According to Giang A Pao, a Mong ethnic porter, who is in charge of guiding climbers to the two mountains, at the height of 2,000 to 2,500 meters are charming maple forests with age-old trees whose trunk is so big that one is unable to embrace the whole of it. … [Read more...] about Maple forests in Vietnam
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Art of command in 1979 northern border defence war
Hanoi, (VNA) – The northern border defence war in 1979 has demonstrated Vietnam’s strength and intelligence in critical situations. The art of command during that war is analysed in an article by Associate Professor and Doctor Ho Khang, former deputy director of the Vietnam Military History Institute. In early 1979, when the Vietnam People’s Army toppled the reactionary Pol Pot regime in Cambodia and helped the Cambodian people escape from genocide, the Chinese Government joined some Western countries in launching propaganda campaigns distorting the presence of the Vietnamese voluntary troops in Cambodia, with the aim of sabotaging Vietnam’s revolution and imposing its interest on the Indochina peninsula. As both political and diplomatic pressure failed to produce the desired goal, Chinese leaders mobilized around 600,000 troops along with hundreds of tanks and armoured vehicles to open a direct attack on February 17, 1979 on Vietnam along the full length of … [Read more...] about Art of command in 1979 northern border defence war
Values of Dong Da Hill in Hanoi
Dong Da Hill King Quang Trung’s statue was erected next to Dong Da Hill on the 200th anniversary of the Ngoc Hoi - Dong Da victory. The statue is 15 meters tall and weighs 200 tons. It is made of reinforced concrete, covered with marble and coated with bronze that resembles dragon’s scales. The statue is flanked by two delicately carved relievos, depicting the Tay Son troops’ advance at several points around Hanoi before their final victory in Dong Da. … [Read more...] about Values of Dong Da Hill in Hanoi
What’s on January 20-26 (Daily updated)
Hanoi Studio Gallery, 13 Trang Tien Street, Hoan Kiem District, Featuring artworks by 13 painters and sculptors: Vu Dinh Tuan, Mai Xuan Oanh, Lieu Nguyen Huong Duong, Pham Thai Binh, Nguyen Tran Cuong, Nguyen Dinh Vu, Tran Van An, Nguyen The Hung, Do Hiep, Nguyen Quoc Trung, Vu Binh Minh, Doan Van Toi, and Nguyen Tuan Dung. Hanoi-Exhibition: “Green river, blue mountain” L’Espace, 24 Trang Tien Street, Hoan Kiem District, Featuring visual artist Le Giang, the winner of the resident artist program “Tuong ho” Villa Saigon 2019. Following her works during a three-month stay at the Cité Internationale des Arts (Paris), based on the archives of an international colonial exhibition chain that took place from 1906 to 1931 in France, Le Giang extracted images of Vietnam colonial period created in French popular culture. In the process of examining these historical documents, she turned her query gaze into the shared past between the two countries. The … [Read more...] about What’s on January 20-26 (Daily updated)
