Culture

Looking to the “Distant East”

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“Distant East” is the 13th solo exhibition of artist Ngo Van Sac, on display at Thang Long Art Gallery (Hanoi) from January 10, 2025. Including nearly 50 works made from wood, with 3 main types: paintings, installations, sculptures, the artist has an interesting approach to wood materials as well as traditional elements in Vietnamese culture.

Lost in the fairy tale land of ice in Harbin

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Standing in the middle of the world's largest ice and snow park, the dream of becoming a princess in a fairy tale came flooding back.

Turning a deserted island into a flower island on the historic land of Dien Bien

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After meeting with General Vo Nguyen Giap, Doctor of Biotechnology - Tran Le was determined to turn a deserted island into a beautiful flower island on the heroic historical land of Dien Bien Phu.

Poetry Page: January Across Vietnam

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The endless beauty of Vietnam through 12 months is not only like the longing of Vu Bang when in Saigon, longing to return to the North through the masterpiece "Thuong nho Muoi 2".The North has 4 distinct seasons, the South has 2 seasons, rainy and sunny.That is nature!
In the love of the country, belonging to the spirit of loving life, wanting to explore Vietnam, Spring is the season of birth of hope, desire, and January is the most magical because it connects more than a hundred million Vietnamese people with the atmosphere of preparing to welcome Lunar New Year, the traditional New Year of the nation.

Pride of Vietnam and the quintessence of pottery

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On weekends, about 15km from the center of Hanoi, there is a red address that attracts many tourists to visit and admire. That is the Center for the Essence of Vietnamese Craft Villages - Bat Trang Ceramic Museum, an architectural complex located on a 3,700m² land area, with one side facing Bat Trang village, the other side facing Bac Hung Hai canal, with a total estimated investment of 150 billion VND.

People nominated outstanding events of Ho Chi Minh City in 50 years

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People not only participate in voting but can also suggest outstanding events and activities of Ho Chi Minh City in the past 50 years.

Quang Nam spends 12 billion VND to renovate the largest Buddhist temple in Southeast Asia

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Quang Nam - Sang Tower of Dong Duong Buddhist Monastery National Special Relic will be restored with a project worth 12 billion VND.

Opera and Ballet Theatre actor dies of respiratory failure

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Confirming with Lao Dong Newspaper on October 23, Mr. Le Ha My - Director of the Ho Chi Minh City Ballet Symphony Orchestra and Opera - said that actor Nguyen Phan Manh Duy had passed away.

There is no such thing as “stupid”

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The neighbor scolded his son loudly in the middle of the night: "You studied so much but you're so stupid!"

Vietnam - Korea Cultural Exchange Festival 2024 in Ho Chi Minh City

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The 2024 Vietnam - Korea Cultural Exchange Festival will take place from October 26 to 27 in Ho Chi Minh City.

Number of tourists searching for year-end holidays skyrockets

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Traveloka announces notable travel trends for travelers at the end of the year, and shares impressive results from 10.10 Travel Fest in Southeast Asia and Australia.

Lao Dong reporter wins INTA 2024 honorary degree (Spain)

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The organizing committee of the “International Travel Photography Awards - INTA 2024” (Spain) has just announced the results of the photo contest on the theme of tourism.

Feeling of defeat

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Sitting and drinking beer on a cool autumn day is really pleasant, the weather is sometimes sunny, sometimes cloudy, just like human life has its ups and downs. You entered the art path a bit late, but in return you put all your effort into it, so you reaped success right away.

Viewing old Southern lamps of a collector in An Giang

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An Giang - Each lamp has its own uniqueness from material to design... showing the richness in the cultural and spiritual life of the Southern people.

The 200-year-old house of the chief's family in Dien Bien

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An ancient house over 200 years old on the Tua Chua stone plateau (Dien Bien) originally belonged to a family of a local chief, and is still quite intact.

Han Kang, Nobel Prize in Literature and the Ginkgo Tree

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If the 2024 Nobel Prize in Literature is a metaphor, it is the ginkgo tree for Han Kang. The dazzling effect of the prestigious award will pass, but the questions of conscience and humanity in each page of the female writer dubbed "Korean Kafka" will live on forever.

Hanoi - Not just "A time to remember"

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As part of the events celebrating the 70th anniversary of Hanoi Liberation, the photo exhibition “Hanoi - A Time to Remember” by two photographers Andy Soloman and Le Bich was introduced to the public in the capital on October 10, 2024. The exhibition introduces 86 black and white photos of Hanoi in 20 years of transformation (1992 - 2012), helping viewers not only see Hanoi in the past, but also imagine more about Vietnam throughout the past time.

Hanoi develops tourism in the "capital of votive paper"

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Hanoi - Phuc Am Village (Thuong Tin) is the largest traditional craft village making votive paper effigies in Hanoi, and is being developed for tourism on the Nam Thang Long route.

Understanding a hidden corner of Indochina art

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For the first time, many issues of our country's art history during the French colonial period are revealed through a quality research publication by Dr. Nguyen Quoc Dinh.

In the stormy garden

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I am talking about a Nhu Binh in poetry.Of course, poetry does not inherently make Nhu Binh less successful or happy, and in fact, no one naively identifies the biographical author with the image of the author in poetry.