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An international online contest on Hanoi’s historical works and cultural heritage was launched on May 31 towards the 1,000 th birthday of the capital city. This is part of a series of contests, held between 2000-2010, with different topics for each year, and targeting foreigners and overseas Vietnamese. Entries can be written in one of [...]
A number of new children’s books are in bookshops this summer, but most of them are translations of foreign works and only a few are written by Vietnamese authors. The Tre Publisher is publishing new translations of international bestsellers, including Mr Midnight by Singaporean author Jim Aitchison under the pseudonym of James Lee, Pendragon by [...]
Visitors to the on-going Hue Festival relived the crowning ceremony of National Hero Nguyen Hue when the ancient rite was re-enacted last night in the ancient imperial city of Hue. One of the most important events of the Hue Festival, the ceremony took place at the city’s Ban Mountain Relic Site, where the hero, known [...]
Fifteen years since Hue city won global recognition as a UNESCO World Heritage Site and the city’s internationally-renowned annual festival has been getting bigger and better. This year’s celebration, already in full swing, is no exception. Over 60 arts troupes from Viet Nam and abroad have flocked to the event, held under the theme “Cultural [...]
La Pagoda in HCM City’s Go Vap District features an evergreen bodhi tree that never needs watering. That’s because it was made of cement and steel by a young sculptor named Tru Cong Vu. The boundary between the real and unreal is unclear to the pagoda’s many worshippers. Few seem to express any doubts over [...]
Ancient Hue Citadel has been reconstructed and restored to its heyday of the Nguyen Dynasty, but in virtual reality. A newly produced film “Digital Reconstruction of Hue Imperial Citadel” uses advanced 3-D computer graphics to show the original architecture and design of some of Hue ’s most famous structures, such as Ngo Mon Gate, Thai [...]
Tan Hanoi company, the developer of Pottery Road project, said it is unnecessary to complete the whole 6km road before the 1,000th anniversary of Hanoi, but the construction depends on funding. An international exhibition and seminar on public arts was held on June 13-14 at the Hanoi-based Goethe Institute under the Ford Foundation’s sponsorship. The [...]
On June 17th, Thanh Hoa provincial People’s Committee held a seminar to make a profile of Con Moong cave to propose UNESCO recognize it as a world cultural heritage. Con Moong is situated in Thanh Yen commune, Thach Thanh district, Thanh Hoa province and in the buffer zone of Cuc Phuong National Park in Ninh [...]
The Performance Art Agency has finalised the scheme to put on 100 famous dramas of Vietnam and the world and submitted it to the Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism for approval. Of the 100 selected dramas, there are 13 tuong, 13 cai luong, 14 cheo, and 61 play scripts. Two-thirds of the scripts belong [...]
Ít ai ở Paris mà không nghe tiếng restaurant Kim Anh – nhà hàng Việt Nam đắt nhất Paris, được giới truyền thông Pháp ca ngợi. Tôi, sau nhiều năm chần ngần giá cả, đã có dịp theo bạn… Theo báo Figaro: “Không thể chối cãi trong những quán ăn Việt Nam của thủ đô [...]