Wednesday, January 07, 2009
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 Jewelry trade Festival: March 3 - 5 (Lunar February 7 - 9)
 Avalokita Bodhisattva Festival: March 6 (lunar February 10)
 Da Trach Temple Festival: March 6 - 9 (lunar February 10 - 13)
 Voi Phuc (the elephants in a kneeling position) Temple Festival: March 7 (lunar February 11)
 Ma Temple Festival: March 8 - 9 (lunar February 12 - 13)
 Bat Trang Village's Festival: March 11 - 18 (lunar February 15 - 22)
 Giong Festival (Soc Son Temple Festival): January 31 - February 2 (lunar January 6 - 8)
 Co Loa Festival: January 31 - February 6 (lunar January 6 - 12)
 Huong Pagoda Festival: January 31 – April 9 (lunar January 6 - March 15)
 Lim Festival (Love duet singing festival): February 3 - 6 (lunar January 9 - 12)
 Con Son Festival: February 12 - 17 (lunar January 18 - 23)
 Tet Nguyen Dan (traditional Lunar New Year’s Festival): January 26 - 28 (lunar January 1 - 3)
 Keo Pagoda Festival: January 29 (lunar January 4)
 Ngoc Xuyen Village Festival: January 1 (lunar December 6)
 My Duong Festival: January 12 (lunar December 17)
 Tho Tang Festival: January 13 (lunar December 18)
 Dinh Mai Festival: January 15 (lunar December 20)
 Quynh Village Festival: January 22 (lunar December 27)
 Thuong Khe Village Festival: January 24 - 28 (lunar December 29 - January 3)
Portrait
Film Actress Nhu Quynh and Her Acting Life
With an impressive Oriental face, People’s Artist Nhu Quynh has attracted many film directors’ attention. Cinematography has always been a great love to her, something she has been emotionally involved in for more than 30 years. Now at the age of 50 she is still vigorously perusing her career, to the delight of huge audiences.
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An Artisan of Hue City
Being a member of the royal family, Ton Nu Thi Ha is respectfully called “Mother Ha” by people in Hue and “Madam Ha” by westerners due to her knowledge of many languages. In 2004, Vietnam ’s Guiness Book wrote she is proficient in 16 professions. Since I was young, what had always stood out about her for me was her command in preparing dishes of the ancient Hue Court.
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A Talented Physicist

At 15 years old, he achieved a gold medal at the International Mathematic Olympiad held in Prague, the Czech Republic with an absolute mark of 24/24. At 25, he defended successfully his doctoral thesis in physics at the Institute for Nuclear Research in Moscow, Russia. Not long ago, he and his associates made public a scientific project on black holes in the 10-dimensional space in a leading physical magazine in the United States, making a mark in the world’s physics circles. The man I am talking about is Professor Dam Thanh Son at the University of Washington.

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Researcher of Vietnam’s Traditional Examinations

Doctor Nguyen Thi Chan Quynh was born in 1931 in Hanoi but she spent most of her years in France. Although she graduated from the Lyon Textile Industry College and worked as an English lecturer at universities and then received her PhD degree at the Paris-Sorbonne IV University, she nurtured a great passion for researching Vietnam’s examinations. Over the years, she has taken great efforts to complete valuable historical research works on Vietnam’s traditional examinations.

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An Excellent Operatic Vocalist

A person once compared the life of People’s Artist Quang Tho to a bed of sparkling coal which has smouldered for 40 years. With a wonderful bel canto, he is considered an excellent operatic vocalist in Vietnamese vocal music.

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The Man Who Preserves National Culture
While the genres of national theatre are fading due to the prevalence of the contemporary arts, people still respect an old man who has a passion for and is devoted to ancient Tuong (classical drama), an art on the verge of falling into oblivion. It is Professor Hoang Chuong, a leading expert in Vietnamese Tuong.
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Dream Comes True

Over the last few years, Louisa Huynh Thanh Thuan, also called Louisa Huynh, who hosts several shows on Vietnam Television, has left long-lasting impressions on viewers. After graduating in television press from the New York University, the Vietnamese American returns to the homeland to realize her dream of becoming a TV correspondent.