Weekend LaoDong

Maintaining the color of Dong Ho paintings

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Mr. Nguyen Huu Qua is one of the last artisans of Dong Ho painting village (Thuan Thanh, Bac Ninh), the 500-year-old painting making craft has just been recognized by UNESCO as an Intangible Cultural Heritage that needs urgent protection.

A place to preserve the memories of scents

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Osmotheque in Versailles, France is the world's largest museum of perfume, where experts have restored thousands of ancient recipes to the original. Here, the traditional scents are revived and stored as part of the cultural heritage of humanity.

Reviving cans, reviving dreams

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The entrepreneurial journey of Luong Thanh Nguyen, a Dong Nai boy born in 1992, began with a very coincident moment: Seeing a hat made from a beer can.

Bringing craft villages to the world

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On December 9, UNESCO included Dong Ho folk painting making craft in the list of Intangible Cultural Heritage that needs urgent protection not only as an honor but also a reminder of protecting traditional values passed down from ancient times...

Oil trees that keep Ao Ba Om

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Standing in front of the almost square rectangular clay block of Ao Ba Om - a water containing works dug completely by hand - in the mind cannot help but admire.

Two unique ancient villages and “Hollywood Mo”

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Not far from the city center there is a famous ancient village, Tay Mo village, now in Tay Mo ward, Nam Tu Liem district, Hanoi city.

Oil lamp - not just a light of memories

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Now, for many people, oil lamps are old objects with little value, but they were once a part of our ancestors' lives... From the oil lamp we can trace back to the dear old days. Therefore, it is not only the light of memories...

Rapper Tien Dat: Thanks to art, I feel less arid

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Rapper Tien Dat had a conversation with Lao Dong Newspaper reporter about his journey after 10 years of "hiding" and the story of balancing art, family life, and passion for business.

Peaceful day in the "land of the pyramids" Egypt

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Every landmark in Egypt holds thousands of years of history, from the Nile River to the thousand-year-old temples.

Rodri Hernandez: The Emotion Seeker

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“My whole life I have lived between two worlds, one is ‘football’, the other is the ‘real world’” - Rodri Hernandez, Ballon d'Or 2024 said.

Expectations for the performance market in 2024

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The performance market in the last months of 2024 recorded unprecedented records when large-scale concerts of "Anh trai say hi" and "Call Me by Fire" continuously announced performance schedules gathering 20,000 - 30,000 spectators.

Behind the appeal of 2 "big brother" concerts

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To have a packed audience, with a scale of up to tens of thousands of people for the two recent "big brother" concerts, was a million-dollar game for personnel, sound, lighting and many other factors to contribute to creating spectacular shows.

Diving to hunt giant sardines in Balicasag

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If you have the opportunity to visit Panglao, you should definitely not miss Balicasag, a small island known as the "green pearl in the ocean" of the Philippine island nation for diving.

The era of new-style theater

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As digital technology continues to evolve, traditional theatre is also transforming. Today’s theatre experiences transcend the physical, bringing audiences into a space that is more immersive, interactive and intimate than ever before.

Young Nepalese man and impressive mountain climbing record

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At the age of 18, Nima Rinji Sherpa has done what many experienced climbers dream of: successfully conquering the world's 14 highest peaks, over 8,000m.

Poetry Page: Open Season

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A rare coincidence is that November 1st is also the first day of October, the first lunar month of Winter.Time flies so fast that we have entered the last season of the year, the busy season of work, the wedding season and the season of love - creativity burns hot, the light is offered when the weather is cold, when the challenge is extreme - because of that exuberance to prepare to welcome the most colorful, fresh things.
The new season, from the spirit of aesthetics, the power of life in poetry.

The rustic features in Trang The Hy's works

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Writer Trang The Hy left behind many books with valuable documents about stories from the South, with familiar and simple language that readers will remember forever.

Rambling about a literary story

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On October 18, 2024, Ho Chi Minh City Law Newspaper published an interview with poet Nguyen Quang Thieu - Chairman of the Vietnam Writers Association about creative work and the purpose of literature with young writers in Ho Chi Minh City, on the occasion of Korean writer Han Kang winning the Nobel Prize in Literature.

Positive signals for Vietnam's performance industry

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As Vietnam becomes a vibrant and attractive cultural destination, the combination of culture and economy will create a complete and long-term profitable cultural industrial ecosystem.

"The gentleman tree" - each tree is like each person

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More than 3 years after his first solo exhibition, young artist Hoang Thien Phuc, born in the 90s, has his second solo exhibition at Mo Art Space (Hanoi). Titled “The Gentleman Tree”, the 17 works express the artist’s consistent idea of ​​the relationship between humans and nature in modern life, raising many questions for viewers.