Ho Chi Minh City students to bring American novel on stage
The theatrical adaptation of Jodi Picoult’s My Sister's Keeper is part of the Ho Chi Minh City Open University’s Theater in Education program
Dutch company to distribute Vietnam film worldwide, bring it to Cannes fair
Fortissimo Films, one of the world’s leading film sales organizations, has inked a deal on world rights to a film made by a well-loved expat Vietnamese director
Top 10 high-profile entertainment, culture events in Vietnam in 2014
Tuoi Tre News offers readers a review of the 10 most attention-grabbing entertainment, culture and lifestyle events during the year 2014, which is drawing to an end
Korean Consul demands SBS stop airing drama over dialog thought to snub Vietnamese women
The Korean Consul General in Vietnam has ordered SBS – a major South Korean television channel – to cease broadcasting a film that features dialog believed to offend Vietnamese women following Tuoi Tre (Youth) newspaper’s reportage of it
Korean drama’s defamatory line against Vietnamese brides sparks fury
A line in a recently launched Korean drama which is thought to belittle and disparage Vietnamese brides and women in general has sparked outrage among Vietnamese readers and netizens
Vietnamese films improve cinematography, storylines
Recently, more directors of Vietnamese dramas and movies have paid greater attention and resources to improving their films’ images and storylines to attract viewers.
Vietnam theaters lack luster, sell tickets poorly
Though of good quality, most plays of drama, “cai luong” (modern folk opera popular in southern Vietnam), “tuong” (traditional Vietnamese opera) and “cheo” (northern stage performance) produced by theaters in Hanoi and Ho Chi Minh City have been commercial flops, as audiences are reluctant to buy tickets
British thriller comedy to be staged in Vietnam
TNT Theater from the UK is set to return to Vietnam with a stifling thriller comedy, “Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde”, in Hanoi and HCMC early next month
Free film screening, exchange to run today
The free screening of “Worlds apart”, a half-hour TV drama about generation conflicts within a Vietnamese-Australian family, and an exchange with its expat Vietnamese co-director, are set to take place in HCMC this afternoon, Jan 17.
Vietnamese dramas and TV ads
The boom of TV ads has led to the rapid rise in the amount of ads included in well-watched dramas on popular channels as well as steep rises in ad fees.