December 19, 2011
A red-lacquered and gold-trimmed wooden piece of cuon thu (horizontal lacquered board). The US Ambassador’s Fund for Cultural Preservation (AFCP) has granted US$30,000Â to the northern province of Thai Binh’s Provincial Museum for the restoration of wooden artifacts. Accordingly, the grant, which was presented by the US Ambassador to Vietnam David Shear in a ceremony held [...]
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November 23, 2011
Poster of Hanoi Dreams Exhibition in Toronto, Canada. Five well-established Hanoian artists will introduce their "Hanoi Dreams," a debut group exhibition, to Canadian art-lovers from Nov 22 to Dec 5. The exhibition marks the Canadian debut for all five emerging and established artists: Trinh Quoc Chien, Vu Huong Quynh, Nguyen Minh Thanh, Ngo Van Sac, [...]
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October 9, 2011
A tourist boat sails past the stone islands of Halong Bay in 2007. Growing tourism, lack of resources, neglect and natural disasters pose a threat to the world’s cultural heritage, a private foundation said Wednesday identifying 67 sites in need of preservation. The sites and monuments are found in 41 countries from Peru to Vietnam [...]
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October 9, 2011
Hanoi-based Goethe Institute will host several languge courses and a conference on European Language Days on Oct 14-15, to feature the region’s linguistic diversity.  This event is organized by several European cultural institutes and embassies, including the British Council, Agence Universitaire de la Francophonie, Institute Cervantes and the Representation of Wallonie-Bruxelles as well as [...]
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September 20, 2011
Overseas Vietnamese filmmakers take stereotypical symbols at face value in presenting Vietnam to the world A scene in Ao lua Ha Dong (the white silk dress), a Viet kieu’s box office hit in 2007 Overseas Vietnamese filmmakers tend to make two kinds of movies to show here. The first are commercial movies that target [...]
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September 3, 2011
Visitors are seen touring inside the temple of Literature in Hanoi The more I read about how Vietnam wants more tourists visiting the country, the more I wonder why the private and government entities don’t do more. For instance, hotels don’t have showrooms, private tour companies don’t encourage local businesses to have cultural shows and [...]
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June 1, 2011
Hoang Thi Nam’s mother, Nguyen Thi Hoa (L), and her aunt Nguyen Thi Hoang Mai meet with members of the Association of South Korean in Ho Chi Minh City. A Vietnamese woman was allegedly stabbed to death by her South Korean husband at their house in Gyeongsang Province on Tuesday (May 24), just weeks after [...]
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May 24, 2011
A woman and child visit a museum in Monaco. People who go to museums and concerts or create art or play an instrument are more satisfied with their lives, regardless of how educated or rich they are, according to a study released Tuesday. But the link between culture and feeling good about oneself is not [...]
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May 9, 2011
The Khau Vai Love Market attracts large number of locals and tourists. Photo courtesy of Hanoitourist.com The famous love market of ethnic couples of the northern Vietnamese mountains was recognized to be provincial cultural and historical relic of Ha Giang province. Nguyen Trung Thuong, director of the Ha Giang Department of Cultural, Sport and Tourism, told [...]
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April 21, 2011
Angklung, the Indonesian music instrument made of bamboo A one-week Indonesian cultural festival, kicked off on April 17 at the Ho Chi Minh City Youth Cultural House, drawing large crowds. Organized, jointly, by the Indonesian Consul-General and the Ho Chi Minh City Friendship Organizations Union, the festival highlighted the country’s cultural diversity. Participants gathered at [...]
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