A film crew from France’s TV5 channel has shot the Vit Co Xanh ecological village in northern Hoa Binh province and Sao Bien yacht in Ha Long Bay, Quang Ninh province. This film will be broadcasted on TV5’s Tourism Discover programme, which introduces unique tourist sites to the French-speaking community. The film will be on [...]
A photo exhibition on three ethnic minorities (including Co Tu, Ta Oi and Pa Ko) in central Thua Thien-Hue province taken by French photographer Sebastien Laval will be held at the French Cultural Centre in Hanoi on November 6-22, 2008. With 50 mainly black-and-white photos, the exhibition will offer viewers a snap shot of the [...]
Over 7,000 book titles published by hundreds of French and Vietnamese publishing houses are being featured at the French Books Exhibition, which opened in Hanoi on Oct. 7. The exhibition is part of the “Reading Day”, held annually by the French Cultural Centre in Hanoi in conjunction with several Vietnamese agencies with the aim of [...]
It has been said that one picture can be worth 1,000 words. A new exhibition at the Ha Noi Arts College is offering over 1,000 words to tell the story of French pictures. The 100 photos currently on display at the Ha Noi Fine Arts College are offering capital city residents stories of French photography, [...]
Two films by famous French director Jacques Demy will be screened in Ho Chi Minh City from June 17-28. The Les Parapluies de Cherbourg (The Umbrellas of Cherbourg, 1964) will play on June 17 and 21 while Peau d’Ane (The Donkey Skin, 1970) will be screened on June 24 and 28. Another of the award-winning [...]
From May 18 to June 18, the French Spring Art Festival will take place in Hanoi with various music, dance, movie, TV and fashion activities. “French Spring” festival will open on May 18 at the Museum of Ethnology, Nguyen Van Huyen road, with an exhibition on birth. The exhibition will bring viewers from Vietnam to [...]
On August 31, 1858, a French naval squadron attacked Danang, launching several episodes of a war of colonial conquest waged by French imperialism between 1858 and 1884 and resulting in the total annexation of the country. French imperialism, then in full expansion, was attacking a decaying feudal monarchy. The Nguyen dynasty, which had ascended the [...]