Friday, November 21, 2008
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 Yen Sao Festival: November 3 (lunar October 6)
 Ok om bok Festival: November 12 (lunar October 15)
 Ke Khau Village Festival: November 13-15 ( lunar October 16-18)
 Nguyen Trung Truc Temple Festival: November 15-16 (lunar October 18-19)
 Nhi Khe Village’s Festival: November 22 (lunar October 25)
 Kate Festival: July (Cham calendar, around early October of solar calendar)
 Thang Festival: October 5-8 (lunar September 7-10)
 Ha Dong Festival: October 7-13 (lunar September 9-15)
 Keo Pagoda Festival: October 11-13 (lunar September 13-15)
 Va Temple Festival: October 13 (lunar September 15)
 Co Le pagoda festival: October 13-18 (lunar September 15-20)
 Lang Ong Festival: August 31 (lunar August 1)
 Cua Ong Temple Festival: September 2 (lunar August 3)
 Do Son Buffalo fighting festival: September 8-9 (lunar August 9-10)
 Mid-autumn Festival: September 14 (lunar August 15)
 Kiep Bac Festival: September 14-19 (lunar August 15-20)
 Con Son Festival: September 15-19 (lunar August 16-20)
 Nguyen Trai Temple Festival: September 15 (lunar August 16)
Arts
“Autumn Melodies” Concerts 2008
The “Autumn Melodies” concert programme held for the fourth time by Ho Chi Minh City’s Department of Culture, Sports and Tourism and Ho Chi Minh City Ballet Symphony Orchestra and Opera, left a great impression on Vietnamese audiences.
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Romantic and Lyric Paintings
A suburb of Ho Chi Minh City with rows of coconut trees near the river, the mangrove forest at night, the Vam Thuat River running quietly in font of houses, images of  birds singing on early morning, motor-boats, good-natured people from different regions, innocent children, pets, etc., all are reflected livelily by colours and strokes in the paintings of Dang Thi Duong.
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Duc Thanh Embroidered Art

Duc Thanh Embroidery Shop owned by the family of artisan Le Van Kinh has been famous in Hue for hundreds of years. Le Van Kinh learned the craft from his father, Le Van Hoi (1876-1956) who made embroidered products to serve the old imperial capital of Hue. The embroidery technique in Hue consists of 11 basic styles that require the artisan’s painstaking creativeness, meticulous skills, experience and knowledge of traditional embroidery methods. Also, the artisan has to know how to combine embroidery techniques with the graphic arts.

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Vietnam Dance Talents

The contest “National Dance Talent 2008” was held in Hanoi, attracting 49 contestants from 23 artistic troupes nationwide. The success of the contest brought the truth to those who have a great passion for this art form and a generation of vital and creative young dancers and choreographers.

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The 25th National Artistic Photo Exhibition
The 25th National Artistic Photo Exhibition, themed “The Beauty of Vietnamese Land and its People” was opened on August 29, 2008 at the Vietnam Culture and Art Exhibition Centre in Hanoi.
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Fowl Art

Dinh Thong, also known as Dinh Ngoc Dat, is a talented artist who creates pieces of art from chicken feathers. You can find him applying his strange talents in Hoi An Market, Hoi An City, Quang Nam Province.

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Vietnam Wins FIAP Cup

The Vietnam Association of Photographic Artists (VAPA) sent a photo collection entitled “Traditional Culture of the Ethnic Minority Groups in the Central Highlands” that won a FIAP Cup with a total score of 219.

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Tran Long – the Artist of Lacquer Painting

Lacquer paintings by Tran Long seem to take viewers to a rural area where he spent his childhood in the years of war. His memories of children, flowers, animals, butterflies, dragonflies, moon, etc., appear in every painting. All are expressed in a close and free composition with rhythms of spaces and conformations. Taking great pains with pursuing lacquer, a unique material of the Vietnamese painting, Tran Long reveals his ability of mastering the material to express his perceptions and emotions.

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Airbrush – the Colour of Personality

Airbrushing is one of the most dynamic and versatile mediums and a unique and creative art that has been applied in many fields in the modern life. The artist usually uses the airbrush to paint on different surfaces - clothing, fingernails, laptops, mobile phones, cars, motorcycles and helmets – just to name a few.

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