Posts Tagged ‘ The Dragon ’

City welcomes Year of the Dragon with special flower street 

January 20, 2012
City welcomes Year of the Dragon with special flower street 

  The Tet flower road will return to Vietnam’s Ho Chi Minh City this Friday, highlighted by a giant dragon blowing blooms, as the city starts celebrating the Year of Dragon. With the Lunar New Year starting Monday next week, work to transform Nguyen Hue Street into a street of flowers began on January 10. The 12 meter long, [...]

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Famous ancient dance relives or lives again

August 7, 2009
Famous ancient dance relives or lives again

“Con di danh bong”, a cross-dressing double act dance has been restored at the Hao Nam ancient village’s festival in Hanoi after over a half a century. The dance has also been performed every Saturday night at the free stage in front of the Dong Xuan Market. Bong is a kind of drum while Con [...]

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Vietnam’s ‘dragon fruit’ now ‘flying’ to the US

June 24, 2009
Vietnam’s ‘dragon fruit’ now ‘flying’ to the US

VietNamNet Bridge – Over 10 consignments of red-skinned, white-fleshed ‘dragon fruit’ have been shipped by air to the US since Vietnam resumed efforts to develop an export market for them a month ago. Nguyen Huu Dat, Director of the Post-import Vegetable Product Quarantine Centre (Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development – MARD), who has just [...]

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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...