Collectors discuss â67â motorbikes in the Mekong Deltaâs An Giang Province. The bikes, once considered âlow-class,â are now hot collectibles. Originally designed as economic bikes for low-budget buyers, â67â motorbikes now sell to high-end collectors for more than some cars. Motorbike collectorsâ fascination with the âHonda â67â motorbike is both aesthetic and practical. The compact [...]
Lookatvietnam – In the face of new fashions and technology, People’s Artist Nguyen Xuan Hoach is trying to save the original Vietnamese monochord, dan ba, from extinction. Upbeat: Artists play the restored dan bau in an attempt to find the true sounds of the instrument of the instrument.When Vietnamese artists began to use modern electric [...]
Lookatvietnam – Love it or loathe it, the vibrancy of Hanoi’s old quarter always provokes a reaction, its throbbing effervescence giving the capital’s residents a sense of its own unique character and a charm that has captivated the hearts and minds of the city’s foreign residents, Hanoi’s old quarter. (Photo: vietnamhomestay)To begin with, they feel [...]
“It’s really interesting to have a chance in a million to listen to popular Southern folk operas performed by once famous artistes while most of them passed away many years ago,” said Nguyen Le Hieu, collector of old records. Nguyen Le Hieu and his old records. Lookatvietnam – “It’s really interesting to have a chance [...]
Most of people know Trang Bang district is famous for its banh trang phoi suong (drew softened girdle cake) but little known Trang Bang still is an old quarter. house at 124, Dang van Truoc, Trang Bang town still has been kept in its original style.Lookatvietnam – Most of people know Trang Bang district is [...]
VietNamNet Bridge – The story about the steel project boom has not surprised anyone. It is simply because before hearing about the steel project boom, they were familiar with the stories about the sugar plant and cement factory booms. Experts have warned that the ‘steel lesson’ could turn out to be even more severe than [...]
Co Vien Lau is a cultural tourist site in Ninh Binh province, where visitors can see 25 old houses built in the style of the 18-20th century Red River civilisation. Visitors will find numerous antiques of high cultural and historic value. There is the Nong Cong house, built in 1847 under King Tu Duc Dynasty [...]
In a small painting gallery on Hang Bong Street, an old man with a long salt-and-pepper beard puts down his paint brush to play a few songs on the piano. Painter Vu Dan Tan plays his old piano to relax from painting.Lookatvietnam – In a small painting gallery on Hang Bong Street, an old man [...]
Lookatvietnam – A recent decree aimed at helping elderly people has come under criticism as being too limited, providing little help to those who have to keep working beyond retirement age to support themselves. An elderly vendor at Do Son Beach in the northern city of Hai Phong.Decree 67/2007/ ND-CP issued on April 13, 2007 [...]
VietNamNet Bridge – The State Bank of Viet Nam has encouraged domestic commercial banks to lower high interest rates on old loans in an attempt to alleviate borrowers’ difficulties. To cut costs, many borrowers have sought credit on the black market to pay off their loans ahead of schedule.The central bank’s new policy is also [...]
