Oct
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Vietnamese orphans get the support from French artists
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A charity concert for Vietnamese orphans was held for the first time by the Meandres Humanitarian Association in Bussy-Saint-Georges, France on October 21.
Audiences were entertained with pieces of piano and opera music performed by Sebastien Ory, Jean-Phillipe Busquet and Janie Noele Helies.
Meandres Secretary General Catherine Cocoual-Labaune said since the association was established in 2007, Chairman Phan Son and other members have organized many activities to provide humanitarian support for Vietnam.
Opera vocalist Ory said he was deeply moved when singing at the concert, especially when he learnt that it could help many disadvantaged children.
Jean-Marie Dang, a French citizen whose husband is Vietnamese, said she is actively involved in humanitarian activities to help Agent Orange children and their families in Vietnam.
A photo exhibition on the association’s activities and the daily life of people in different parts of Vietnam, was also held on this occasion.
If the concert is successful, similar events will take place in some other cities in France.
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Oct
25
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Austrian National Day will be organized
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Two concerts to mark Austrian National Day and the 40th anniversary of Vietnam-Austria diplomatic ties will be performed in Hanoi on October 26 and HCM City on October 28.
The Austrian Acies Quartet and the Vietnamese Song Hong Quintet are the featured artists at the event.
The Acies Quartet will perform String Quartet Op.74 No.3 “The Rider” by Joseph Haydn and String Quartet in F sharp minor by Friedrich Gulda while the Song Hong Quintet will perform “Mua Mua” (the rainy season) by contemporary Vietnamese composer, Vu Nhat Tan.
The two groups will also join together to play Mendelssohn’s Octet Op.20 in Es-Major.
The Acies Quartet was established in September 2000 by four students from the Carinthian Music Academy, while the members of Song Hong Quintet, who trained at the Vietnam National Academy of Music and abroad, have been playing together for three years.
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Oct
25
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Museum got antiques from collector
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VietNamNet Bridge – An 84-year-old collector has donated more than 3,000 valuable antiques to the National Museum of History in Ho Chi Minh City.
Huynh Van Nghi had been collecting antiques for several decades and had lovingly preserved them for posterity, refusing to sell them even to foreigners who were willing to pay large sums of money for them.
Nghi passed out of Petrus Ky School at the age of 20. He then went on to study Mathematics in France, obtaining his Master’s degree from Sorbonne University. He returned to Vietnam in 1957.
For the next two years he taught at the Petrus Ky School. Later he joined the Budget and Finance General Office under the Ngo Dinh Diem Administration.
Even though he was treated well in his job position and stood to rise up the ranks, he gave it all up to fight for the liberation of the nation in 1968, when he was admitted to the Party Committee.
He then met Duong Quynh Hoa, a well-known female doctor and former Minister of Health under the Provisional Revolutionary Government of the Republic of South Vietnam. He soon married her.
The above collection belonged to Nghi’s parents-in-law, Duong Minh Thoi and Ha Thi Ngoc, who were both patriotic intellectuals.
They had jointly been collecting the antiques from 1930-1940 and named it after their respective names ‘Duong Ha’. Nghi and his wife then kept adding to the collection during their business trips.
The ‘Duong Ha’ Collection now comprises of 3,360 exhibits of metal, stone, glass, wood, cloth, elephant tusks, animal bones and terracotta.
Among the collection are 3,000 priceless antiques dating back 2,500 years, with origins in Vietnam, China, Thailand, Cambodia, Japan, Germany, France and Turkey.
The oldest items are stone-made axes from the South of Vietnam. Objects made of wood and tusks were made by Vietnamese artisans from late 19th century to early 20th century.
“I just followed the wishes of my parents-in-law to give the ‘Duong Ha Collection’ to the museum, and hope that it will be well preserved for posterity, for the community and society,” he said.
Tran Thi Thuy Phuong, director of the National Museum of History, said that the Duong Ha Collection was the largest private collection that the museum has ever received. The museum will try its best to preserve this very valuable collection.
The National Museum of History will display the collection later in December.
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Beauty in art
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25/10/2012 08:36:39
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Binh Dinh with mysterious Cham towers
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25/10/2012 08:34:31
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Let take a look at Vietnam’s picturesque landscapes
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25/10/2012 08:31:53
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Vietnam image through simple things
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25/10/2012 08:27:56
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VietJetAir, Saigontourist get tourism year airborne
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25/10/2012 08:18:44
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Vietnam gains six International travel awards
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25/10/2012 08:14:10
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Japan's revival after the war
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24/10/2012 09:06:11
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Cash cab show will be launched in Vietnam
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24/10/2012 09:04:08
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Vietnamese women imagine are depicted at art exhibition
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24/10/2012 08:55:34
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