CAMA music festival gets ready to electrify capital audience
HA NOI — The 5th CAMA Music Festival, highlighted by both rock and electronic music, will be held in Ha Noi on May 28. Drawing both local artists such as Rosewood, Recycle, Gibbon Suburbia as well as DJs Tri Minh and Vu Nhat Tan and international acts including Chinese rock sensation P.K.14, Japanese rising star Okamoto, Thai-British rockers The Standards, Australian indie-pop favourites Ball Park Music and Malaysian-Vietnamese quartet 6789, the one-day festival is sure to set the city on fire.
All festival profits will go towards Fauna & Flora International in order to help save the Vietnamese Tonkin snub-nosed monkey and the Cao Vit gibbon.
Ha Noi's first independent music promoters, CAMA Viet Nam has brought over 50 international acts from more than 10 countries to Viet Nam since 2005.
The 2011 CAMA Festival will kick off at 1pm next Saturday at the American Club, 19 Hai Ba Trung Street, Ha Noi.
Secondary school student wins Universal Postal Union prize
HA NOI — Eighth-grade student Huynh Minh Hieu received the first prize in the 40th International Letter-Writing Competition for Young People.
The boy, who is studying at Hoa Lu Secondary School in HCM City's District 9, disguised himself as a pine tree to write a letter to the International Federation of Association Football president Joseph Sepp Blatter.
His letter will be sent to organiser Universal Postal Union's headquarters in Bern, Switzerland, to compete with other entries by young people internationally.
The Ministry of Information and Communications awarded three second prizes, five third prizes and 30 consolation prizes.
The competition is annually held to raise awareness among young people about social problems, develop their enjoyment of writing and help strengthen international friendship.
Seminar raises awareness of HIV among high school students
HA NOI — A Connecting Hearts seminar takes place this afternoon at Yen Hoa High School.
Students will have a chance to learn more about HIV, practise dances and listen to the stories of HIV infected patients.
The seminar is part of a series of events held from May to September organised by the Dance4Life project to raise HIV awareness among young people.
Gourmet enthusiasts lick their lips for European Food Festival
HA NOI — The sixth European Food Festival will be held on May 28 at the National Library of Viet Nam at 31 Trang Thi Street.
This festival, the greatest social event of the European Chamber of Commerce in Viet Nam (EuroCham) in 2011, will promote a range of European cuisine. Visitors could enjoy paella, beef zurichoise with spatzle, lasagna, spaghetti bolognese, baguettes and pizzas.
In addition, well-known chefs from Ha Noi's five-star hotels and restaurants including the Sofitel Legend Metropole, Sofitel Plaza, Hilton, Melia, Grand Plaza and 1911 will provide delicious foods and beverages.
Famous band Hi Jinks and other music bands will bring an exciting atmosphere for participants while games activities including giant bouncing castle, house of balls and face painting are on offer for kids.
Tickets, priced at VND250,000 (US$11.9) each, are available at the EuroCham office, 1 Thanh Nien Road, Pane e Vino Restaurant at 3 Nguyen Khac Can Street or at the library's gate on May 28. Entrance is free for under10 kids. — VNS