Posts Tagged ‘ The traditional ’

Ha Long Bay boats to be painted white to revive image 

January 9, 2012
Ha Long Bay boats to be painted white to revive image 

  Authorities in the northern province of Quang Ninh have asked that Ha Long Bay boats be painted white, saying the change befits the bay’s recent international recognition. A report Friday in VnExpress said, under the decision issued on Thursday by Quang Ninh’s People’s Committee, all tourist boats, except dragon boats, will be white with brown sails. [...]

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The simple pleasures 

December 30, 2011
The simple pleasures 

   Bún nước kèn (rice vermicelli and curried fish soup) is one of the most popular dishes in the Mekong Delta Coming to Mekong Delta in the south in Vietnam, visitors will recognize the river region’s culture deepened into every breath of locals, who are humble and honest. The cuisine is also as humble as [...]

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Love is food to longevity 

October 11, 2011
Love is food to longevity 

   Nguyen Thi Lanh, 106, and her youngest daughter, 71, from HCMC’s District 12. She and her husband, Huynh Van Lac, 110, have been certified by Vietnam Records Book as the country’s oldest couple. Huynh Thi Hoa, 71, says that ever since her parents reached the age of 90, during every Tet Festival their home [...]

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A lot of pluck 

July 31, 2011
A lot of pluck 

  Hanoi-born artist unafraid to take traditional instrument to new spaces Vo Van Anh playing the dan tranh at a concert in Ho Chi Minh City last week. The San Francisco based artist said her biggest desire was to introduce the traditional zither to world friends and the young Vietnamese. Every time she takes the [...]

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Breathing new life into puppets 

July 2, 2011
Breathing new life into puppets 

  Thanks to scores of dedicated performers, Vietnam’s traditional puppetry will continue to survive but experts say it will take more than that to make the art form thrive Water puppetry performances at the festival which was attended by nearly 300 puppeteers from 15 village guilds across the country. A veteran puppeteer famously said that [...]

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Media ‘collision’ creates winners and losers, expert says 

June 4, 2011
Media ‘collision’ creates winners and losers, expert says 

Geof Heydon, vice president of Digital Economy at Alcatel-Lucent in Australia. Broadcasters, policy makers, regulators, and experts in media sector have met in Hanoi on May 24-25 for the 8th Asia Media Summit, which was viewed as a significant platform to address challenges and to identify opportunities in the new age of digital economy. The [...]

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Preservation suffocation 

February 28, 2011
Preservation suffocation 

  Red tape and a lack of funding have reduced Vietnam’s first national heritage village to a decaying tourist trap while officials near Hue argue that stalled preservation plans should be abandoned in two villages Harvest day in Duong Lam Village Six years ago, the people of Duong Lam Village had the esteemed honor of [...]

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Traditional practitioners now avoid bear bile, survey finds 

December 7, 2010
Traditional practitioners now avoid bear bile, survey finds 

Bile bear extracted from the gall bladder of a bear at a farm in northern Vietnam. A recent survey conducted by a non-governmental organization found that a majority of traditional medicine practitioners in Vietnam oppose bear bile farming and prefer herbal alternatives. Many of the practitioners cited fears that the ursine bile can prove toxic [...]

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Music instruments from ethnic minorities exhibited

January 30, 2010
Music instruments from ethnic minorities exhibited

LookAtVietnam – An exhibition of traditional music instruments from Vietnamese ethnic groups opened in Hanoi on January 29. According to Tu Manh Luong, director of the Vietnam Exhibition Centre, the exhibition is part of activities to mark the 80th founding anniversary of the Communist Party of Vietnam and the 1,000th anniversary of  Thang Long-Hanoi. This [...]

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Community refuses to sing final xoan song

January 23, 2010
Community refuses to sing final xoan song

With a traditional music style on the verge of extinction, residents in An Thai Village ramp up efforts to protect their sacred art. Xoan singing is performed at holy venus in the communal house which begins with offering incense for gods.LookAtVietnam – With a traditional music style on the verge of extinction, residents in An [...]

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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...