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VIETNAM 7 - 2017 WHAT A KNOCKOUT! Martial Arts Film Legend Gary Daniels PAGE 24 IN HIGH SPIRITS Vietnam’s First Handcrafted Rum PAGE 28 LIKE NO OTHER, THIS SUSHI IS Chiyoda Sushi Brand Debuts in Vietnam PAGE 46 AUTUMN WONDERS See Kyoto's Kaleidoscopic Colors PAGE 78 Working Life ẤN PHẨM CHUYÊN ĐỀ QUẢNG CÁO - MIỄN PHÍ NHIỀU TÁC GIẢ, TẬP 4/2017 VIETNAM 7 - 2017 EVERYWHERE YOU GO Director XUAN TRAN Managing Director JIMMY VAN DER KLOET [email protected] Managing Editor CHRISTINE VAN [email protected] Working Life ẤN PHẨM CHUYÊN ĐỀ QUẢNG CÁO - MIỄN PHÍ Online Editor JAMES PHAM NHIỀU TÁC GIẢ, TẬP 3/2017 [email protected] Chief Photographer NGOC TRAN This Month’s Cover [email protected] Model: Blair Fowler, General Manager of Renaissance Riverside Hotel Saigon Graphic Designer THUY HUYNH [email protected] Image by: Ngoc Tran ƠI VIỆT NAM For advertising, please contact: NHIỀU TÁC GIẢ, TẬP 4 /2017 Director of Sales & Marketing NGAN NGUYEN NHÀ XUẤT BẢN THANH NIÊN [email protected] 64 Bà Triệu - Hoàn Kiếm - Hà Nội 090 279 7951 ĐT (84.04) 39424044-62631719 Fax: 04.39436024. 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P16 TROI OI Martial arts film legend Gary Daniels P54 RECIPE OF THE MONTH Find out why ivory, cigarettes and a dead Bun cha, one of the capital’s iconic dishes whale made it into our list P28 IN HIGH SPIRTS Vietnam’s first handcrafted rum 6 7/2017 Contents WINE & DINE RESTAURANT REVIEWS NGOC TRAN A culinary rollercoaster that includes fusion, sushi and the best of Asian street food 46 NU/IMAGES BY FEATURES COLUMNS P30 HEY BUDDY P80 AUTUMN WONDERS P56 CHEERS! An app creating shared experiences Kyoto is the perfect destination to experience Why attend a wine tasting if I already know between different people a kaleidoscope of colors what I like? P72 WELCOME TO PANAMA P83 PORTUGUESE FOOD TASTES LIKE P93 HIGHER LEARNING Panama City is a dynamic metropolis THE WORLD By using this method, each of your students How Portugal impacted world foods, while will feel that they are important members of Portuguese food was influenced by the wider the class world 8 7/2017 100% acceptance Datebook to ISHCMC American Academy What's on this month... JANUARYJULY 26-28 20 What: Vietnam Farm & Food Expo Where: SECC (799 Nguyen Van Linh, D7) About: At present, Vietnam's agricultural products are present mostly in big import markets such as the US, the EU and Japan. The total agricultural export value accounts for 20% of the total export turnover of the country, striving to reach the total value of USD39-40 billion by 2020. The show facilitates the promotion of Vietnam's agricultural JULY 19 commodities and foodstuffs to key export markets; at the What: Stéphane Tran Ngoc & Stefano Miceli same time expands new export markets, potential markets, Where: Saigon Opera House (7 Lam Son Square, D1), 8pm, strengthens the connectivity between exporters and importers tickets from VND200,000 to meet market requirements. About: Concert featuring Italian-born composer and pianist The consumers' current trend is towards fine, natural-derived Stefano Miceli who has collaborated with hundreds of products. Ensuring a fine products value chain "from farm renowned orchestras across Europe and America including to fork" is the first production criteria of many of today's true several performances at the world acclaimed Carnegie Hall agricultural producers. The show aims to introduce, honor and (New York) both as a conductor and as a pianist. Stéphane promote brands as the pioneering and positive factors. Tran Ngoc is a veteran violinist born in Paris and winner The show does agribusiness networking to agricultural of the Lipizer Prize, Paganini Competition, Aspen Music producers and domestic and foreign enterprises to enhance Festival, as well as Long Thibaud Grand Prix in 1990. He will the investment, production and consumption of agricultural be performing the Concerto for Strings and Violin by Peteris products in the value-added chain of products. This not Vasks. The concert will also feature the Overture-Fantasy only helps farmers benefit, but also contributes to the Romeo & Juliet by Tchaikovsky and the orchestral poem Night on competitiveness of agricultural products. Bald Mountain by M. Mussorgsky. Contact: Visit vietnamfarmexpo.com for more info Contact: Call 28 3823 7295, 0903 604 539 for more info Congratulations to our students who have graduated to our secondary school ISHCMC American Academy; Above international average results in U.S assessments (028) 2222 7788 / 99 Our curriculums align for a seamless transition www.issp.edu.vn 92 Nguyen Huu Canh Street, Priority placement for our students applying Binh Thanh Dist., HCMC to ISHCMC schools 10 7/2017 100% acceptance to ISHCMC American Academy Congratulations to our students who have graduated to our secondary school ISHCMC American Academy; Above international average results in U.S assessments (028) 2222 7788 / 99 Our curriculums align for a seamless transition www.issp.edu.vn 92 Nguyen Huu Canh Street, Priority placement for our students applying Binh Thanh Dist., HCMC to ISHCMC schools OI VIETNAM 11 12 7/2017 JANUARYJULY 18 20 What: Vietnam International Finger style Guitar Festival Where: HCMC Conservatory Hall (112 Nguyen Du, D1), tickets start at VND500,000 About: This is an annual event that has been organized continuously in Asia since 2010. With the participation of famous finger-style guitarists from many countries, this year sees 16 concerts in seven countries: Japan, Korea, Taiwan, China, Vietnam, Malaysia and Singapore. Finger style guitar is the technique of playing the guitar by plucking the strings directly with the fingertips, fingernails, or picks attached to JANUARYJULY 9 20 fingers, as opposed to flatpicking (picking individual notes with a single plectrum called a flatpick). What: New Compositions in Music and Contemporary Dance Contact: Visit www.ifsgf.com for more info by Vietnamese Artists Where: Saigon Opera House (7 Lam Son Square, D1), 8pm, tickets from VND200,000 JANUARYJULY 29 20 About: Every year, HBSO dedicates the month of July to the introduction of new original works from Vietnamese What: A Night Of Romantic Music composers and choreographers in the fields of dance and Where: Saigon Opera House (7 Lam Son Square, D1), 8pm, music. The July showcase of New Compositions in Music tickets from VND200,000 and Contemporary Dance will premiere the Suite Symphony About: EA Night Of Romantic Music is dedicated to the works Reminiscence by Composer Nguyen Manh Duy Linh, Suite of two of the most famous Romanticism composers of the Spring Prayer for choir and orchestra by Composer Vu Viet 19th century, Robert Schumann and Felix Mendelssohn. Anh, and Prelude & Fugue for Orchestra by Composer Nguyen Mendelssohn’s Concerto for Two Pianos and Orchestra in E Do Anh Tuan. All works will be performed by HBSO’s Choir major will be delivered by two young talents from the HCMC and Symphony Orchestra under Conductor Tran Nhat Minh. Conservatory of Music, Nguyen Thuy Yen and Pham Nguyen Contact: Call 28 3823 7295, 0903 604 539 for more info Anh Vu. Robert Schumann’s Symphony No. 1 in B-flat major, also known as Spring Symphony, considered one of Schumann’s most famous compositions, will also be performed. JANUARYJULY 16 20 Contact: Call 28 3823 7295, 0903 604 539 for more info What: Shane Filan Love Always Tour Where: Lan Anh Stadium (285 CMT8, D10), 7:30pm-10pm About: Shortly after announcing UK and Ireland dates for the autumn, ex-Westlife lead singer and frontman Shane Filan has decided to kick things off in a warmer climate. The tour comes r in support of his recently announced third album, Love Always. The Irish crooner was last seen in town in 2014, promoting his debut solo album, You and Me. Following a remarkable journey with Westlife and its breakup in 2012, Filan has cemented his status as one of the UK’s most popular male artists. A followup to 2015’s No. 1 album, Right Here, Love Always is “a collection of some of my favorite classic love songs,” said Filan in a statement. “It’s an album I’ve wanted to make for a long time,” adding, “There’s also a few original tracks on there, some that I’ve written myself. It’s always amazing to get into the studio and see what we can create. I can’t wait for my fans to hear the album.