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IVCE is pleased to announce the Vietnamese culture program for the Asian Lunar New Year at the American Museum of Natural History (www.amnh.org).  The program includes the Áo Dài Fashion show and the Ðông Hồ Folk Painting & Calligraphy exhibition. At the fashion show, Le Thanh Phuong, a fashion designer in Vietnam, will present 30 sets of Áo Dài Vietnamese traditional style with 15 Vietnamese models from NYC.  At the exhibition, artist Vu Hoi will write…See More

1. “When We Were Twenty” is a documentary about three girls facing heart-wrenching life choices at the age of 20. One gets married and has a child, one follows her dream of becoming a model, and the other goes to study abroad. [English subtitles, 15 minutes] 2. “Hard Times for Coal Miners” is a documentary about the life of the coal miners who work in the northern-most harbor region of Vietnam. The miners come from many areas of the country, and crowd into dust-filled ghettos, living and trying…See More

1. “When We Were Twenty” is a documentary about three girls facing heart-wrenching life choices at the age of 20. One gets married and has a child, one follows her dream of becoming a model, and the other goes to study abroad. [English subtitles, 15 minutes] 2. “Hard Times for Coal Miners” is a documentary about the life of the coal miners who work in the northern-most harbor region of Vietnam. The miners come from many areas of the country, and crowd into dust-filled ghettos, living and trying…See More

IVCE is pleased to announce the premiere of a new Vietnamese film, Canh Dong Bat Tan (Floating Lives), directed by Nguyen Phan Quang Binh. Synopsis: Set in the exquisitely beautiful Mekong Delta of Vietnam, the film tells the story of Mr. Vo and his daughter Nuong and his son Dien. Vo, a man wounded by his wife’s infidelity, has burned down his house and all his memories of the past. He has restarted his life with his two children, living a nomadic existence on a boat among the labyrinthine…See More