Upcoming events

* November 19 (Friday): The British Business Group of Vietnam (BBGV) will host a seminar titled, “British business, British charity, Partnering for the future” from 6:30 p.m. to 8 p.m. at The Deck, 38 Nguyen U Di Street, An Phu Ward, District 2, HCMC. Free admission. Contact Jakki Lydall on officeadmin@bbgv.org or phone (08) 3 829 8430 to confirm your attendance.

* November 20 (Saturday): A charity concert by the Hanoi International String Quartet with guest pianist Philippe Rigot will start at 8 p.m. at the French Cultural Center, or L’Espace, 24 Trang Tien Street, Hanoi. The musicians from Vietnam, Canada, France and the UK will perform masterpieces by Felix Mendelssohn and Robert Schumann. Tickets are VND100,000 (VND50,000 for students) and can be reserved by e-mail to bbgvhanoi@bbgv.org or by calling (04) 6 674 0945. Proceeds will go to support vocational training of disadvantaged youth through the KOTO Trainee Program.

* November 23-24 (Tuesday-Wednesday): The Economic and Commercial Office of the Spanish Embassy will hold “Spain -Vietnam Business Investment and Cooperation Forum” in HCMC. Representatives from 24 Spanish firms specializing in various sectors like agriculture, energy and construction, footwear and shoe components, textile, water treatment and metallurgy will hold one-to-one meetings with their Vietnamese counterparts. For further information, contact Ms. Hanh / Mr. Eduardo Rejón - Spanish Economic and Commercial Office in HCMC at (08) 3 825 0173 or email forovietnam@comercio.mityc.es.

* November 24 (Wednesday): EuroCham Seminar - Update on Vietnam Retail and Consumer Trends 2011 will be held from 8:15 a. m. to 1 p.m. at Sofitel Saigon Plaza, Diamond Hall, 17 Le Duan Boulevard, HCMC.

Fee: VND800,000 for members and co-hosts and VND1,200,000 for non-members. For further queries or registration, contact Ms. Thuy via events-hcmc@eurochamvn.org or phone (08) 3 827 2715.

* November 25 (Thursday): 11^th AmCham Old Fashioned Thanksgiving Dinner will be held from 6:30 p.m. to 9:00 p.m. at the New World Hotel Saigon, 76 Le Lai Street, District 1, Ho Chi Minh City. Fee: US$60 each for members and members’ guests, $20 for children aged 6-12 and $5 for kids under 6.

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* November 12 (Friday): The Austrian Embassy will host the Vienna Charity Ball at the Hotel Melia in Hanoi, starting at 6:30 p.m. The ball will feature a live orchestral performance by the Johann Strauss Capelle from Vienna. The show will open with a presentation by the Hanoi Olympic Dance Club and a concert by Vietnamese singers Thanh Lam, Duc Tuan and Bich Thuy and Austrian performer Marcela Cerno. The proceeds from the ball will go to the charity project “Friendship Village,” which cares for disabled children and youth. Admission: US$100. Tickets will be sold at The Press Club, 59A Ly Thai To Street, Hanoi. Contact Ms. Bui Thanh Huong at (04) 3 934 0888, or via email: thanhhuong@hanoipressclub.com. For more information, go to www.viennacharitybal.com or contact the Austrian Embassy, 8th floor, 53 Quang Trung, Hanoi. Tel: (04) 3 943 3050.

* November 12 (Friday): AmCham Vietnam’s Direct Sales Committee will organize a Roundtable Discussion for Vietnam’s Direct Sales Industry from 8 a.m. to 1 p.m. at the Hotel Equatorial, 242 Tran Binh Trong Street, District 5, Ho Chi Minh City. Fee: US$30 for members and $40 for non-members. To register, contact Ms Phuong Ngo / Ms Mai Huong, tel: (08) 3 824 3562, fax: (08) 3 824 3572.

* Through November 12 (Friday): The Photo Exhibition on Cluster Munitions at the Royal Norwegian Embassy, 10th floor, Block B, Vincom City Tower, 191 Ba Trieu Street, Hanoi. The exhibition focuses on the humanitarian consequences of the use of cluster munitions and seeks to bring attention to the Convention that bans the use of these weapons.

* November 13 (Saturday): DJ Olivier Waryn, better known as DJ Size-O, will give a live performance starting at 8 p.m. at the French Culture Center, or L’Espace, 24 Trang Tien Street, Hanoi. After his first radio program in 1994, Olivier Waryn has established a DJ training school and played at the Spring Festival in Bourges and many other festivals in France and Europe. Tickets cost VND50,000 (for two people) and are available at L’Espace. Tel: (04) 3 936 2164.

* November 14-28 (Sunday-Sunday): PUKU Bar& Café at 16- 18 Tong Duy Tan Street in Hanoi will host ‘Moustache Movies for Movember’ with the screening of movies every Wednesday and Sunday at 7 p.m. to celebrate Movember – a month-long celebration of the moustache, highlighting men’s health issues. The films to be screened are “The Princess Bride” on November 14, “Tombstone” (November 16), “Nacho Libre” (November 21), “Moulin Rouge” (November 23), and “Sherlock Holmes” (November 28). Visit www.movembervietnam.com for more Movember events around Hanoi.

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* November 12 (Friday): The Austrian Embassy will host the Vienna Charity Ball at the Hotel Melia in Hanoi, starting at 6:30 p.m. The ball will feature a live orchestral performance by the Johann Strauss Capelle from Vienna. The show will open with a presentation by the Hanoi Olympic Dance Club and a concert by Vietnamese singers Thanh Lam, Duc Tuan and Bich Thuy and Austrian performer Marcela Cerno. The proceeds from the ball will go to the charity project “Friendship Village,” which cares for disabled children and youth. Admission: US$100. Tickets will be sold at The Press Club, 59A Ly Thai To Street, Hanoi. Contact Ms. Bui Thanh Huong at (04) 3 934 0888, or via email: thanhhuong@hanoipressclub.com. For more information, go to www.viennacharitybal.com or contact the Austrian Embassy, 8th floor, 53 Quang Trung, Hanoi. Tel: (04) 3 943 3050.

* November 12 (Friday): AmCham Vietnam’s Direct Sales Committee will organize a Roundtable Discussion for Vietnam’s Direct Sales Industry from 8 a.m. to 1 p.m. at the Hotel Equatorial, 242 Tran Binh Trong Street, District 5, Ho Chi Minh City. Fee: US$30 for members and $40 for non-members. To register, contact Ms Phuong Ngo / Ms Mai Huong, tel: (08) 3 824 3562, fax: (08) 3 824 3572.

* Through November 12 (Friday): The Photo Exhibition on Cluster Munitions at the Royal Norwegian Embassy, 10th floor, Block B, Vincom City Tower, 191 Ba Trieu Street, Hanoi. The exhibition focuses on the humanitarian consequences of the use of cluster munitions and seeks to bring attention to the Convention that bans the use of these weapons.

* November 13 (Saturday): DJ Olivier Waryn, better known as DJ Size-O, will give a live performance starting at 8 p.m. at the French Culture Center, or L’Espace, 24 Trang Tien Street, Hanoi. After his first radio program in 1994, Olivier Waryn has established a DJ training school and played at the Spring Festival in Bourges and many other festivals in France and Europe. Tickets cost VND50,000 (for two people) and are available at L’Espace. Tel: (04) 3 936 2164.

* November 14-28 (Sunday-Sunday): PUKU Bar& Café at 16- 18 Tong Duy Tan Street in Hanoi will host ‘Moustache Movies for Movember’ with the screening of movies every Wednesday and Sunday at 7 p.m. to celebrate Movember – a month-long celebration of the moustache, highlighting men’s health issues. The films to be screened are “The Princess Bride” on November 14, “Tombstone” (November 16), “Nacho Libre” (November 21), “Moulin Rouge” (November 23), and “Sherlock Holmes” (November 28). Visit www.movembervietnam.com for more Movember events around Hanoi.

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* November 5-10 (Friday-Wednesday): The Japanese Film Festival will be held in Hanoi. Eight films - “Happy Flight”, “Rashomon”, “Tony Takitani”, “Kamikaze Girls”, “Sansho the Bailiff”, “5 Centimeters per Second” (cartoon), “Yunagi City, Sakura Country” and “Memories of Tomorrow” will be screened at National Cinema Center, 87 Lang Ha Street, Ba Dinh District. Free admission.

* November 7 (Sunday): The Vietnam National Symphony Orchestra and the Tokyo Metropolitian Symphony Orchestra will hold a concert at the Hanoi Opera House, 1 Trang Tien Street. The program is conducted by Tetsuji Honna. Tickets cost VND300,000, 200,000 and 150,000. For ticket delivery, call 0913 489 858 and speak with Mr. Do Phuong.

* November 8 (Monday): The Le Nouveau Trio Gitan - Three guitarists - Christian Escoudé, Jean-Baptiste Laya and Hugo Lippi - will perform at the HCMC Opera House. Ticket price: VND200,000, 150,000 and 100,000 (50 percent discount for students). Tickets are available at the Opera House, 7 Lam Son Square, District 1. For ticket delivery, call (08) 3 823 7419 or (08) 6 270 4450.

*November 9 (Tuesday): The Singapore Business Group, in cooperation with EuroCham, will host a Luncheon Seminar “The ASEAN Economic Community: Implications for Business”, from 11 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. at Sofitel Saigon Plaza, 17 Le Duan Blvd; District 1, HCMC. Speaker: Mr. James Lockett, special counsel to Baker & McKenzie based in Hanoi. Fee: VND900,000 for members and co-hosting members and VND1,000,000 for non-members. For further queries or registration, e-mail sbg@sbghcmc.org or phone (08) 3 823 3046. Registration must be made by Monday, November 8, at the latest.

* November 10 (Wednesday): The American Apparel and Footwear Association organizes International Product Safety & Restricted Substances Conference at the New World Hotel Saigon, 76 Le Lai Street, District 1, HCMC. From 7:30 a.m. to 5:30 p.m.

* November 10 (Wednesday): Circolo Italia – a group of Italians living in Ho Chi Minh City will screen “Complici del silenzio” at Pendolasco Restaurant, 87 Nguyen Hue Blvd., District 1. This is part of the group’s program to screen several Italian films (all have English subtitles and most have been recently produced). A donation of VND50,000 is suggested, except for students with a valid identification card. The next films to be screened are “Colpo d’occhio” (Nov. 24), Signorina effe (Dec. 8) and “Pranzo di Natale” (Dec. 15). Screenings will start at 7 p.m.

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* November 5-10 (Friday-Wednesday): The Japanese Film Festival will be held in Hanoi. Eight films - “Happy Flight”, “Rashomon”, “Tony Takitani”, “Kamikaze Girls”, “Sansho the Bailiff”, “5 Centimeters per Second” (cartoon), “Yunagi City, Sakura Country” and “Memories of Tomorrow” will be screened at National Cinema Center, 87 Lang Ha Street, Ba Dinh District. Free admission.

* November 7 (Sunday): The Vietnam National Symphony Orchestra and the Tokyo Metropolitian Symphony Orchestra will hold a concert at the Hanoi Opera House, 1 Trang Tien Street. The program is conducted by Tetsuji Honna. Tickets cost VND300,000, 200,000 and 150,000. For ticket delivery, call 0913 489 858 and speak with Mr. Do Phuong.

* November 8 (Monday): The Le Nouveau Trio Gitan - Three guitarists - Christian Escoudé, Jean-Baptiste Laya and Hugo Lippi - will perform at the HCMC Opera House. Ticket price: VND200,000, 150,000 and 100,000 (50 percent discount for students). Tickets are available at the Opera House, 7 Lam Son Square, District 1. For ticket delivery, call (08) 3 823 7419 or (08) 6 270 4450.

*November 9 (Tuesday): The Singapore Business Group, in cooperation with EuroCham, will host a Luncheon Seminar “The ASEAN Economic Community: Implications for Business”, from 11 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. at Sofitel Saigon Plaza, 17 Le Duan Blvd; District 1, HCMC. Speaker: Mr. James Lockett, special counsel to Baker & McKenzie based in Hanoi. Fee: VND900,000 for members and co-hosting members and VND1,000,000 for non-members. For further queries or registration, e-mail sbg@sbghcmc.org or phone (08) 3 823 3046. Registration must be made by Monday, November 8, at the latest.

* November 10 (Wednesday): The American Apparel and Footwear Association organizes International Product Safety & Restricted Substances Conference at the New World Hotel Saigon, 76 Le Lai Street, District 1, HCMC. From 7:30 a.m. to 5:30 p.m.

* November 10 (Wednesday): Circolo Italia – a group of Italians living in Ho Chi Minh City will screen “Complici del silenzio” at Pendolasco Restaurant, 87 Nguyen Hue Blvd., District 1. This is part of the group’s program to screen several Italian films (all have English subtitles and most have been recently produced). A donation of VND50,000 is suggested, except for students with a valid identification card. The next films to be screened are “Colpo d’occhio” (Nov. 24), Signorina effe (Dec. 8) and “Pranzo di Natale” (Dec. 15). Screenings will start at 7 p.m.

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* October 29 (Friday): The Vietnam National Opera and Ballet (VNOB) hosts Scheherazade Ballet and concert night at Hanoi Opera House, 1 Trang Tien Street. Sheherazade is a symphonic suite composed by Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov in 1888. The work is inspired by the book “One Thousand and One Nights.” Tickets cost VND500,000, 350,000, 250,000 and 150,000. For tickets, call 0913 489 858 (Mr. Do Phuong).

* October 29 (Friday): The Bui Gallery at 23 Ngo Van So Street, Hanoi presents 10 Years in Hanoi in celebration of Lionel Descostes’ decade-long experimentation with embroidery. This exhibition presents three “families” of his larger body of work: squares, grids and masks. Each of these groups attempts to explore the theme of anonymity. The opening will be held from 6:30 p.m. to 9 p.m. The exhibition will take place from October 30 to November 21, 2010. For further inquiries, contact Gillian Lee Sturtevant at gillian@thebuigallery.com or phone (04) 3 944 8595.

* November 1-7 (Monday-Sunday): The Goethe Institut in Hanoi will host an event - 60 Years of German Cinema: 1999- 2009 – as part of Germany Year in Vietnam. Seven films will be screened – “Policewoman” (Nov. 1), “Goodbye Lenin!” (Nov. 2), “Head-On” (Nov. 3), “Go for Zucker!” (Nov. 4), “Longing” (Nov. 5), “The Lives of Others” (Nov. 6) and “Jerichow” (Nov. 7). Free tickets are available at the Goethe-Institut, 56-58 Nguyen Thai Hoc Street, Ba Dinh District.

* November 2 (Tuesday): French-Armenian pianist Jean-Gabriel Ferlan will perform at the French Cultural Center, known as L’Espace, 24 Trang Tien Street, Hanoi. The program includes works by Beethoven, Chopin, César Franck and Gabriel Fauré. Ticket price: VND100,000 and VND50,000.

* November 4 (Thursday): EuroCham Business Luncheon - Salary Results and Labor Trends in Vietnam 2010 – 2011 – will be held from 11:45 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. at New World Hotel Saigon, Mekong 1 &2, 76 Le Lai Street, District 1, Ho Chi Minh City. Fee: VND550,000 for members and VND850,000 for non-members. For further information or registration, contact Ms. Thuy on events-hcmc@eurochamvn.org or phone (08) 3 827 2715.

* Through November 12 (Friday): The Photo Exhibition on Cluster Munitions is on at the Royal Norwegian Embassy, 10th floor, Block B, Vincom City Tower, 191 Ba Trieu Street, Hanoi. The exhibition focuses on the humanitarian consequences of cluster munitions and highlights the aspect of the Convention that bans the use of these weapons.

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* October 29 (Friday): The Vietnam National Opera and Ballet (VNOB) hosts Scheherazade Ballet and concert night at Hanoi Opera House, 1 Trang Tien Street. Sheherazade is a symphonic suite composed by Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov in 1888. The work is inspired by the book “One Thousand and One Nights.” Tickets cost VND500,000, 350,000, 250,000 and 150,000. For tickets, call 0913 489 858 (Mr. Do Phuong).

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* November 1-7 (Monday-Sunday): The Goethe Institut in Hanoi will host an event - 60 Years of German Cinema: 1999- 2009 – as part of Germany Year in Vietnam. Seven films will be screened – “Policewoman” (Nov. 1), “Goodbye Lenin!” (Nov. 2), “Head-On” (Nov. 3), “Go for Zucker!” (Nov. 4), “Longing” (Nov. 5), “The Lives of Others” (Nov. 6) and “Jerichow” (Nov. 7). Free tickets are available at the Goethe-Institut, 56-58 Nguyen Thai Hoc Street, Ba Dinh District.

* November 2 (Tuesday): French-Armenian pianist Jean-Gabriel Ferlan will perform at the French Cultural Center, known as L’Espace, 24 Trang Tien Street, Hanoi. The program includes works by Beethoven, Chopin, César Franck and Gabriel Fauré. Ticket price: VND100,000 and VND50,000.

* November 4 (Thursday): EuroCham Business Luncheon - Salary Results and Labor Trends in Vietnam 2010 – 2011 – will be held from 11:45 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. at New World Hotel Saigon, Mekong 1 &2, 76 Le Lai Street, District 1, Ho Chi Minh City. Fee: VND550,000 for members and VND850,000 for non-members. For further information or registration, contact Ms. Thuy on events-hcmc@eurochamvn.org or phone (08) 3 827 2715.

* Through November 12 (Friday): The Photo Exhibition on Cluster Munitions is on at the Royal Norwegian Embassy, 10th floor, Block B, Vincom City Tower, 191 Ba Trieu Street, Hanoi. The exhibition focuses on the humanitarian consequences of cluster munitions and highlights the aspect of the Convention that bans the use of these weapons.

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