Vietnamese found-footage horror film “Lầu Chú Hoả: The Deadliest Mansion” is opening in North American theaters on Sept. 4, with Mockingbird Pictures placing the title across AMC, Regal and Cinemark circuits. Directed by Hùng Trần, the film became Vietnam‘s first theatrical found-footage horror release and turned into a breakout hit after its June debut. It
“Chrysalis” has secured a theatrical distribution deal in Vietnam through CJ CGV Vietnam, the country’s leading multiplex operator and distributor, with a nationwide release scheduled for September 11. The film will be released locally as “Mãi Nợ Một Lời Tạm Biệt,” translated into English as “The Farewell I Never Gave.” The international title remains “Chrysalis”.
Vietnam is weighing the most unusual version yet of the youth social media bans sweeping the world. Instead of kicking children off the platforms entirely, the country wants to allow them to stay connected, but muted. According to a draft decree from Vietnam’s Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism, reported on Friday by Reuters, users
Heretic is in charge of global sales of “Hearing” (“Thính Giác”), the second feature film by Vietnamese director Lê Bảo, which will be screened in the international competition at the Locarno Festival. Written and directed by Lê Bảo, “Hearing” centers on Ninh, a mechanic whose work installing decibel meters in public spaces and private homes
Hon May Rut Ngoai is located about 10 kilometers (six miles) south of Phu Quoc, Vietnam’s largest island. Nguyen Tien Hai, a senior communist official in the area, said authorities were still working to confirm the exact number of dead and survivors. VnExpress quotes him as saying that the speedboat may have capsized due to
The United States, however, has continued to tighten the screws. In late May, it launched an investigation to determine whether Vietnam’s failure to eradicate intellectual property violations was “unreasonable” and problematic for U.S. trade. So the Vietnamese authorities tightened their own screws. On June 10, police in Thanh Hoa province dismantled a network that manufactured