Posts Tagged ‘ Duong Lam ’

Rural treasures 

December 19, 2011
Rural treasures 

  Jars of tương being dried in the sun “I don’t know when the first jar of tương (soya sauce) was made but our family has been producing the sauce for five generations,” says an old woman in Duong Lam, a village in Hanoi’s Son Tay District famous for its tương recipe as well as [...]

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Pride, attachment preserves old houses in Hanoi hamlet 

July 4, 2011
Pride, attachment preserves old houses in Hanoi hamlet 

  A nearly-200-year-old house in Coc Thon Hamlet in the suburb of Hanoi The urbanization juggernaut has proved unstoppable in Vietnam, and evidence has been mounting about the inability of rural and suburban households to resist it, consigning beautiful homes with traditional architecture and long histories to extinction. The situation at Cu Da Village in [...]

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Preservation suffocation 

February 28, 2011
Preservation suffocation 

  Red tape and a lack of funding have reduced Vietnam’s first national heritage village to a decaying tourist trap while officials near Hue argue that stalled preservation plans should be abandoned in two villages Harvest day in Duong Lam Village Six years ago, the people of Duong Lam Village had the esteemed honor of [...]

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Treasure Islands 

January 2, 2011
Treasure Islands 

  Japanese experts help residents understand each house in their village is part of a precious heritage Yamaguchi Yoriko (L) and Inoue Aiko in the garden of an ancient house in Duong Lam Ancient Village. They know the village like the back of their hand. But the two young women leading a tour group in [...]

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Standing on tradition

November 15, 2009
Standing on tradition

Cu Da is one of only two ancient villages in Hanoi that still offers an ideal place to explore the culture of the Red River Delta But for how long, visitors to the northern village of Cu Da are bound to ask Most of the preparations being made to celebrate the 1,000th anniversary of the [...]

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Standing on tradition

November 15, 2009
Standing on tradition

LookAtVietnam – But for how long, visitors to the northern village of Cu Da are bound to ask.Most of the preparations being made to celebrate the 1,000th anniversary of the capital city next year only emphasize its haphazard emergence as a modern hub.But thus far, one does not have to travel far from Hanoi to [...]

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Duong Lam’s crumbling beauty

February 27, 2009
Duong Lam’s crumbling beauty

LookAtVietnam – In addition to the hallmarks of a traditional northern village, Duong Lam also offers visitors the heartfelt welcome of its country people. Rancho deluxe: Duong Lam Village is famous for its ancient homes, some centuries old.We can see it in the smile of a tea-shop owner near Mong Phu communal house, which we [...]

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Vietnam, Cuba foreign ministries to bolster ties

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Vietnam’s top diplomat has affirmed that the Foreign Ministry will closely cooperate with its Cuban counterpart to implement the agreements reached by the two...