Hue plans sustainable tourism development
The People’s Committee of the imperial
Hue city hosted a workshop on making plan for Hue’s sustainable
tourism development by 2020 on Jan. 19.
Culture - Sports
Experts call for urgent conservation of Phu Tho’s folk songs
Music experts have called on
administrations at all levels to take part in promoting “Xoan” songs
among all classes of people to conserve this fading folk music of the
midland province of Phu Tho.
Hung Kings feted in Phu Tho
A wide range of activities will take place in the northern province of Phu Tho
to celebrate the death anniversary of the Hung King and the opening of the Hung
Temple Festival, to take place from April 14 to 23.
Culture - Sports
Top ten cultural, sports, tourism activities in 2009
The Ministry of Culture, Sports and
Tourism (MoCST) officially announced 10 outstanding cultural, sports
and tourism activities in 2009 in the central city of Da Nang on
Dec. 27.
Phu Tho prepares for ancestor’s death anniversary
The northern province of Phu Tho is
carrying out numerous activities in preparation for the anniversary of
Hung King death, which falls on April 4.
Society
Vietnam’s top ten events in 2009
The Communist Party of Vietnam Central Committee (CPVCC) decided
that the 11th National Party Congress will be held in January 2011.
Southern amateur music to be submitted to UNESCO
The Mekong Delta city of Can Tho is
building up a file on Dan ca tai tu Nam bo (Southern amateur music) to
be submitted to the UNESCO for recognition as an intangible cultural
heritage, said a provincial official.
Culture - Sports
Int’l seminar on preservation of gong culture
An international seminar on the changes
of socio-economic life and gong culture preservation in Vietnam and
Southeast Asia was held.
Culture - Sports
International gong festival begins
Sixty gong troupes from five Asian
countries and 24 cities and provinces in Vietnam kicked off the first
International Gong Festival in the Central Highland province of Gia Lai
on Nov. 12 night.
1.7 mln USD earmarked to expand culture database
The Ministry of Culture, Sports and
Tourism has decided to invest 31 billion VND (around 1.73 million USD)
in eight new satellite database centres that preserve information on
intangible cultural heritages of ethnic groups in the country.
Central Highlands to host Gong festival
The 2009 International Gong Festival
will be organised for the first time in the Central Highlands province
of Gia Lai’s Pleiku city from November 12-15.
Hoi An works on boosting tourism
Hoi An town in the central province of
Quang Nam is building a 2 billion VND tourism promotion plan between
now and 2010.
Culture - Sports
“Hat Xoan” dossier built for UNESCO’s recognition
How to build a dossier and collect
documents on “Hat Xoan” to be submitted to UNESCO for recognition as an
Intangible Cultural Heritage in need of urgent protection was discussed
at a symposium on Oct. 13.
Culture - Sports
Action to protect newly-recognised intangible culture
Vietnam has snapped into action to
protect two of its indigenous art forms after they were recently
recognised by UNESCO as part of the world’s intangible cultural
heritage.
Ca Tru added to Heritage List
Ca Tru (ceremonial singing) has been
listed as a cultural heritage in need of urgent protection by the
United Nation’s Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organisation
(UNESCO).
Culture - Sports
UNESCO gives nod to “Quan Ho”
“Quan Ho Bac Ninh” singing (Bac Ninh
folk love duets) has been recognised as an Intangible Cultural Heritage
of Humanity at the fourth session of the UNESCO International
Committee, in Abu Dhabi , the capital of the United Arab Emirates.
Central Highlands province busy for Gong festival
The atmosphere in the Central Highlands province of Gia Lai these days is
heating up with preparations for the International Gong Festival which is
scheduled to be organised on Nov. 12-15.
Business
Central Highlands endeavours to call on investment
A forum to promote investment in the Central Highlands
wrapped up in Buon Ma Thuot city on September 5 with more than 120
projects in various industries in the region sealed.
Almost 60 projects were inked in farm-forestry processing, 24 in tourism, 20 in industry, eight in urban development and 10 in health care, education and transport at the Forum on Investment Promotion for the Central Highlands, initiated by the Central Highlands Steering Committee, the Ministry of Planning and Investment and Central Highlands provinces.
Almost 60 projects were inked in farm-forestry processing, 24 in tourism, 20 in industry, eight in urban development and 10 in health care, education and transport at the Forum on Investment Promotion for the Central Highlands, initiated by the Central Highlands Steering Committee, the Ministry of Planning and Investment and Central Highlands provinces.
Politics
PM hears Hanoi’s master plan through 2030
Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung has asked international
consultants to focus on preserving the tangible and intangible values
of Hanoi ’s old quarter and developing linkages between the city and
other localities while working on a master plan for the city toward
2030.
“Thousand-year Thang Long-Hanoi” website debuts
A website to introduce the capital city
of Hanoi’s thousand-year history, as well as the tangible and
intangible cultural traditions, of the country in general and Hanoi’s
ancient citadel in particular, went on-line on Aug. 11.
