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The next two successive wins against Fabiano Caruana (US) and Shakhriyar Mamedyarov (Azerbaijan) were not enough to bring Liem to the top of the table as he settled for fourth place overall with a total of 19 points, behind Levon Aronian and Sergey Karjakin (20 points) and Viswanathan Anand (19.5 points). … [Read more...] about Vietnam’s top chess player pockets US$15,000 after fourth-place finish at Romania Grand Tour

Hoi An (VNA) - Popular Japanese singer Ueno Yuuka, who was appointed Goodwill Ambassador for the Hoi An-Japan Cultural Exchange, will perform with singer Kawamura Yui and the Kolme band from Japan on Lunar New Year’s eve at the Sculpture Park in the ancient city on January 24. The city said the performance will begin at 10.30pm and be followed by a firework display. The show is part of events to celebrate the New Year in the UNESCO world heritage site. Local craft demonstrations, folk performances, a photo exhibition and a boat race will be organised in the evening on the Hoai River bank from January 24-29. A glutinous cake making competition will be held among communes and villages in suburban of Hoi An from January 21-24. Craft villages in Hoi An will host festivals to honour their traditional products, including tree planting at Tra Que vegetable village; Kim Bong carpentry village; and a maize festival … [Read more...] about Hoi An to celebrate Lunar New Year with various activities

Located in between Vietnamese traditional street houses and French-style houses are premises and temples of the Chinese origin, which shows a very typical mix of cultural interference and exchange on this land . The town is also home to the only existing ancient bridge, which is currently known as Chua Cau (Pagoda Bridge) or Japanese covered bridge. … [Read more...] about Hoi An Ancient Town: a timeless beauty

Quang Nam (VNA) - The Ky Uc Hoi An (Hoi An Memories) – a 60-minute show on the history and development of Hoi An – has welcomed their one-millionth visitor. A tourist from Belgium was the lucky winner. Two other Vietnamese visitors – the one millionth and one place and the 999,999th in the show’s booking system – also received gifts from the organising board at the September 21 show. Hoi An Memories – which had been shown for 500 nights since its debut in 2018, features 500 artists and has been seen as an amazing entertainment destination at night in the UNESCO-recognised world heritage site after lantern night in the old quarter and the Middle Autumn Full moon festival. The five-part show features the daily life activities of Hoi An people including silk trade, ceramic production, art of folk performance, a busy trading and a culture cross of Japanese, Chinese and European through busy visit of merchant ships at Hoi An ancient trading port during … [Read more...] about Hoi An Memories show hosts the one millionth audience

The Italian square featured many activities including Aristino fashion show, cuisine demonstrations and cooking contest hosted by Italian chef Stefania Corrado, music shows of Acappella Mezzotono band, Simona De Rosa, Italian DJ Walter Natale, karaoke singing contest, live broadcast of football games of Italian professional league Serie A and the screening of Italian film “Quo Vado?”. … [Read more...] about Hanoi’s centre turns into Italian square