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).
The Vietnamese population will enter the “aging phase” in 2017, which is expected to create both opportunities and challenges for the country, heard a workshop in Ho Chi Minh City on October 2.
Russian scientists are seeking measures to preserve and restore the My Son sanctuary in the central province of Quang Nam, which was recognised as a World Cultural Heritage Site in 1999.
A meeting was held in Hanoi on July 10 in response to World Population
Day (July 11), aiming to support reproductive healthcare and family
planning for locals vulnerable to natural disasters.
The creative invention “Application of advanced materials in
manufacturing ozone generators for the health protection of the
community” has won first prize in the 2014 Vietnam Science and
Technology Innovation Awards.
Vietnam has made a number of achievements after 12 years of implementing
the Population Ordinance including reducing the birth rate to 17.2 (per
1,000 people) from 19.9 in 1999, said a senior National Assembly
official.
The Vietnam Association of the Elderly (VAE) convened the third national
patriotic emulation congress and marked the 20th founding anniversary
in Hanoi on May 5.
Dong Ho folk painting artisans in the Song Ho village of Thuan Thanh
district, the northern province of Bac Ninh have made the Lunar New Year
(Tet) festival more colourful with the centuries-old art form they are
pursuing.
Dong Ho folk painting artisans in the Song Ho village of Thuan Thanh
district, the northern province of Bac Ninh are increasingly busy during
the days immediately preceding the Lunar New Year (Tet), as more and
more people have become fascinated by this centuries-old art form.
Hanoi authorities are restoring 82 stone tablets recording the royal
examinations held under the Le-Mac dynasties (1442-1779) placed at Van
Mieu (the Temple of Literature) and Quoc Tu Giam (Vietnam’s
first national university).
The Vietnamese community in Japan has rang in the New Year 2015 with a
ceremony praying for peace attended by hundreds of people at
Nisshinkutsu Pagoda in Tokyo.
The central province of Quang Binh’s Quang Trach district chapter of the
Ho Chi Minh Youth Union has launched a programme to plant 103 yellow
apricot trees in front of the grave of late General Vo Nguyen Giap in
Vung Chua-Yen island area.
A fire jumping
performance by 100 Pa Then ethnic artisans warmed up Cultural Heritage
Tourism Week for Ethnic Minority Groups in the northernmost province of
Ha Giang on November 22.
On November 7, 2003, the United Nations Educational, Scientific and
Cultural Organisation (UNESCO) announced its recognition of the Hue
royal court music or “Nha nhac” as an oral and intangible heritage of
humanity.
Culture - Sports
XIII National Congress of Communist Party of Vietnam
