September 23, 2011
Tourists visit Mot Cot Pagoda in Hanoi Hanoi authorities have proposed a US$1.5 million project to restore a nearly 1,000 year old pagoda, which is a symbol and tourism attraction of the capital city, news website VnExpress reported Sunday. Â “Mot Cot” (One Pillar) Pagoda, also known as Dien Huu, was severely damaged recently and [...]
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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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July 7, 2011
The seven-ton whale is buried in Ninh Thuan. Fishermen in the central province of Ninh Thuan buried the corpse of a seven-ton whale, on Sunday. Tran Minh Vu of Hai Chu fishing village found the floating carcass while fishing off the coast of Ca Na Commune, early that same day. He managed to tow the [...]
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July 5, 2011
Phan Dong Temple in Quang Ninh Province. The temple is part of a national relic that sand dredging has been pushing to the Nhu Nguyet river. Illegal sand dredging has been pushing a national historic site in northern Vietnam to the edge of a local river while the authorities either ignorant or unwilling to do [...]
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April 22, 2011
Cambodia's Prime Minister's son Hun Manet (L), talks with Cambodia's Defense Ministry spokesman Chhum Socheat after a news conference at the Council of Ministers in Phnom Penh April 22, 2011. Thai and Cambodian soldiers fought with rocket-propelled grenades and guns on their disputed border on Friday in a morning clash that killed three Thai soldiers [...]
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April 17, 2011
Cai luong artists in a hat chau show It’s that time of the year again, when man serenades, and god blesses. During the first three lunar months of the year – from February to April – cai luong (modern folk opera originating in southern Vietnam) artists around the country move to the temples to serenade [...]
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April 9, 2011
Two more Vietnamese traditions are vying for recognition as UNESCO world heritages. On March 31, the Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism submitted files on don ca tai tu (southern amateur music) and Hung Kings Temple Festival to UNESCO for consideration as intangible cultural heritages. Don ca tai tu is folk music which originated [...]
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March 23, 2011
The Hung Kings Temple, located in Phu Tho Province, expects to receive six million visitors during the six-day-festival held in their honor from April 7 to 12 The annual Hung Kings’ Temple Festival 2011 will take place in Phu Tho Province from April 7 to 12 (5th-10th day of the third lunar month) to commemorate [...]
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November 29, 2010
 The stilt house, opposite Ong Pagoda, is a perfect place to enjoy views of a stunning landscape in the Bat Canh mountain range It is a unique and beautiful place where natural beauty is further enhanced by an atmosphere of sanctity a place that lends itself to ruminations about the deeper significances of life. [...]
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November 27, 2010
Nine Vietnamese-Cambodians among 351 dead as festival-goers panic Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Sen weeps for victims of the stampede which killed at least 351 people on the Diamond Bridge in Phnom Penh Grief ran deep as Cambodia, led by a visibly emotional Prime Minister Hun Sen, mourned the deaths of 351 people in a stampede [...]
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