Circus troupe performs in Laos
 
A 19-member Vietnamese circus troupe joined their Lao counterparts to entertain local audiences in the Lao capital city of Vientiane on March 20.

The performance was organised to celebrate the 55th anniversary of the Lao People’s Revolutionary Party (March 22) and the 1,000th anniversary of Thang Long-Hanoi.

Vice State President of Laos Bounnhang Volachit, the Envoy at the Vietnamese Embassy in Laos, Luong Quoc Huy, and a number of other Lao Party and State officials were present at the show.

Charming Vietnam afresh with new breath of the sea
 
The 22nd Duyen Dang Vietnam (Charming Vietnam) music gala called “the breath of the sea” was held in Tuy Hoa city, Phu Yen province for a live TV broadcast on March 21.

The event attracted leading Vietnamese singers and models from within the country and abroad.

Stage director Nguyen Quang Dung brought to the 22nd annual event a special character by focusing the content exclusively on the sea. Overseas singers Elvis Phuong, Huong Lan and those living in the country, Thanh Lam, Cam Van, Hong Nhung, Ha Anh Tuan, Le Quyen and Kasim Hoang Vu, all performed songs about the sea.

In particular, singer My Linh and her daughter My Anh reminded audiences of flood victims in the central coastal areas in late 2009 with a song themed “Storm” which she composed herself.

A fashion show was held with a collection of swimsuits decorated with images of the sea. The collection was designed by Thuan Viet and Lien Huong.

French composer, singer arrives in Vietnam
 
The French composer, singer Eric Vincent, who has won many prizes from various radio broadcasters and made tours of more than 140 countries, will arrive in Vietnam to perform this week.

Vincent has composed melodies full of sonority and performed his own works with a guitar and his warm voice since the 1970s.

His music is considered to be abundant in flowing rhyme and a mixture of colour and rhythms. Listeners of his music can visualize his long trips to such places as Brazil, the Caribbean, and Africa.

Eric Vincent will perform at L’Espace – the French Cultural Centre, (24 Trang Tien, Hanoi) at 8pm on March 24, and at IDECAF (28 Le Thanh Ton, HCM City) at the same time on March 29.

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