After eight long years, the pavilion opened its doors to visitors early this year. The Hue Monuments Conservation Center plans to carry out reenactments of the Nguyen Dynasty events at Ngu Phung Pavilion and Ngo Mon Gate in forthcoming festivals like Ban Soc, a royal calendar distribution ceremony, and Truyen Lo, a ceremony to honor talented scholars. … [Read more...] about 200-year-old royal pavilion returns to resplendence in Hue
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Tourism park reopens to restore Vietnam’s thousand-year-old culture
HCM City (VNA) – “Mot thoang Viet Nam” (Vietnam at a Glance), a tourism park recreating the beauty of Vietnam’s thousand-year-old traditional culture located on the outskirts of Ho Chi Minh City, was reopened on January 16 after 10 years. Every section of the 20-ha facillity in Cu Chi district tells its own story, said Director Tran Thi Tuyet Nga, citing the Hill of Eggs as an example, saying it tells a folk legend of Lac Long Quan and his wife Au Co who gave birth to a brood of a hundred eggs from which a hundred of children hatched and became the ancestors of all Vietnamese people. Visitors to the park can also observe on-the-spot the traditional making of “do” (poonah) paper, printmaking, and the sericulture. Traditional houses of people from various parts of the country with different styles of architecture are also recreated here to offer visitors a glimpse of the Vietnamese living spaces./. … [Read more...] about Tourism park reopens to restore Vietnam’s thousand-year-old culture
In Tokyo’s lockdown, some drink on even after authorities call time
Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga declared a state of emergency for Tokyo and surrounding prefectures this month. He expanded it to 11 prefectures accounting for 55% of the population on Wednesday. Unlike in many other countries with mandatory lockdowns, Japanese authorities legally can only urge people to stay at home and businesses to close. … [Read more...] about In Tokyo’s lockdown, some drink on even after authorities call time
Unbearable grief grips landslide survivors in central Vietnam
He does not remember what happened next. Later, he regained consciousness at a spot around 30 meters away, feeling dizzy. He crawled to his feet and saw the arm of a woman sticking out of layers of mud and waving. He pulled out and asked her to raise her voice if she saw anyone else and moved on to try and save others. … [Read more...] about Unbearable grief grips landslide survivors in central Vietnam
Police break up drug ring run by septuagenarian woman in northern Vietnam
An official from the provincial Department of Police told Tuoi Tre (Youth) newspaper on Saturday that officers had searched the house of Tran Thi Dam, 75, in Quang Trung Ward, Thai Binh City, which is the capital of the namesake province. … [Read more...] about Police break up drug ring run by septuagenarian woman in northern Vietnam
