VietNamNet Bridge – Water skiing, boat races and street music performances will be held in the central coastal city of Da Nang on the occasion of the city's 37th Liberation Day on March 29.

The annual boat race will also be held on the Han River in the morning, while water skiers will demonstrate their moves on the river in the afternoon.

Amateur and professional musicians are scheduled to play the best of classical music during a three hour open-air concert on Bach Dang Road, near the Han market.

The event is being held as a warm up to the 5th Da Nang International Fireworks Competition, which will take place on April 29-30.

Around 400,000 tourists are expected to visit the city during the fireworks competition.

Performance artist Dao Anh Khanh presents latest work in HCM City

Vietnamese contemporary artist Dao Anh Khanh will give a live performance art demonstration in HCM City from today.

Born in 1959 in Ha Noi, Khanh is among Asian artists who are breaking away from traditional and stylistic constraints.

Khanh will perform every day at the three-day event.

Paintings by Vietnamese contemporary artists Nguyen Than, Nguyen Tan Cuong and Nguyen Minh Phuong will also be exhibited.

The show is being organised for the first time by painter Uy Phuong (Nguyen Than's daughter) who lived and worked in Switzerland. It is expected to be held every three months.

The event will be held in Phuong's house, at 3153/36 Pham The Hien road, Ward 7, District 8 in HCM City. Entrance is free.

Viet Nam and RoK boost friendship

Korean and Vietnamese artists brought life to a music festival in the National Conventional Centre yesterday, March 15, in Ha Noi.

The festival was one of the events celebrating the 20th anniversary of friendly relationships between Viet Nam and the Republic of Korea (RoK).

It was held by Viet Nam Television (VTV) and RoK's KBS channel and featured famous K-pop bands such as Super Junior, Davichi and CNBlue bands. V-pop singers Ho Quynh Huong, Minh Quan and the Big Toe band also joined the festival.

In the two-hour programme, besides performing their best songs, both Vietnamese and Korean artists also sang and danced together in a joint show. Two hosts, one Vietnamese and one Korean, greeted audiences in the other language to make the festival more joyful.

The show will be broadcast on VTV and KBS's channels in the coming time.

VietNamNet/Viet Nam News