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Gold books and other royal gold objects of the Nguyen Dynasty are on display at the Vietnam National Museum of History in Hanoi from March 31.

People will have opportunities to contemplate gold books and other royal gold objects of the Nguyen Dynasty from March 31 at the Vietnam National Museum of History in Hanoi.

The Prime Minister has approved a project on preserving and improving value of Nguyen Dynasty wood blocks (moc ban), a UNESCO-recognised documentary heritage item.

The Cay Neu (Neu pole) erecting ceremony, a traditional activity in the run up to the Lunar New Year (Tet) festival, was re-enacted at the Hue Imperial Citadel, Thua Thien-Hue province, on February 1.

Central Quang Ngai province’s general museum received a plastic version of an old woodblock on Vietnam’s sovereignty over Ly Son island and Hoang Sa (Paracel) archipelago on December 29.

A copy book of royal decrees, which were issued by various kings of the Nguyen Dynasty (1802-1945), and reprinted on large size, has just been gifted to the National Museum of Vietnam History.

The moc ban (wood blocks) and chau ban (official administrative papers) Kings of the Nguyen Dynasty (1802-1945) used to record history are on display for the first time at an exhibition in Hanoi.

Nearly 100 artefacts related to traditional sacred animals are being displayed at the Vietnam National Museum of History in Hanoi from October 28 to February 2016.

Visitors to the former imperial palace in Hue city can now walk through the same halls once frequented by queens during the Nguyen Dynasty (1802-1945).

Traditional costumes and personal belongings of women in the Nguyen Dynasty were on display at an exhibition held at the Hue Monuments Conservation Centre in Hue city on October 20.