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Hundreds of cultural and religious sites in the capital city are suffering under the weight of an expanding population. As usual, Nguyen Thi Dieu, a clothes seller, hangs her products in front of the door of the communal hall in Yen Thai commune located between West Lake and Thuy Khue street. “I have sold clothes [...]
Bao Son Youth Theatre, the first private theatre, with a capacity of 10 thousands of people will open to visitors on the occasion of the National Independence Day (Sept.2). Apart from sea-hog and water music performance, it will become a flat stage for play and music performance when entering a button. There will also be [...]
The Prime Minister has approved a sum of VND 69.4 billion (around US$4.2 million) for the second stage of a project to build the Museum of the Cultures of Vietnam’s Ethnic Groups in the northern province of Thai Nguyen. In the first stage, an open-air display space is under construction on an area of 40,000 [...]
Nearly one billion from 170 countries and territories worldwide watched the crowning ceremony of the Miss Universe pageant 2008 through television broadcast live from Diamond Bay resort of Nha Trang, Khanh Hoa. Together with beauty queens, natural landscapes, culture imbued with national identity and hospitable people of Vietnam has been advertised worldwide. Before the final [...]
Vietnam’s largest auditorium, the privately-owned 10,000-seat Tuoi Tre Bao Son, is set to open in Hanoi at the end of this year. Tran Tien Thuat, its director and former director of the public Tuoi Tre (Youth) Theater, said ground would be broken next month in the Thien Duong Bao Son Culture – Tourism – Entertainment [...]
Specialists in the music field said a live show still requires a heavy investment, at times of up to VND1 billion (US$62,500) of high standards are still rare. The costs of lasers and other hi-tech equipment in addition to stage management are raising ticket prices. In the mean time, concerts of late have been losing [...]
Miss Vietnam 2006 Mai Phuong Thuy this month will publish her new photographic book Phu Nu & Tuong (Women & Tuong), to rekindle interest in tuong theater. Thuy said the book was part of her charity mission after she was crowned Miss Vietnam. Thuy researched tuong (traditional drama) in libraries and by meeting with artists. [...]
Did you know that two-thirds of Hoa Binh province’s population belongs to the Muong ethnic group? So what’s an ethnic minority in Vietnam is therefore actually the ethnic majority in Hoa Binh province! During French colonial times, Hoa Binh was called Tinh Muong, which meant simply the province of Muong people. Today driving from the [...]
The first ever centre for preservation and introduction of Dong Ho folk paintings was inaugurated on July 25 in northern Bac Ninh province. Artisan Nguyen Dang Che is the owner of the building. Three traditionally designed houses on an area of 5,500 sq m, the venue for the display and preservation of Dong Ho folk [...]
The first cultural identity exchange among regions nationwide will be held in Hanoi in October 2008 to mark the capital liberation day. The festival is expected to draw the participation of 20 provinces and cities. It aims to glorify and promote ethnic cultural identity and introduce cultural specialities of regions to people nationwide and international [...]