A special music show for the community living with HIV was held at Ben Thanh Music Lounge in HCMC on August 21 by the HCMC HIV/AIDS Prevention and Control Association. The event was part of the campaign in response to the National Action Month against HIV/AIDS and Vietnam’s 35 years coping with HIV/AIDS epidemic.
Nguyen Anh Phong, vice chairman of the HCMC HIV/AIDS Prevention and Control Association cum head of the organizing board of the music show, told tuoitre.vn this was the first time that a music show to raise funds for the HIV community had been held in a music lounge. He expected the event would help audiences learn how to prevent HIV and to better understand people with HIV, adding that the money from the tickets they bought was used to support the HIV community.
All the proceeds from the music show worth over VND100 million were used to buy health insurance contracts and medicines for people with HIV. A similar music show was also held in Dalat (Lam Dong Province) on August 23.
HCMC students perform wind instruments and parade in Hanoi
On August 31, 100 students who are members of the wind instrument troupe of Vo Thanh Trang Junior High School in HCMC performed revolutionary, folk and popular songs with wind instruments at King Ly Thai To Monument area by the Sword Lake in Hanoi City on the occasion of the National Day (September 2).
This was the first time that 100 students aged from 11 to 15 from HCMC performed on an outdoor stage in the capital city for thousands of local residents and domestic and foreign tourists. After their wind instrument performances, these students paraded around the Sword Lake and ended their procession at the “Determined to Brave Death for the Survival of the Fatherland” Monument in Hoan Kiem Ward, Hanoi.
A representative of Vo Thanh Trang Junior High School told tuoitre.vn that the community art activity was part of the National Exhibition on the 80 Years of the Independence – Freedom – Happiness Journey.
Free screening of Red Rain in Quang Tri Citadel
On August 30, the Department of Culture, Sports and Tourism of Quang Tri Province announced that it coordinated with the People’s Army Cinema to screen the Mưa đỏ (Red Rain) film in the Quang Tri Ancient Citadel and at some movie theaters in the province for local residents free of charge as a way to pay tribute to war martyrs and heroes.
In the yard of the ancient citadel of Quang Tri, the Red Rain film was screened at 7:30 p.m. on September 4 for local leaders, war invalids and their relatives, war martyrs’ relatives and residents living around the ancient citadel and in Quang Tri Ward.
On September 5, the Red Rain was screened at 9:30 a.m. and 1:30 p.m. at Rio Cinemas in Vincom Plaza Dong Ha for leaders of localities and residents assisting the People’s Army Cinema in making the film, and villagers of Tich Tuong and An Don (Quang Tri Ward), who let the filmmakers use their land as the studio.
On September 6, the film was screened at the Cultural Center of Quang Tri Province (in Dong Hoi Ward) for local leaders and civil servants of the province, thanhnien.vn reported.
Wedding photos taken on National Day
Phan Long, a policeman working at a jail in Lao Cai Province, and Thanh Huyen, his fiancée, thought of making their wedding photo album with the military parades on the National Day as the background when they saw another couple’s wedding photo album taken at the parade rehearsal on August 30.
On September 1, Huyen arrived at the site selected for their photos in the early morning to reserve the place. Busy at work, Long could come to the place in the evening. The couple had to stay overnight at the site. The groom put on his police uniform and the bride wore her wedding gown at 4 a.m. the next morning, ready for the photo session.
The couple’s photo session attracted the attention of spectators and even parade leaders and participants. Spectators around the couple managed to leave enough space for them to take photos. Meanwhile, some leaders of the parade troops wished them happiness through their megaphones or came over to shake hands.
Long and Huyen plan to organize their wedding ceremony by the end of this year, according to vnexpress.net.
