Vietnam’s cultural industry: lack of money, abundance of conflicts
VietNamNet Bridge – Experts and government officials reviewed the situation and discussed solutions for the cultural industry in Vietnam at a seminar held by the Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism in Hanoi last weekend.
The concept of “cultural industry” is still unclear in Vietnam (Photo: Models on [...]
Bad art drives out good in Hoi An Town
VietNamNet Bridge – Ancient Hoi An has been a favourite destination of tourists and art collectors, attracted by its handsomely preserved buildings and bustling art scene. But lately the bloom is off the art market.
Many painters have moved to Hoi An Town to live, draw and open [...]
Hard hours and low pay – a worker’s long day in IZ
Doi Moi – ‘economic renovation’ – has brought thousands of factories to Vietnam where production lines run two and three shifts, churning out goods for the world. What’s it like to be one of the millions of young women who work in these IZ (industrial [...]
VietNamNet Bridge – Senior artists and stage critics say existing Vietnamese dramas aren’t reflecting modern life.
A scene from a historical drama of the HCM City Drama Theatre.
“Stage art is a spiritual weapon, which reflects the urgent matters of society. But our artists have neglected this mission,” said senior artist Dao Quang.
In the 1980s, Hanoi’s stages [...]
VietNamNet Bridge – The biggest jade block in the world arrived in Vietnamon the 999th anniversary of Hanoi. Its new owner Dao Trong Cuongdescribes the journey of the jade to Vietnam.
Dao Trong Cuong (first from the right) and the giant jade block.
According to Cuong, Myanmar usually organises two jade auctions a year which attract thousands of buyers from across the world. [...]
The overflowing pancake known as banh xeo is as Vietnamese as it gets yet even foreigners rave about it after the first mouthful.
Banh xeo is a delicious concoction that resembles an omelet at first glance but is actually a rice-flour pancake colored yellow by turmeric and filled with pork slivers, shrimp, egg, mung beans [...]
My Nghiep brocade village in the southeast of Phan Rang, in Ninh Phuoc district, Ninh Thuan province is famous for its handmade tho cam (ethnic fabric). Tourists come here to see women weave fabric by their traditional ways.
A tourist observes an artisan weaving brocade in My Nghiep village.
The village has around 20 shops. All [...]
To mark the Tourism Day of Phan Thiet City (October 24) and the day Phan Thiet becomes a 2nd grade city, Binh Thuan Province’s Department of Culture, Sports and Tourism has approved a plan to organize culture and sports activities to share their happiness with international and domestic tourists.
A procession ritual of Thay [...]
About seven kilometers from the center of Hue City, the 28-hectare Huyen Tran Cultural Center at the foot of Ngu Phong Mountain is famous for its splendid landscapes and its sanctuary atmosphere for pilgrims to express love and gratitude to Princess Huyen Tran of the Tran Dynasty.
Huyen Tran Princess Temple in Hue [...]
Travelling by air from place to place can be a convenient way to explore the country on a tight schedule, but it removes travellers away from one of the more interesting parts of the country.
Snapshot: The main tower of Poklong Garai Temple, one of the most beautiful and best preserved Cham temples in the country, [...]
