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A number of photos featuring Mai Phuong Thuy, Miss Vietnam 2006 in a white, somewhat transparent ao dai dress appeared online last week, creating an uproar among netizens. The photos in question were taken by photographer Quoc Huy four years ago and posted online February 3 by a web site that claimed to “honor the [...]
Chris Rock has been booked as a presenter at the 84th Academy Awards, marking his return to the show where his 2005 hosting gig ended with Rock being scolded by Sean Penn for denigrating the talents of “one of our finest actors,” Jude Law. That year, Rock joked that producers who couldn’t getRussell Crowe shouldn’t settle for Colin Farrell, and ones [...]
Vietnamese movie “Ngoc Vien Dong” (Pearls Of The Far East) won two titles at the 14th California Independent Film Festival in San Francisco city in California, USA last week. Directed by Cuong Ngo and starred by famous local actors who agreed to work without pay, like People’s Artist Nhu Quynh, Truong Ngoc Anh, Hong Anh [...]
Vietnamese young models Hoang Thuy and Tuyet Lan have landed more photo shoot offers after their first show at this year’s New York Fashion Week. Last Monday, the pair had their first international debut walking in the Autumn–Winter collection by African-born designer Korto Momolu, highlighted as one of the “Top 5 Designers to Watch” by [...]
Models Minh Tu and Minh Vuong have been selected for the Young Faces of Asia competition in South Korea from January 15 to 18. From the left: Minh Vuong and Minh Tu. The competition is part of the 7th Asian Model Festival, which draws models from nearly 20 Asian countries. “I’m very lucky to be [...]
Well-known French electronic artist Alex Millan is set to perform at the French cultural centre l’Espace in Hanoi next month, after great success in the capital in 2010 and 2011. The 30 year-old producer and DJ took part in Hanoi Sound Stuff, an international electronic music festival in 2010, and was highly acclaimed by the [...]
As the Tet (Lunar New Year) festival nears, pop singers have released new albums that they are confident will strike a chord with listeners. “I have invested all of my energy and passion in my new album for the Tet season,” said pop star Dam Vinh Hung. To finish his DVD, Chuc Xuan – Ben [...]
The four leading contestants in the 2011 Vietnam’s Next Top Model competition have released a photo album to welcome the Lunar New Year Festival. The programme’s photographer, DOM, took pictures of the quartet in Ao Dai (Vietnamese traditional long dress) designed by Vo Viet Chung and colorful dresses from the Valenciani collection. From the [...]
A green rice-field, a blossom maize field, a water-melon field, dishcloth gourd trellis, a country wharf with a bamboo bridge, ferry-boats… are the image of Vietnamese countryside which appear at the Spring Flower Festival held in Phu My Hung residential area in HCM City. This is one of the three flower festivals in the city, [...]
This week has seen the annoucement of two new fashion collections for men, from designers Vera Wang and Isaac Mizrahi. New York-based designer Vera Wang, best known for her bridal collections, has announced she’s launching a tuxedo collectioncalled Black by Vera Wang. A report in WWD December 15 revealed Wang’s formalwear line for men will reach all Men’s Wearhouse stores in [...]