The Vietnamese have a traditional holiday named Tet. It is the Vietnamese New Year marking the arrival of spring based on the Chinese calendar, celebrated on the first day of Lunar New Year. At Officience, this is not an exception. Before the Tet, we decided to organize a Year-End party on Tue, Jan 29th [...]
A few weeks ago in our offices in Ho Chi Minh City, the first ever Green Day took place, organised by our Green Team. The event aimed to promote topics of key importance to us: the environment and sustainable development. Almost 70 people took part on the day – Officience staff (Offies) and [...]
The Hue Festival, which took place from 7th to 15th of April, brought together even more artists and onlookers. Coming from all backgrounds – Vietnamese, Viet Kieu and international attendees gathered there for the 7th edition of the festival. In total 68 troupes of artists from 28 countries arrived to perform [...]
Last Saturday Vietnam celebrated the Hung Vuong Kings Festival. The 10th day of the third lunar month marks the anniversary of the death of the 6th Hung King and became a national holiday in 2000.
A legendary dynasty
According to legend, Au Co, the mother of the Vietnamese people, [...]
Anh Quang Cao, or Joseph Cao, was born in Ho Chi Minh City in 1967. In 1975 he left Vietnam to go to the United States with other members of his family. After finishing university in Texas, he spent 6 years in a seminary training to become a Jesuit priest. However, he realised that [...]
Until the 25thFebruary, the Quai Branly museum in Paris is showcasing the art of Vietnamese water puppets.
An age-old tradition
In Asia the art of puppetry dates back more than 2000 years. It’s a real ‘people’s tradition’ which can take place in both villages and royal palaces. They’re not just for entertainment; [...]
The French-Vietnamese choreographer and dancer is on tour in France from 29 March to 10 April!
Born in Vietnam during the war, Ea Sola arrived in France in 1978 with her Vietnamese father and French mother. She was involved in music, contemporary dance and theatre as part of the Grotowski group and also [...]
Tet is here! So let’s take this opportunity to go on a little tour and get to know the traditions and customs. Also called the Festival of Spring, it’s the most important event in the Vietnamese calendar, looked forward to by young and old alike. For almost 2 weeks, train stations and airports [...]
Founded in 2006, VNTelecom has become a leading forum on ICT (Information and communications technology) with over 24,000 members, including professors, PhDs, engineers, consultants, researchers and students from the Vietnamese community working in the Telco industry.
On November 26 was held the 4th annual VNTelecom seminar on Innovation and Creativity in ICT. This one-day [...]
A portrait of Linh-Dan Pham, a French actress of Vietnamese origin.
From Saigon to London, via Paris, Singapore, New York and more, we discover a woman of many talents.
Linh Dan Pham made a big impression with her role in the wonderful film by Jacques Audiard “The beat my heart skipped”. [...]
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