‘Colour of the New Year – Year of the Earth Dog’ arts exhibition

A total of 40 lacquer, oil and acrylic and water colour paintings by 32 Da Nang’s painters are being on display at the exhibition, and all of them highlight the image of the New Year animal, the Dog, along with flowers and the beauty of the spring.

This is the first exhibition of the New Year, and the event is a curtain raiser for Tet which begins on 16 February.

Open until Friday, 26 January

Fine Arts Museum, 78 Le Duan

Free admission

A display of 150 original antiquities and photos of Oc Eo Culture

Oc Eo is the name of an archaeological site in Thoai Son District in An Giang Province in the Mekong River Delta.  Based on the artifacts unearthed, archaeologists said that the area used to be a busy port of the kingdom of Phu Nam between the 1st and 7th centuries.  They used the term ‘Oc Eo Culture’ to refer to the ancient material culture of the Mekong Delta region.

Open until 1 February 2018

Museum of Cham Sculpture, 2, 2 September Street

Admission fee is 40,000 VND per person

Tuong street performance

Apart from enjoying impressive Tuong performances, visitors will be introduced to the art of Tuong mask drawing and its dress codes.  In addition, they will have the opportunity to have their photos taken inTuong costumes which will be available for hire at the event.

At 7.00pm on Sunday 28 January

Eastern end of the Han River Bridge

Free to watch

‘Bai choi’ (singing while acting as playing cards) performance

Saturday 27 and Sunday 28 January 7.00pm - 9.30pm

On the pavement of Tran Hung Dao at the eastern end of the Rong (Dragon) Bridge in Son Tra District.
Participation fee is 20,000 VND per person

‘Charming Da Nang’ musical programme

This 60-minute programme opens with a stage presentation highlighting the city’s most impressive sites such as the Da Nang International Airport, the Han River and the tall buildings.  It is followed by delightful performances of singing, dancing and traditional Vietnamese musical instruments, each of them showcasing the culture and beauty of Da Nang, and Viet Nam as a whole.  Interestingly, there is a song named ‘Charming Da Nang’ which was written specifically for this programme.

Open daily at 8.00pm

The Labour Culture House, 2 Cach Mang Thang Tam

Tickets, priced at 800,000 VND, can be bought at the Culture House.

Musical performance

A nightly musical performance featuring famous local, national, and overseas Vietnamese singers

Every evening from 8.30pm

Memory Lounge, 7 Bach Dang

Tickets can be booked on 0511 3575898 or 0905881360

Dragon’s head breathes fire and squirts water

Saturday 27 and Sunday 28 January 9.00pm

The eastern end of the Rong (Dragon) Bridge

Free to watch

Han River Bridge swings open

Saturday 27 and Sunday 28 January 11.00pm

The Han River Bridge

Free to watch

Movies:

Maze Runner: The Death Cure (English with Vietnamese subtitle)
Young hero Thomas embarks on a mission to find a cure for a deadly disease known as the “Flare”.

Genre: Action, Science Fiction

From Friday 26 January

CGV Vinh Trung Plaza, 255 - 257 Hung Vuong                     

CGV Vincom Mall, 910A Ngo Quyen

100,000 VND per ticket

12 Strong (English with Vietnamese subtitle)

Just weeks after the devastating September 11, 2001 attacks on the U.S., an elite Special Forces team is dropped into war-torn Afghanistan on a perilous, top-secret mission to join Afghans in beating back the Taliban and their Al Qaeda allies. HORSE SOLDIERS tells the little-known story of how these 12 brave men – along with a small group of Afghan horsemen – changed the course of the war before most Americans even realised it had started.

Genre: Action

From Friday 26 January

CGV Vinh Trung Plaza, 255 - 257 Hung Vuong                     

CGV Vincom Mall, 910A Ngo Quyen

100,000 VND per ticket

The Changeover (English with Vietnamese subtitle)

Based on the Carnegie Medal winning novel by Margeret Mahy. Sixteen year-old Laura Chant lives with her mother and 4-year-old brother Jacko in a poor new suburb on the edge of a partially demolished Christchurch, New Zealand.  Laura is drawn into a supernatural battle with an ancient spirit who attacks Jacko and slowly drains the life out of him as the spirit becomes ever younger.  Laura discovers her true identity and the supernatural ability within her, and must harness it to save her brother's life.

Genre: Mystery, Thriller

From Friday 26 January

CGV Vinh Trung Plaza, 255 - 257 Hung Vuong                     

CGV Vincom Mall, 910A Ngo Quyen

100,000 VND per ticket