The Saigon Times Daily
The film honors the friendship between the famous Vietnamese revolutionary Phan Boi Chau and Japanese doctor Asaba Sakitaro which started 100 years ago and features Chau’s activities in Japan while he was seeking ways to liberate his homeland.
The film was shot in just two months in both countries. It is designed to be a meaningful gift for the good relations between the countries.
Tre Publishing House at Paju Bookcity Forum in Seoul
By Tuong Vi in HCMC
HCMC-based Tre Publishing House represents Vietnam at Paju Bookcity Forum held by Bookcity Culture Foundation in Seoul, Korea today.
The firm is one of seven representatives that will make a presentation on publishing in Asia.
Themed ‘Asia, Beyond the Boundary: Network with Books’, this year’s event also draws participation of publishers from Japan, China, Taiwan, the Philippines, Singapore, Thailand, hosts South Korea and India. It is a good opportunity for Asia-based publishing houses to exchange and connect.
Nguyen Minh Nhut, director of Tre Publishing House, will present “Asia – Our focus” at the function.
Paju Bookcity Forum was formed in 2006 and sponsored by the Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism of Korea. It has the participation of around 300 publishers, journalists or writers from South Korea who aim to learn more about the world publishing market as well as setting up a strategic book business for Korea.
The book city of Paju is a hub of the Korean publishing sector with 400 companies operational in publishing and related activities.
Northwest on display in town
By Minh Nhat in HCMC
Solo photo exhibition Chao Tay Bac! (Hi, Tay Bac!) by photographer Nguyen Thanh Tung will take place tomorrow at 53-55 Nguyen Dinh Chieu St., District 3. The event showcases 28 pictures captured in the northwestern provinces, and Ha Giang Province in particular, which are home to ethnic minorities such as Red Dao, Thai and H’Mong. All photos depict the daily life of locals and are made on canvas.
As a photographer with 15 years experience, he is now CEO and co-founder of vnphoto.net, a photographic website with 350,000 members across the globe.
100 Asian antiques in Hanoi exhibition
About 100 antiques from 10 Asian countries will be displayed in the exhibition ‘Asia – cultural colors’ at Vietnam National Museum of History on October 8.
The items which are from India, Cambodia, South Korea, Indonesia, Laos, Myanmar, Japan, Thailand, China and Vietnam are typical antiques from each country and are made from varied materials such as bronze, pottery, stone, terracotta, wood and jade.
From those materials, past artisans had made them into offerings, decorations and household utensils as well as artworks. A lot of the artifacts in the exhibition reflect the religious life of locals.
The similarity in Asian cultures results from the geographical and natural proximity but each Asian country owns its particular cultural identity that creates a multi-colorful picture of Asian cultures.
Among artifacts are sculptures related to Buddhism, highlighting Edo-time ceramics and traditional lacquers from Japan and there is also pottery, jade and bronze works from China.
Vietnam will showcase the bronze art of Dong Son Civilization in Le-Nguyen dynasties from the 15th to 19th century.
The exhibition opens to celebrate the fourth Conference of Asian National Museums Association. It will run until January at the museum, 1 Trang Tien Street in Hanoi.
Đăng ký: VietNam News