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To open the “Southeast Asian Movie Month”, the Centre for Assistance and Development of Movie Talents (TPD) will present a screening of the Singaporean movie Ilo Ilo on November 16.
A debut feature of director Anthony Chen, the drama is about family matters. Pregnant Hwee Leng Lim and her husband Teck hire a Filipino live-in maid for household chores and to help with their son Jiale, whose behaviour has deteriorated since the recent death of his grandfather.
The film features an international cast, including Singaporean actor Chen Tianwen, Malaysian actress Yeo Yann Yann, Filipino actress Angeli Bayani, and debut child actor Koh Jia Ler.
Ilo Ilo was premiered at the 2013 Cannes Film Festival, where it awarded the Caméra d’Or Award, becoming the first Singaporean feature film to win at this prestigious film festival.
The screening will start at 7.30pm. The film will be presented in original languages (Hokkien/English/Tagalog/Mandarin) with Vietnamese and English subtitles.
Donation (at the door): VNĐ20,000/person. TPD is at 51 Trần Hưng Đạo Street (4th floor).
Pool Party at Reinassaince Hotel
A Pool Party will be held from 4-11pm on November 17 on the rooftop Liquid Sky Bar of Renaissance Hotel on 8-15 Tôn Đức Thắng Street in HCM City’s District 1.
Dont miss your chance to enjoy the sunset, network, and enjoy activities with an eclectic crowd.
The event also includes a DJ performance, games and a lucky draw.
Tickets are VNĐ300,000-VNĐ400,000 per person.
Japanese flower exhibit
The Japanese Bloom flower exhibition will be held on Sunday (November 18) starting at 9am at Liti Boutique on 357 Hai Bà Trưng Street in HCM City’s District 3.
The event is the biggest Japanese flower exhibition in Hà Nội and in HCM City, organised by Liti Florist and Naniwa Flower Auction, the largest flower auction in Japan.
Visitors will have the opportunity to admire thousands of flowers and cut branches from hundreds of different species of flowers. Japan’s best fresh flowers will be featured.
Tickets are VNĐ200,000 per person.
The event is also being held in Hà Nội on November 17 on 1 Lê Thánh Tông Street in Hoàn Kiếm District.
Cool Cats Jazz Club to host biggest festival
Cool Cats Jazz Club will host its biggest and coolest jazz event – the Mouton Cadet Moments Jazz Festival - from 4pm until late on November 18.
Five bands, ranging from classy to funky and everything in between, together with the hotel’s talented chefs and the famous Mouton Cadet Wine from Bordeaux will provide festival-goers a night to remember.
The event will take place at Akira Back Terrace at the JW Marriott Hanoi, 8 Đỗ Đức Dục Road, Mễ Trì, South Từ Liêm District. Tel: (024) 38335588.
Price at VNĐ2,000,000++/ticket for VIP and VNĐ1,500,000++/ticket for general admission.
HIWC bazaar returns in new venue
The Hanoi International Women Club (HIWC) annual charity bazaar will return this Sunday.
The event will take place from 10am until 4pm at a new venue – the Starlake in the Central area of Tây Hồ Tây New Town, Xuân Tảo Ward, Bắc Từ Liêm District (along Võ Chí Công Road).
The bazaar will offer visitors an unforgettable journey to experience cultures and cuisines from around the world.
The HIWC charity bazaar this year will be held on Sunday, November 18.
The annual bazaar is a much-anticipated day of international food, music, dance, performance and fun for families from Hà Nội and the international community. The bazaar is also one of the largest fundraisers in the city, with all proceeds benefiting vulnerable women and children in Việt Nam.
Adult tickets cost VNĐ150,000 presale and are available at Emporium, Oasis, JAFA, The Club House, Chops and Highway 4 and VNĐ200,000 at gate. Ticket for children from 3 to 12 years old costs VNĐ50,000, with children under three going free.
Nearly 10,000 people attended last bazaar and helped raise US$144,000. These funds were used to support 18 projects aimed at empowering disadvantaged women, youths and children in health, community development and education.
Ethnic people to sell products at Craft Link’s Handicraft Bazaar
Ethnic people from all over Việt Nam will gather to sell handicraft products at the Craft Link’s Handicraft Bazaar 2018 on November 17.
Selected artisans from around Hà Nội and disadvantaged groups will also present their products.
Producers have been preparing for the bazaar, which should provide an ideal place to shop for Christmas.
Visitors will have a chance to win prizes as well as enjoy demonstrations of batik and indigo dyeing throughout the day.
The event will take place from 9am to 4.30pm at the Việt Nam Museum of Ethnology on Nguyễn Văn Huyên Street, Cầu Giấy District.
Italian cuisine week returns to HCM City
The Italian Cuisine Week (ICW) has returned for the third time to HCM City from November 14 to 29.
The General Consul of Italy in HCM City has announced that the ICW framework includes various world events coordinated by 296 diplomatic and consular headquarters worldwide, with Italian Cultural Institutes depicting high-quality food and wine, which is central to the Italian identity and culture.
More than 1,000 events are being held around the world during the cuisine week, which aims to represent the importance for the Italian people of their culinary traditions, an essential part of life and a source of inspiration for art and literature.
In HCM City, the event will include seminars and conferences, meetings with Italian chefs, food and wine tastings and dinners, commercial promotion programmes, cultural events and much more.
Italy will be showcasing the best of its food and wine culture to Việt Nam with the use of genuine Italian products.
Highlights include the seminars “Learning by Eating (The Italian Way)” and “Triple I Conversation on the Theme of Food Business”, as well as the “Borsa Vini” exhibition at The Reverie Saigon.
Many thematic dinners will also be organised under co-operation with restaurants and hotels in the city.
The “Taste Italy a Tavola” dinner on Saturday night at Tavola restaurant will offer the culinary experience of travelling through Italy.
Chef Mannazu PierFranco of Tavola will share his take on Italian classics in a five-course menu deliberately executed to give clients a taste of each Italian region.
Tavola uses the finest Italian produce and the freshest ingredients to produce Chef PierFranco’s Italian staples.
The other restaurants joining the event will be the Bamboo Chic Restaurant, The Reverie Saigon’s Romeo and Juliet Restaurant, the Park Hyatt Saigon and the Namo Tuscan Grill.
The European Film Festival 2018 will be organised in Hanoi, HCM City, Hue and Dalat from November 16-29.
This is the first time the event will take place in the Central Highlands of Dalat.
A scene in Hungary's film My Treasure to be presented at the The European Film Festival 2018
This year’s festival will present 13 selected films mostly featuring different aspects and stories in the family lives of European people.
Animated films, drama, romance, comedy and documentary which have received good critical reviews, including those that won awards at international film festivals will be shown.
The European Film Festival was held for the first time in 2000 by the Delegation of the European Union to Vietnam, the Embassies of EU Member States and the European cultural institutes, the film fest is recognised as one of the most successful multi-cultural events in Vietnam.
In cooperation with German master chef Mirko Trenkner and Vietnamese celebrity chef Steven Long, German cultural center Goethe-Institut in HCMC will take guests on a culinary journey called “The Blue Hour” on November 19.
The two culinary artists will form a symbiosis of the respective country’s cuisine and create a menu of German and Vietnamese specialties.
This is part of the “Wanderlust Küche - A Culinary Dialogue” project jointly implemented by the German Cultural Centers in Southeast Asia, Australia and New Zealand, with the theme “Tables without Borders”.
In Germany, the term “Blue Hour” (Die Blaue Stunde) refers to the turn of the day into night, when the sun has just set and the darkness is already announced. It is the moment when sunset and moonrise merge and the sky shines in a rich blue of light and dark.
The blue hour stands for the unity of diversity, for a symbiotic coexistence of two opposites. For many, the blue hour means the closing time when work ends and free time begins. It is the time to meet friends or family, exchange ideas and eat together.
“The Blue Hour” in HCMC will begin at 7 p.m. at Thuong Nhat Bistro in District 2. The restaurant is run by Francis Van Hoi, who came to Germany in 1976, trained as a cook in Munich, and became a successful restaurateur.
Thirty years later, Hoi returned to Vietnam, where he founded a vocational school in the tourism sector in HCMC. He trains young people from poorer backgrounds into cooks and service personnel. His close connection to Germany is still reflected in the menu of the restaurant, which features both Vietnamese classics and some German delicacies.
Tickets are VND500,000 per person and available at the Goethe-Institut HCMC at 18, Street 1, Ward 4, District 3 and its office on the fourth floor of Deutsches Haus, 33 Le Duan Boulevard, Ben Nghe Ward, District 1.
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