MUSIC & PERFORMANCE
HCMC - Book Street Festival opens during Tet holiday
Until Feb 4
Ho Chi Minh City’s Book Street Festival opens in some streets including Mac Thi Buoi, Nguyen Hue, Ngo Duc Ke, and Nguyen Van Binh.
On display in each street are various publications, documents, and photos which aim to celebrate the 92nd anniversary of the founding of the Communist Party of Vietnam and mirror Ho Chi Minh City in its battle against the COVID-19 pandemic.
Portrait
Feb 19 – 26, 8 pm
Online
A play inspried from 1st act of Antigone
From the original screenplay by Sophocles, Saigon Theatreland finds the affinities in the social context and people’s suffering in the heart of Saigon in the pre 1970s. Therefore, we decide to conduct a Vietnamese version.
In the midst of receiving the brother’s death news and hopelessly asking for her sister’s companion in bringing the corpse back to their hometown, An finds out that her father decreed the command. Distraughtly, An tries to query the distant father but it turns out that she cannot only count on herself and do what she believed in.
Hanoi-Classic Greek play performed by Vietnamese contemporary dancers
Until March 19,
Vietnam National Opera & Ballet
Contemporary dance Antigone is a part of Antigone project which is funded by Goethe Institute in Hanoi. Under the project, Vietnamese artists in Hanoi and HCM City are invited to perform Antigone.
Hoi An-Lantern Festival
Until Feb 15, 2022,
Hoi An Memories Island, Quang Nam Province
The 2022 Hoi An Lantern Festival, a special cultural and art event held to celebrate Christmas and welcome in the New Year.
Featuring a series of cultural performances and art celebrations, marking the start of post-COVID-19 tourism events for 2022.
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EXHIBITION
Hanoi-Exhibition reproduces traditional Lunar New Year Festival
January 14-March 15
National Archives Centre No.1
An exhibition featuring more than 100 unique and rare documents and images, that highlight the traditional Lunar New Year or Tet Festival, imbued with national cultural identities.
The exhibits will be arranged in three themes: “Spring Market”, “Celebration of New Spring” and “Traveling in Spring”.
Hanoi-Loong Koong
Until Feb 15, 2022 , 10 am – 8 pm
Vincom Center for Contemporary Art (VCCA)
B1 – R3, Vincom Mega Mall Royal City, 72A Nguyen Trai Street
From VCCA:
Vincom Center for Contemporary Art (VCCA) opens the contemporary ceramic exhibition “Loong Koong” introducing nearly 50 artworks by two artists Trinh Vu Hieu and Bui Quoc Khanh, with the theme from traditional images to reflections of today’s society.
Well-known as an artist who restores traditional cultural values, Trinh Vu Hieu is passionate and eager to convey Vietnamese historical stories through different mediums. The artist has imbued between folk materials from the Hang Trong paintings and the technique of handmade ceramics of the Northern people to create this series of works. Going beyond a mere art form serving beliefs, these artworks with sophisticated craftsmanship still have the appearance of gods in the spiritual life since archaic times but become closer as if there were no barriers. Each of these devotional paintings on sustainable ceramics creates a different visual effect, as an old story told in a different way, interesting and full of charm.
Hanoi- Exhibition on typical Vietnamese women throughout history
Until May 30, 2022
Hoa Lo Prison Relic
An exhibition displaying the images of typical Vietnamese women throughout history.
Hanoi- Exhibition spotlights tigers in Vietnam’s ancient art
Until August 31,
Vietnam National Museum of History,
Featuring more than 30 exhibits, documents and images featuring tigers throughout over 2,000 years of the country's art history, showing that the image of tigers was widely portrayed in Vietnam’s ancient pottery, carving and folk paintings, among others.
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CINEMA
Hanoi- French films to be screened online free
January 14 to February 14,
Thirteen French famous films are set to be screened free of charge via DANET.VN, an online movie platform, during an event called “CINE-TET 2022 avec MyFFF!”.
The movies on offer include L’amant (Lover), which was filmed in Vietnam in 1986, Lucky Luke, Tous Les Soleils, Ex De Ma Vie (L’), Gaston Lagaffe, and Cigare Au Miel. These movies are selected from MyFFF (My French Film Festival) - an annual film festival in France.