April 14th, 2010 |
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Historic home: The main building of the Co Mat Vien, or the imperial Department of Confidential Affairs, where top courtiers discussed important issues during the Nguyen Dynasty’s rule. — VNS File Photo Thai Loc
THUA THIEN-HUE – Thua Thien Hue Province authorities have decided after much debate where Hue’s History and Revolution [...]
April 10th, 2010 |
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Pedalling slowly on his rented bicycle, Jerome Gastel, a visitor from Switzerland, enjoys the fascinating architecture of Ha Noi’s Old Quarter.
Viet Nam was a strange country to the 28-year-old some months ago but he has no regrets about visiting the country after a letter from his friend advised him to do so.
In the letter, his [...]
April 10th, 2010 |
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Open wide: The spectacular Phong Nha Cave in Quang Binh Province has been chosen as the highlight for HCM City Tourism Day 2010. — File Photo
HCM CITY — The central province of Quang Binh has been chosen to be the highlighted destination at the HCM City Tourism Day 2010, organisers of the annual event said [...]
April 6th, 2010 |
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Nine stories of the lives, dreams and struggles of the people of three Mekong River countries – Vietnam , Laos and Cambodia – are featured at an exhibition in the Mekong Delta province of An Giang .
“The Mekong’s story: Challenge and dream,” a mobile exhibition, was jointly opened at the provincial museum [...]
April 6th, 2010 |
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VietNamNet Bridge – The Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism is choosing outstanding relics and antiques to digitize, including the Dong Son bronze drums, ancient statues, Co Loa ancient citadel and Chua Thay pagoda.
Visitors touch the heads of stone-made turtoises at Hanoi’s Temple of Literature.
The ministry will use three dimension (3D) technologies and many [...]
April 6th, 2010 |
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VietNamNet Bridge – Kon Tum Province’s Department of Culture, Sports and Tourism has set up a council to examine a lithophone, an ancient musical instrument, which has been found for the first time in the Central Highlands’ northern part.
The sound of music: A Huynh holds one of a hundred stone bars from an ancient lithophone [...]
April 6th, 2010 |
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VietNamNet Bridge – A national-level commemoration of the first rulers of Viet Nam – the Hung kings – will be organised during ten days this month in the northern province of Phu Tho and two days in other provinces and cities throughout the country.
According to the guidance of the Prime Minister, an opening festival [...]
April 6th, 2010 |
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Thanh Hoa Province yesterday held a festival that attracted thousands of local fishermen and tourists to come and pray for a year of good luck.
Long Chau Boat Procession.
The annual Sea Festival of local fishermen in Ngu Loc Commune, Hau Loc District, has been a tradition hundreds of years. Fishermen, no matter how long they’ve been [...]
April 5th, 2010 |
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VietNamNet Bridge – The northern province of BacGiang is working with several state agencies to put forward a case for the treasure of Buddhist prayer woodblocks in Vinh Nghiem Pagoda to be recognised by UNESCO as a World Documentary Heritage.
The Truc Lam Buddhist Zen prayer woodblocks in the pagoda are now seen as culturally priceless [...]
April 5th, 2010 |
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VietNamNet Bridge – Many relics and other popular sites in the southern province of Kien Giang have been taken over by trespassers and squatters despite authorities efforts to protect them.
Tourists at Mui Nai Beach. Restaurants discharging untreated wastewater are polluting the beach while historical sites in the area are under threat from squatters and [...]
