January 2, 2012
Hotels in Vietnam trade on the past to further their 21st century ambitions Sofitel Legend Metropole Hanoi hotel, which hosted well-known novelists such as Graham Greene and Somerset Maugham, is famous with classic French architecture After the sun sinks among the limestone karsts of Ha Long Bay, the stars come out, to pepper the [...]
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December 19, 2011
Le Van Thuong, head of the family that owns the garden with five newly anointed National Heritage trees, poses in front of the hollowed trunks of one of them He was offered US$300,000 and more for his garden with old trees, but the owner was not tempted. Le Van Thuong is now the owner [...]
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May 22, 2011
Jenny-Mai Nuyen, now 23, is the writer of six best-seller fantasy novels which have been translated into German, English, and Vietnamese. Jenny-Mai Nuyen started writing when she was five years old. At the age of 13, she penned her first fantasy novel. At 18, the Vietnamese-German published, Nijura – Das Erbe der Elfenkrone (Nijura – [...]
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July 22, 2009
The cost of entrance to the Citadel in Hue, a world cultural heritage site, is still more than many Vietnamese can afford. The Hue ancient citadel. Cao Xuan Dung and his daughter, Cao Thi Nga, from Nghe An province a few hundred kilometers to the north, stood regretfully at the imposing gate of the royal citadel [...]
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May 8, 2009
LookAtVietnam – A conference to discuss a comprehensive project for Hoi An’s preservation and tourism development has been organised. Hoang Dao Kinh, who has helped preserve and research the ancient town since 1982, discusses the progress. LookAtVietnam – A conference to discuss a comprehensive project for Hoi An’s preservation and tourism development has been organised. [...]
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April 13, 2009
Reputed painter Le Thiet Cuong and painter, art researcher Phan Cam Thuong shared their viewpoints about the way historical and cultural relics have been “restored” in the last two decades. Arhat statues, masterpieces at Tram Gian Pagoda in Chuong My district, Hanoi, were re-painted colourfully. Le Thiet Cuong: The larger relics are, the more they are [...]
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