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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 [...]
There is a pathway of which both sides are lined with Cai and Kim Dong rivers leading to a 200-year-plus pottery village, a 10-minute drive from central Nha Trang City. Lu Cam Village in Ngoc Hiep Commune is known for baked-clay stoves. Despite great social and economic changes, the craft still exists there. Nearly 200 [...]
Yang Bay Tourism Park in the central coastal province of Khanh Hoa announced a record-sized “ruou can” wine jar on June 28. Ruou can is a kind of Vietnamese wine drunk from a jar through bamboo pipes. The jar, which is 2.7m high, has a diameter of 1m at its mouth, 1.8m in the middle [...]
Singing quan ho through mobile phones has become a service in the northern province of Bac Ninh, the home of quan ho (love duet). Many elderly quan ho singers equip themselves with mobile phones to serve customers. Visiting Gieng, which is called the cradle of ancient quan ho in Bac Ninh, one sees that most [...]
The preservation of My Son World Cultural Relics with the help of UNESCO has entered the second phase. The project to preserve My Son is funded from the Italian government with US$435,000 in non refundable aid and US$19,000 from Vietnam. The Italian government has agreed to provide non-refundable aid of more than $435,000 to preserve [...]
Calligraphy is considered to be a classic art form pursued by adults, but the fact that nearly 1,000 young students are studying it in Hanoi belies the claim. They gather together at various clubs like the Young Calligraphers Club of the University of Social Sciences and Humanities. “We founded the club in November last year [...]
Vietnamese Cultural Days in Russia will be organised from September 13-20 in Moscow and St Petersburg with various activities, ranging from exhibitions to movie shows, and culinary festivals. Around 50 Vietnamese artists, led by People’s Artist Le Ngoc Cuong, will go to Russia on this occasion. The event will begin on September 13 at Tchaikovsky [...]