Vietnamese conductor Tran Vuong Thach for the second part.
The event starts with the Radedzky March of Strauss and Mountain Village of Cho Do Nam, Julliet’s Waltz from Romeo and Juliet of C. Gounod and Concerto No.1 ofBeethoven. The second part will feature Song of old home town of Lee Soo In, Les filles de Cadix by Leo Delibes and Concerto for C major for violin and orchestra of Beethoven.
Tickets are priced at VND200,000 and VND400,000 each and are available at the HCMC Ballet Symphony Orchestra and Opera (HBSO) Office, 3 Phan Van Dat Street, tel 08 3823 7419 and at the Opera House, 7 Lam Son Square in District 1.
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Sep
21
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Cruise, cuisine and culture on Saigon River
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Authentic cuisine, dancing, music and many more typical Vietnamese traits are available for visitors to experience on board the three-deck wooden boat Vietcruiser that travels along the Saigon River every Saturday, with chartered voyages six days a week.
The journey to experience Vietnamese specialties begins when guests step aboard Vietcruiser, as local girls in traditional attire, including ao dai, treat you with cakes and fruit of different regions and seasons.
On the bamboo trays are banh tet (cylindrical glutinous rice cake filled with green bean paste and pork), banh pia (flour cake with salty yolk, durian, green bean paste and taro), and many other sweet and salty cakes made from rice powder and other ingredients. Litchi, chom chom (rambutan), Vietnamese tea and other seasonal fruit on offer will add some flavor before the trip starts.
The craftsman shapes to he on the boat - Photos: Binh Nguyen
A buffet dinner begins once the 39-meter-long, 8.5-meter-wide Vietcruiser departs Nha Rong Wharf in downtown HCMC at around 7:15 p.m. During the cruise on the Saigon River at night to Thanh Da in Binh Thanh District and back to base, guests can walk around the serving counters on the ground floors to select goi (mixed salad), goi cuon (spring roll), grilled squid and shrimp, and other dishes featuring flavors of different localities in Vietnam.
Music and dances depicting cultural and historical glimpses of Vietnam are on show throughout the voyage that ends around 9:30 p.m. The melodious sounds of dan tranh and dan bau and other Vietnamese musical instruments will relax guests on board. Craftsmen are also a fixture on the Vietcruiser to make to he (toy figurine), which is made into toys for children to play at traditional festivals in the country from a mixture of glutinous and ordinary rice powder. With this material, the craftsman can shape animals, flowers or characters from folk stories and also do requests for guests. When dinner is over, a good idea for passengers is to sit and relax at their seats or go to the upper deck to view HCMC at night
Tickets are priced from VND390,000 and allow guests to enjoy a wide selection of Vietnamese food specialties as well as music and dancing shows during the weekend voyage on the 256-seat boat. For the ticket price you also get some free drinks.
Note this is a special promotion price until the end of October.
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Sep
21
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World No. 1 Azarenka arrives in town
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World No. 1 female tennis star Victoria Azarenka from Belarus (L) shakes hands with Tao Van Nghe, general manager of the Rex Hotel Saigon, at a welcome ceremony which was held yesterday afternoon - Photo: Courtesy of the Rex Hotel Saigon
Female world number one Victoria Azarenka on Wednesday afternoon arrived at the Rex Hotel in District 1 as she gets prepared to join the Heineken Stars tournament which will kick off tonight at Lan Anh Club in District 10.
The 23-year-old Belarusian will join world No.13 Dominika Cibulkova of Slovakia and male duo of Gilles Simon (France) and Spain’s Feliciano Lopez in singles games as well as a mixed doubles clash. Azarenka won her first Australian Open this year beating Maria Sharapova. She also won a gold medal in mixed doubles and bronze in the singles at this year’s London Olympics, and narrowly lost out in the U.S. Open singles final against Serena Williams, a game she should have won, earlier this month.
Besides playing competitive tennis, the four stars will have an online exchange conducted by Tuoi Tre Online, press conference, meet with fans and friendship matches with young players during their trip to Vietnam.
Heineken Stars, which originated as Heineken Challenge in 2006, is organized by the Vietnam Tennis Federation and Heineken’s producers Vietnam Brewery Ltd.
Tickets cost VND2 million for all matches and are available at Lan Anh Club, 291 Cach Mang Thang 8 Street, District 10 in HCMC or by calling (08 38627420), (090 9977020 and 091 2039791).
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Cooking in Hoi An in top 10 most interesting travel experience
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21/09/2012 08:57:20
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Bobby Chinn's TV show aired on TLC
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21/09/2012 08:55:12
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New TV series honours young hero volunteers
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21/09/2012 08:53:41
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Lost works go on show to depict romantic poet's life
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21/09/2012 08:47:52
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Mid-Autumn Festival livens up Hanoi’s Old Quarter
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21/09/2012 08:45:45
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Nick Ut honoured for Napalm Girl picture
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21/09/2012 08:42:28
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Mid-Autumn Festival being held in Hanoi’s Old Quarter
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21/09/2012 08:24:05
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Mid-Autumn Festival being held in Hanoi’s Old Quarter
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21/09/2012 08:23:02
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Opera “Cosi fan Tutte” by Mozart to be performed in Hanoi
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21/09/2012 08:15:42
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