October 28, 2011
The Bolshoi Theatre’s restored auditorium is seen during a media tour in October. Russia’s Bolshoi Theatre reopened Friday after a six-year closure for a massive restoration of its historic building that was delayed by several years and four times over budget. Russian President Dmitry Medvedev told the audience that the Bolshoi was a "national [...]
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October 7, 2011
One Pillar Pagoda is one of most famous tourism attractions in Hanoi. The restoration of One Pillar Pagoda in Hanoi will be delayed as the works need to be discussed in at least three more conferences this year, according to senior monk Thich Tam Kien. Last month, the Hanoi People’s Committee proposed a US$1.5 million [...]
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August 14, 2011
Ta Tung Tu (Left Temple) in the central province of Thua Thien-Hue. The former imperial capital of Hue’s Ta Tung Tu (Left Temple) will soon be the last building in Nguyen Dynasty Emperor Minh Mang’s royal complex to be restored.  The restoration of the temple, located in Thua Thien Hue Province’s Huong Tra District, began August [...]
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May 16, 2011
Vice president and Sony Computer Entertainment president, Kazuo Hirai (C), and executives Shiro Kambe (L) and Shinji Hasejima, bow to apologize for the theft of personal data from users. Sony said it would start Sunday a “phased restoration” of network services that came under hacker attacks in one of the biggest data breaches since the [...]
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March 12, 2011
The old gate of the citadel stands beside the new wall built earlier this month The Son Tay Citadel is ill-fated. It was built in 1822 during the reign of Emperor Minh Mang to thwart the French, but a year later, the defense was breached. Now it is being destroyed anew by “restoration” work that [...]
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November 14, 2010
A century-old governor’s palace in Long An Province, before being demolished (left) by the provincial government, who then constructed a new structure, roughly modeled on the same design (right). Vietnamese history only goes back about 300 years in the southern delta, the first hundred of which was spent clearing and settling much of the [...]
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November 11, 2009
Tran Van Tuy, deputy director of the Railway Project Management Board, said that Hanoi’s famous bridge will be restored to serve urban traffic and visitors in 2013. Vietnam Railways Corporation’s Tuy said that that Vietnam and France have a plan to restore the oldest bridge in Vietnam and open it to bicycles, motorbikes and pedestrians [...]
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September 27, 2009
LookAtVietnam – The Hue traditional enamelling industry has a great potential to develop. Its recovery would help restore royal relics and develop local fine arts and tourism. LookAtVietnam – The Hue traditional enamelling industry has a great potential to develop. Its recovery would help restore royal relics and develop local fine arts and tourism.Standing tall [...]
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September 24, 2009
The Tang Family Chapel in Hoi An, Quang Nam Province is now leased out to a shop selling cloth, paintings and other souvenirs. A familyâs personal worship house in Hoi An Town has received a UNESCO honorable mention for preservation efforts. Tim Curtis, head of UNESCO Culture Unit in Bangkok, said the Tangâs family chapel [...]
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August 15, 2009
US TV channel launches Vietnamese filmmakers competition; Research results of Hue city’s Can Chanh Palace announced; 10 special national historical sites announced Photo: VNAMore than 100 domestic and foreign researchers, architectures and experts gathered at an international seminar on the research and restoration of the Can Chanh Palace (Hue Royal Citadel) in the former imperial [...]
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