Culture
UNESCO recognizes the first cross-border World Heritage Site between Vietnam and Laos
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Vietnam and Laos have the first cross-border Heritage including Phong Nha - Ke Bang National Park (Vietnam) and Hin Nam No National Park (Laos).
Admiring the sacred sites of the World Heritage Site Yen Tu - Vinh Nghiem - Con Son, Kiep Bac
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Quang Ninh - Yen Tu is considered the birthplace of the Sacred Heart because it is where Buddha, King Tran Nhan Tong initiated the Truc Lam Zen movement with a strong philosophy of human life and Vietnamese identity.
Bunraku, timeless beauty
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Last weekend, the audience of the capital enjoyed Bunraku, a traditional puppet art of Japan, recognized by UNESCO as a Representative Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity with the excerpt "The Journey of the Spring Drum" from the play "Yoshitsune and a Thousand Cherry Blossom Plants". Both shows, the audience was packed with spectators and the endless applause showed Bunraku's beauty and appeal.
Poetry page: The summer is ripe
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July was welcomed with bright sunshine, sweet fruits, and ripe lotus, a red foothold with red shoots in the foot, and the wild sunflower like a bird taking flight. I remember the Sonnet poems of W. Shakespeare, the author of the masterpiece "Summer Night Dream" (1600) wrote about the summer that is so special, like the season of the birth of love that those who know love want to last forever: "I will compare you to a summer?/ You are more lovely, more gentle/ The summer rental period is one day too short/ And all your beauty sometimes fades/ Your eternal summer will not fade".
UNESCO recognizes Vietnam as the 9th World Heritage Site
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Quang Ninh - At 6:00 p.m. (Vietnam time), in Paris (France), UNESCO recognized the Yen Tu - Vinh Nghiem - Con Son and Kiep Bac Monuments and Scenes Complex as a World Heritage Site.
