Jazz diva Laura Brunner arrives at Le Club

The Sofitel Legend Metropole Hanoi will host U.S. jazz diva Laura Brunner at its ‘House of Jazz’ Le Club from Tuesdays to Sundays from 8:45 p.m. next month.

With a velvety-smooth voice and bold, vibrant musicality, vocalist and composer Brunner is one of the most exciting creative voices in music today. Brunner reminds audiences of late U.S. jazz diva Ella Fitzgerald who won 14 Grammy awards during her career through her magnificent sound and forties style.

Originally from Columbus, Ohio, Brunner graduated from Berklee College of Music in 2006 and moved to New York City in 2011 to cultivate her career. As a solo artist she has performed at The Montreux Jazz Festival, The Beantown Jazz Festival, The Boston Pops Jazz Festival, The International Association of Jazz Educators Convention, and the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts.

Local action movie The Race comes to town

Duong dua (The Race), the debut movie of HCMC-based Blue Productions, hits nationwide cinemas today.

The story is about the never-ending bad luck of Loc, a former athletics champion. He is in big debt and tries his luck at an illegal casino. He loses the game and is in big trouble with even more debts owed to the casino owner. Loc tries to rob a gold shop but fails then comes across a desperate gangster who is being hunted by a rival mafia gang and asks Loc to help him escape. Loc then gets involved in a series of murders as his downward spiral is almost complete.

The movie is directed by Nguyen Khac Huy, a graduate from cinema school in Sydney, Australia. The movie is fast-paced with lots of thrilling action scenes which are really different compared to other Vietnamese movies.

There is a first leading role for rocker Pham Anh Khoa and the first ‘negative’ role for model Nhan Phuc Vinh. The movie is produced by popular actress Hong Anh with English subtitles.

DJ Lia comes to Chill Skybar

Glamorous Hungarian DJ Lia will perform at Chill Skybar in District 1 on Friday.

The former Playmate of the Year finalist has been featured in numerous magazines such as Maxim, SFT, Pester Style and the biggest Men’s Magazine in Hungary, CKM.

In 2009, Lia began her music career with the release of “One Touch Only” which was an immediate hit in the clubs and on the radio in Europe. The following year, she released her second single “Fancy With You”, which again was a major hit. Leading up to 2011 she began to perfect her DJ skills training under the best DJs in Hungary.

Since beginning her career, she has produced seven singles that have performed well in the British charts. Notably, she composed Wicked Game which was number two in the British charts.

She has performed with Bob Sinclair and LMFAO and entertained crowds in places such as Lebanon, Brazil, Germany, Monaco and England. DJ Lia will bring a fresh sound to HCMC with an eclectic mix of electronic, dance and mash up.

Chill Skybar is located at Rooftop AB Tower, 76A Le Lai Street, District 1, tel: 08 3827 2372, website: www.chillsaigon.com.

Duc Tuan performs musicals’ classics in city

Vietnamese singer Duc Tuan will perform songs from famous musicals at Khong Ten Music Club downtown with the theme ‘An Evening with Duc Tuan’ on Wednesday.

He will sing The Show Must Go On (from Queen’s We Will Rock You), Anthem (composed by ABBA from Chess) and Police’s Every Breath You Take.

Aside from the favorite musical masterpieces, Duc Tuan will also sing Memory (Cats), Le Temps Des Cathédrales (Cathédrale Notre-Dame de Paris), I Dreamed A Dream (Les Misérables), Can’t Take My Eyes Of You (Jersey Boys) as well as Adagio, Scarborough Fair, and Sometimes I Dream.

Accompanying Duc Tuan is soprano Ngoc Tuyen. They will perform some duet excerpts including The Phantom of the Opera. Tuyen will also sing The Blue Danube and Habanera. Musican Hoang Nha will be responsible for the score.  

Duc Tuan, who has been working with directors and choreographers in the U.K. and Vietnam, will introduce to the audience songs from his new international project.

Khong Ten Music Club is at 112 Le Thanh Ton St in District 1.

Global artists join Heineken Live Access in city

Vietnam Brewery Limited, the organizer of Heineken Live Access 2013, has said that a number of worldwide artists will perform at Saigon Exhibition & Convention Center (SECC) in District 7 on Saturday.

They are DJs Bass Kleph (Australia), Emrah Is (Turkey), U.K. girl-band High On Heels and Romanian singer Adina Butar. Foreign experts will turn SECC into a dance floor with a modern lighting system and giant LED screen. It is expected that around 6,000 people will join the event. Audiences can register to Heineken Live Access Music Club at the website http://www.heineken.com/vn or https://www.facebook.com/heineken.

The program will be broadcasted live at 8 p.m. on Saturday at the Facebook page https://www.facebook.com/heineken.

15 artists showcase digital arts

Digital artworks by 15 artists on Thursday came on display at HCMC Fine Arts Association, showing visitors something unusual in this new art application.

Digital art is performing art ideas via computer with the support of IT applications. Unlike traditional techniques of using brushes, knifes or various tools used by artists to express their creativeness via sight effects or graphics from lines, colors, layers and lights, digital arts use virtual material in a virtual space.

However, finally they become visual pieces thanks to printing technology on canvas, paper, aluminum or wood. And they are completed on the surface by the talents of artists, making the art look like real paintings made from traditional methods.

In this exhibition, artists use digital arts to express all themes from landscapes, portraits, daily activities as well as abstract feelings.

The show runs for one week at the association, 218A Pasteur Street in District 3.

Hanoi tightens control over ad banners

Inspectors of the Hanoi Department of Culture, Sports and Tourism will take action to control advertising banners illegally hung over city streets.

At a recent press conference, the department's chief inspector, Nguyen Thanh Phong, said the city has banned the hanging of banners across streets since July 15.

The move followed a recent case in which banners for a music show entitled “The Hanoian” in front of Hanoi Opera House were cut by someone, causing public concerns.

Nguyen My Trang, Director of My Thanh Company which organised the programme, said that it was the action of competitors and that those who cut the banners were trying to damage the image for the programme.

According to Mr. Phong, currently such banners are almost non-existent on the electric poles and trees in Hoan Kiem District.

For a long time, the front and sides of Hanoi Opera House were covered with banners advertising various art programmes. However, in recent years Hanoi's streets have been full of of advertising banners resulting in waste. On July 19, Tran Quoc Chiem, Deputy Director of the local Department of Culture, Sports and Tourism said companies that legally hang their banners leave them there for months despite the allowed time of 15 days.

He added that in 2011 the department inspectors cut down banners advertising a show by overseas Vietnamese singer Che Linh, however they reappeared the very next day.

The city does have areas where it is legal to advertise, but since the expansion of Hanoi in 2008 the demand have increased greatly and the available advertising space is not enough.

Vietnamese author presses on with lawsuit against Apple

Despite Apple’s pledge to remove Le Kieu Nhu’s novel from its Apple Store, the author has decided to continue with the lawsuit which seeks compensation from Apple.

After her lawyer, Nguyen Thanh Cong, of East Law Firm, filed a petition with California Civil Court that Apple infringed on the copyright of her novel, "Soi Xich" or “The Chain”, by selling the novel in its Apple Store without seeking her consent; an Apple representative sent a letter to her lawyer in which the company pledged that they would remove her novel from the Apple Store as soon as possible.

Le Kieu Nhu, however, told VTC News that she’s dissatisfied with Apple’s solution.

“In their letter to my representative of July 11 they passed on the responsibility to the software developer Boilder Shimp. Even though they’ve pledged to remove my novel from their Apple Store, I think it doesn’t make sense when they pass the accountability onto a third party. Apple has illegally sold my novel and earned a lot for over the past four years. They must compensate me,” Nhu said.

Nhu says she still maintains her request that first Apple compensates her with USD100,000, and at the same time stops illegal sales of her book.

“If they don’t give me the compensation, I’ll have my lawyer in the US continue the lawsuit,” she emphasised.

The author and her representative are compiling a new petition to Apple on the issue.

They’ve also linked with several domestic authors whose copyrights have also been infringed by Apple, including, Nguyen Ngoc Tu and Bui Anh Tuan, in order to sign a common petition that would be sent to the Copyright Office of Vietnam to call for support.

Ten years of cultural conventions under review

Viet Nam is making a big effort to implement UNESCO's conventions, especially those relating to the country's commitment to preserving and promoting its cultural and natural heritages, said UNESCO experts at a forum held in Ha Noi yesterday.

"Viet Nam has made concrete contributions to the role of culture as both a driver and enabler of sustainable development," stressed Sun Lei, UNESCO's representative to Viet Nam, during the forum discussing the 10 years since the 2003 Convention for the Safeguarding of Intangible Cultural Heritage was signed.

"Viet Nam's diversity of cultural expression is clear in the activities of its communities, who show great respect for their history and the cultural treasures left by our ancestors," she said.

"Through Xoan singing and worshipping the Hung Kings in Phu Tho, Ca Tru (ceremonial singing) in Hai Duong, Ha Noi as well as the gong culture in the Central Highlands, we see a commitment from every society to further the development and share its benefits.

"Within a community, memories and intangible cultural heritages are visibly sustained by the public's commemoration of people. I am very glad to acknowledge that the educational programmes taking place in the provinces are aimed at raising the awareness of the general public, in particular young people, according to Article 14 of the Convention."

Addressing the forum, Pham Cao Phong, secretary general of the Viet Nam National Commission for UNESCO, said that Viet Nam had been recognised seven times for a UNESCO intangible cultural heritage, which proved that the country possessed a diverse culture.

This recognition had also brought with it a chance for the country to advertise its unique cultural values and to use them to further the development of tourism in order to make a more effective contribution to the socio-economic development of the country, he said.

Participants at the forum objectively and scientifically assessed the tasks, ascertaining which had been completed and proposing solutions to the problems behind those that have not been completed over the past 10 years.

The UNESCO representative office in Ha Noi also made a commitment to support these agencies to fulfill their various tasks, including encouraging local communities to take responsibility for their heritages and to enact "urgent protection" measures for those heritages at high risk.

It proposed a more immediate and effective policy for protecting heritages. For example, the singing art of ethnic minority groups in the Central Highlands, which has been listed amongst the heritages in need of urgent protection since the early 2000s.

Yet the art has not been mentioned in Viet Nam's list of heritages in need of urgent protection, despite the fact that the old singers are dying and young people don't seem to pay much attention to traditional arts.

The office also hoped that the draft of regulations on giving honorable artisan titles by the culture ministry would be approved soon so individuals making great contributions to protecting and developing cultural heritages receive proper treatment and are helped to make further contributions.

The case of Dong Van Karst Plateau Geo-park in the northern province of Ha Giang was cited at the forum as an example of a lack of attention to local tangible and intangible heritages.

A master plan for developing the park from 2012-20 with vision towards 2030 has just been approved with the focus on exploiting geological values for tourism. In the meantime, local intangible values have not been properly paid attention to, according to a report by the office.

The plan only stresses on developing some traditional craft villages such as the wine making and embroidery villages, that supports tourism but lacks adequate investment on long-term cultural values.

The office also called for careful research to be conducted before compiling files seeking recognition for traditional and intangible cultural values as well as serious judgements being made on the unique features of the heritages.

The agencies concerned also need to carry out independent research on the effects of formal recognition by the State or UNESCO on the heritages, the report stressed.

Berlinale's short films screened in Ha Noi

A festival of short films will be shown to treat local movie buffs at Ha Noi's Goethe Institute this weekend.

The festival, part of the series, Berlinale Shorts Goes Exterior, will feature short films from Berlin's International Film Festival, introduced by curator Maike Mia Hohne, and will include two programmes showing 11 films from previous Berlinale years.

The first programme focuses on stories about individuals, including isolated people and their lives. The films, from Thailand, India, Germany, Brazil and Italy, act as mirrors that reflect relationships.

The next programme will feature films from Mexico, Romania, the Netherlands, Spain, France and Poland, that deal with separation and the way different people deal with it.

The curtains will be raised for the films at 7pm on Saturday and Sunday at 56 Nguyen Thai Hoc Street and admission is free.

Wisdom of President Ho Chi Minh book is launched

A new book gathering famous quotes and the wisdom of late President Ho Chi Minh has gone on sale to the public.

The 632-page book entitled Danh Ngon Ho Chi Minh (Famous sayings of President Ho Chi Minh) includes 2,000 of the President's famous quotes, covering his thoughts and poetry, as well as his recommendations for the Party and Vietnamese people.

The book, which costs VND240,000 (US$12), also features 100 photo pages portraying his life and revolutionary activities.

This latest book follows on from the first ever calendar featuring images and quotes of the late President, which went on sale at the end of last year.

Viet Nam gets the last laugh at Clown Contest

Vietnamese clowns won first prize at the 2013 International Clown Contest in the Circuba - Cuba's Circus Festival, which took place on July 16-22 in Havana.

Ta Duy Anh, Tran Manh Cuong and Nguyen Tien Hung jested their way past clowns from Cuba and 12 other countries to take the prize.

Nilda Collado, president of the panel of judges, said that the event allows Cuban clowns to compare their potential and skills with foreign artists. Anh also saw the event as a chance for Vietnamese clowns to meet others in their profession and spotlight Vietnamese circus acts to international friends.

The Cuban clowns were runners up and Argentina's ‘fools' came third. The Vietnamese troupe also received awards from the Cuban association of writers and artists UNEAC and Puebla University in Mexico.

The Circuba began as a festival in 1981. This year almost 80 artists from 14 countries took part.

CAMA adopts latin flavour to celebrate Cuba

Tomorrow night, CAMA ATK will be welcoming some of the city's best and most enthusiastic salsa dancers for a salsa session from 8.30-9.30 with JC (Ha Noi Sessions) providing the beats.

From 9.30pm, DJ Cache will be taking control with all types of Cuban rhythms from mambo to rumba and other Afro-Latino styles that get the girls dancing.

This taste of Latin flavour is to mark the 60th anniversary of Cuba's Moncada uprising (July 26) led by former Cuban President Fidel Castro Ruz.

Of course, a night like this wouldn't be complete without a healthy dose of rum-based cocktails.

Free entry at CAMA ATK, 73 Mai Hac De St, Hai Ba Trung District.

Clothing, book-exchange event helps those in need

A clothing and book-exchange event called Thrift Shop will be held at Saigon Outcast on Saturday to collect used clothes, accessories and books for the needy.

Participants can hand in their used items in exchange for a new one. The used items will be sent to the non-profit LIN Centre for Community Development.

Items can be dropped off from 10am to 6:30pm. The two-hour exchange will begin at 4pm.

The entrance fee is VND50,000. The venue is at 188/1 Nguyen Van Huong St in District 2.

Short-film fest features award-winning work

The Future Shorts Film Festival will screen outstanding short films at two coffee shops, Snap Cafe on July 28, and Decibel Lounge on July 30.

The screening will feature American director Grainger David's 2012 The Chair, which won the South by Southwest Film Festival Jury Award, and Swedish director Frida Kempff's Micky Bader (Bathing Micky), winner of the 2010 Cannes Festival Jury Prize for Short Films. Also screened will be South Korean-based Kangmin Kim's animation 38-39oC on a father-son relationship.

The show will start at 7.30pm at Snap Cafe, 32 Tran Ngoc Dien St in District 2, and at 8pm at Decibel Lounge, 79/2/5 Phan Ke Binh St in District 1.

Admission is VND60,000; VND30,000 for students with IDs; and free for film-makers.

Coachsurfers prepare for weekend hangout

Couchsurfing Ha Noi is hosting an open talk and chat this Sunday, so do avail yourself of the opportunity to meet new friends and find out more about the city.

The meet-up focuses on helping you to learn more about Viet Nam and giving travel advice as well as making friends with people from all over the world, sharing stories, exchanging languages and culture, playing games/music and enjoying reasonably priced food and drink.

Usually 20-30 people turn up every Sunday, so if it's crowded, feel free to move around.

So come, talk, get socialised and do remember to pay for your drinks, that's all!

For further information, sms or call Diep at 093 657 0029 or email [email protected].

When: 5.30pm meet up ~ 7.30pm dinner ~ 9pm hangout at bia hoi corner or a bar in the Old Quarter.

Where: Cafe Ifeel, level 5+6, 63 Cau Go St, next to Hoan Kiem (Sword) Lake.-

Zeni Geva to rock returning gig night

The Onion Cellar returns this month with the very first performance in Viet Nam by Japanese noise rock legends Zeni Geva, featuring KK Null (guitar, vocals and Kaoss-pad) and Tatsuya Yoshida, ‘master drummer of the Japanese underground'.

Opening the show will be young Vietnamese alternative rockers Augustory (fresh from their adventure at the Battle of the Bands Viet Nam 2013), and the UK's Gentle Ohm – a new hard-hitting project from local noise enthusiast Josh Kopecek.

When: Saturday, July 27, from 7.30-11.15pm

Where: Ha Noi Rock City, 27/52 To Ngoc Van St, Tay Ho District.-

Photos show Ha Noi since expansion

An exhibition featuring the renovation and development of Ha Noi after five years of administrative border expansion opened in the city yesterday.

The exhibition will run until August 5 at the Ha Noi Museum. It features more than 100 photos of the city's achievements.

Artisans from10 trade villages around Ha Noi are also showcasing their products at the event.

Nguyen Khac Loi, deputy director of the Ha Noi Department of Culture, Sports and Touris, said the exhibition affirmed Ha Noi's achievements during its development and integration. It also offered a chance for residents to improve their responsibility and love for the capital, he said.

In 2008, Ha Tay province, Me Linh district of Vinh Phuc province and four communes of Hoa Binh province's Luong Son district were incorporated into Ha Noi. —

Choir wins prize with folk songs

Vietnamese children's choir Sol Art has won the Audience Prize at the 8th International Johannes Brahms Choir Festival in Wernigerode, Germany.

The 24-member choir also won a gold medal in the Folklore category together with China, Canada, South Korea and South Africa.

During the 15-minute performance, the choir introduced Vietnamese culture and agriculture in three folk songs from different regions of the country.

The festival is part of the INTERKULTUR organisation's World Choir Games, which started in 1999.

This year's event, which ran from July 17 to 21, drew 44 choirs with a total of 1,300 participants from 18 countries and territories.

AO/dioxin exhibition held in Da Nang

Over 300 photos of Agent Orange victims are being displayed at Da Nang City Museum, in an exhibition that will run until August 12.

AO, Judgment and Justice shows the impacts of Agent Orange on Viet Nam's population and environment.

The exhibition marks 52 years since the Agent Orange (AO) catastrophe and commemorates a decade of work by the Vietnam Association for Victims of Agent Orange/Dioxin.

The exhibition aims to encourage greater support for AO victims' struggling with the effects of the toxic compound used during the war in Viet Nam.

The tenth Agent Orange Victims Day will be celebrated nationwide on August 10.

Quang Tri festival celebrates Asian art

A festival featuring music, dance and other performing arts of Laos, Cambodia, Myanmar and Viet Nam will be held next month in Quang Tri Province's Dong Ha City.

The Department of Performing Arts under the Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism will organise the festival in co-ordination with the Viet Nam Musicians Association, the Viet Nam Association of Dance Artists, the ministry's Department of International Co-operation, and the province's Department of Culture, Sports and Tourism.

HCM City hosts exhibition on Nick Vujicic’s visit to Vietnam

An exhibition on the visit of Nick Vujicic, the Australian motivational speaker, is being held at the Youth Cultural House in Ho Chi Minh City.

Photographer Nguyen A has displayed picture images of various activities that took place during Nick Vujicic’s visit to Vietnam in May.

The exhibition will run until July 24, and then will move to Hanoi on August 1-4.

Nguyen A is a famous photographer in HCMC and well-known for exhibitions titled ‘They’ve lived like that’ held in 2009 and ‘Tam & Tai-Ho La Ai (Soul & Talent-Who are they), based on outstanding local characters.

The display ‘They’ve lived like that’ presented 90 photos depicting 90 disabled people who overcame their difficulties to integrate in the community. The show was regarded as an attractive and moving photo story of unfortunate people who are shining examples for young people. Photographer Nguyen A spent more than two years travelling from South to North to take these pictures.

Nguyen A has released his photo books on the two exhibitions.

Cai Luong Singing Contest draws 500 participants

On July 24, the Ho Chi Minh City Television held a press conference to announce rules for the Cai Luong Singing Contest ‘Chuong Vang Vong Co’ at the HCMC Television Theater.

According to the organizers, this year the contest offers many new innovations to attract candidates as well as audiences, and the number of participating contestants have hence doubled compared to last year.

This year the contest has attracted nearly 500 participants, including many young talents from provinces. The organizers will select 12 of the best contestants to compete in the final round in HCMC.

In the final round, the organizers will select three most excellent candidates to award them the Golden Bell Award worth VND50 million, the Silver Bell Award worth VND30 million, besides other prizes.

The final round of the contest will be broadcast live on HTV9 Channel at 8.30pm on September 26.

Vietnamese program to be telecast on BBC

For the first time a series of Vietnamese television programs called ‘Vietnam Direct’ will be telecast on the BBC World Channel from August 24.

‘Vietnam Direct’ reflects on the problems faced in the past by Vietnamese people and which they have overcome to emerge as a dynamic society in Asia.

This program is part of the ‘Country Direct’ program that BBC telecasts in some countries such as Croatia, Mozambique, Canada, Georgia, Ecuador and Qatar. The contents show the daily lives of people around the globe.

Museum of Workers, Labor Union to be established

Deputy Prime Minister Nguyen Thien Nhan has just signed a decision to establish a Museum of Workers and Vietnam Labor Union.

The museum will be operated by the Vietnam General Confederation of Labor and located at 82 Tran Hung Dao Street in Hoan Kiem District in Hanoi.

Documents, images, scientific research and objects of workers movements and trade union activities will be archived and displayed at the museum.

There will also be historical and cultural exhibits aimed at meeting the demands of domestic and international visitors.

HCM City launches Japanese poem contest

The Consulate General of Japan in Ho Chi Minh City, Tuoi Tre Newspaper, the University of Social Sciences and Humanity, and the HCMC City Union of Friendship has just launched the 4th Vietnam-Japan Haiku Contest.

Participants in the contest can send upto three poetic works in either Vietnamese or Japanese to the Consulate at 261, Dien Bien Phu Street in District 3.

Entries will be received until October 10 and the awards ceremony will take place on December 7.

Haiku is not very popular in Vietnam except with Japanese Language students at the University of Social Sciences and Humanity. This Japanese form of verse relies on brevity and simplicity to convey its message. It is an Art Form that dates back to the seventeenth century, and which was developed from Zen Buddhist philosophy of simplicity and idea of perfection that excludes the extraneous.

The contest is an opportunity for Vietnamese people to learn more about Japanese culture and haiku poetry. It aims to encourage the people of the two countries to learn about each other’s language and culture.

 Book presents 532 species of birds in Vietnam

‘Introduction of Birds of Vietnam’ by Dr. Le Manh Hung published last year is among the few books presenting the many species of wild birds of Vietnam.

The book has 841 photographs of 532 species of birds including threatened species in the world. It is regarded as a full collection of more than 50 percent of wild bird species of Vietnam.

Photos were taken from the author’s trips across the country to places such as Fansipan Mountain Peak (Hoang Lien National Park, Sa Pa District, Lao Cai Province); Cuc Phuong National Park in Ninh Binh Province; Chu Yang Sin Mountain Peak (Chu Yang Sin National Park, Dak Lak Province); Con Dao National Park in Ba Ria-Vung Tau Province; Cat Tien National Park;Vinh Cuu Nature Reserve in Dong Nai Province; and Ca Mau Bird Garden in Ca Mau Province, from 2006 to 2012.

Doctor Le Manh Hung, from Institute of Ecology and Biological Resources, hopes the book not only updates and informs of species but also raises people’s awareness of the value and importance of wild animals and birds.

Bird watching tourism was launched nearly 20 years ago in Vietnam. Thousands of local and foreign tourists take part in tours to see and research bird species in the country. This book is a useful guidebook for researchers and bird-watchers.

Art performance shows gratitude to heroic mothers

An art performance was held yesterday in Hanoi in appreciation for the sacrifices and pains mothers of the fallen have borne and to celebrate the 66th War Invalids and Martyr’s Day (July 27).  

The event was attended Former Party General Secretary Le Kha Phieu and Deputy Prime Minister Nguyen Thien Nhan, along with Vietnamese Heroic Mothers, war veterans and relatives of veterans and martyrs.

The programme also honoured organisations and individuals that have performed practical deeds in respond to the movement of ‘Showing Gratitude’.

Additionally, the event offered the audience an opportunity to hold exchanges with Vietnamese Heroic Mothers, Heroes of the People's Armed Forces and relatives of war martyrs and painter Dang Ai Viet, who travelled to 63 cities and provinces across the country and painted 1,122 portraits of Heroic Mothers.

A series art performance on Vietnamese Heroic Mothers was performed during the event, which contributed to educating younger generations about the national patriotic tradition and called on benefactors to help people who have contributed to the nation.

The art performance was co-organised by the Vietnam Martyr Families Support Association (VMFSA), the People's Army newspaper, Vietnam Television and Vietnam National Communication Group Joint Stock Company.

On the occasion, the VMFSA presented 11 houses of gratitude, 60 savings book and hundreds of gifts to Vietnamese Heroic Mothers and relatives of war martyrs.

Source: VNA/VNS/SGGP/VOV/SGT/Dtinews