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.
