Posts Tagged ‘ Van Phuc ’

Phở real? 

September 24, 2011
Phở real? 

  Soup is not the only way to enjoy Vietnam’s signature dish – “mixed pho” is a new dry blend of soft noodle threads and tasty sauce Phở gà trộn (rice noodles mixed with chicken). When rice noodles are mixed with chicken, the dish tastes greasy but not fatty. Phở (noodle soup) is a delicacy [...]

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Factories poach northern craftsmen 

July 23, 2011
Factories poach northern craftsmen 

A man makes shoes in the handicraft village of Gie Ha. The village, with a tradition for leather shoe making that stretches back nearly 100 years, produces about 100,000 pairs of hand-made shoes a year.. Nguyen Thi Dung, a craftsperson from Hanoi’s Van Phuc Silk Village, recently applied for a job at a garment factory [...]

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Van Phuc wins yellow jersey at HTV Cycling Cup 2011 

May 7, 2011
Van Phuc wins yellow jersey at HTV Cycling Cup 2011 

  Ho Van Phuc of the ADC Vinh Long Television Station team was the fastest cyclist of the HTV Cycling Cup competition that ended April 30 in Ho Chi Minh City. Phuc won the yellow jersey by finishing the 23rd edition of the nine-stage 1,075km tour in 27 hours, 33 minutes one second, followed by [...]

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Traditional Hanoi silk-making village struggles for survival

January 2, 2010
Traditional Hanoi silk-making village struggles for survival

Artisan Nguyen Huu Chinh sighed looking at the looms, which used to produce high-quality silk. Now, they have fallen idle.  A weaver at the silk-making village of Van Phuc in Hanoi.“The raw material prices have increased so much that we cannot earn any profits from silk production. We had to stop the operation of some [...]

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Traditional Hanoi silk-making village struggles for survival

January 2, 2010
Traditional Hanoi silk-making village struggles for survival

A weaver at the silk-making village of Van Phuc in Hanoi. Artisan Nguyen Huu Chinh sighed looking at the looms, which used to produce high-quality silk, the pride of Van Phuc Village in Hanoi. Now, they have fallen idle and are completely covered in grime. “The raw material prices have increased so much that we [...]

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Van Phuc silk village: weaving machines left idle because of no materials

December 18, 2009
Van Phuc silk village: weaving machines left idle because of no materials

Van Phuc Silk Village in Hanoi has 600 households which weave the fabric. In its golden age nearly one thousand weaving machines ran at the same time. Material prices jump Nguyen Thi Ha, the owner of Thu Ha Silk Shop in Van Phuc Village, said that only five weaving machines out of14 are still working, because [...]

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All is not what it seems at Van Phuc Silk Village

November 28, 2009
All is not what it seems at Van Phuc Silk Village

Visitors to Van Phuc Silk Village who want to enjoy the peaceful environment of a craft village and the chance to buy an authentic piece of silk might be disappointed. A silk shop in Van Phuc village. A craft village ruined by market mechanism? Many Van Phuc villagers have become rich from silk. Nguyen Van Sinh, chairman [...]

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Exhibition to praise Hanoi traditional craft villages

October 4, 2009
Exhibition to praise Hanoi traditional craft villages

An exhibition to praise Hanoi’s traditional craft villages will be organised from October 6 to 10, featuring various activities to honour Hanoian artists and traditional crafts. Van Phuc silk weaving techniques will be introduced to visitors.LookAtVietnam – An exhibition to praise Hanoi’s traditional craft villages will be co-organised by the Ministry of Culture, Sports and [...]

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Hanoi: some schools deserted, others overcrowded

August 3, 2009
Hanoi: some schools deserted, others overcrowded

Some schools are so overcrowded that they have 60 students in every class, while others are still looking to enroll more students. What’s more – these two types of schools are often located in the same area. Van Phuc Primary School in Ba Dinh districtThe enrolment of students into schools should have finished by the [...]

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Tourists snub handicraft villages

March 15, 2009
Tourists snub handicraft villages

Tourists at Bat Trang pottery village in Ha Noi. The number of tourists visiting traditional handicraft villages has decreased sharply. LookAtVietnam – The number of tourists visiting traditional handicraft villages has decreased sharply since Viet Nam was hit by the global economic recession.Van Phuc Village in the west of Ha Noi, one of the country’s [...]

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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...