People flock to Hung Kings Temple for the festival (Photo: VNA) Phu Tho (VNA) – The Hung Kings Temple historical relic site in Viet Tri city, the northern midland province of Phu Tho, welcomed over 7 million visitors during the Hung Kings Temple Festival from April 5-14. The figure was provided by the organizing board of the Hung Kings Temple Festival. On April 14, an incense offering ceremony was held in the province Phu Tho to commemorate the death anniversary of Hung Kings, the legendary founders of the nation. The death anniversary of Hung Kings has long been considered a significant day of the whole nation, illustrating the spirit of solidarity and tradition “when drinking water, remember its sources”. Phu Tho along with the Mekong Delta city of Can Tho, the central province of Nghe An, and the northern province of Son La representing different regions across the country has actively carried out plans in celebration of the death anniversary of Hung … [Read more...] about Phu Tho welcomes 7 million arrivals to Hung Kings Temple festival
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iTask Reveals Findings for List of Top Ten Quirky Freelance Jobs Only Found in Singapore During the Festive Season
SINGAPORE - Media OutReach - 16 December 2019 - Singapore based technology start-up iTask releases their findings with compilation of a list of top 10 freelance jobs only found in Singapore during the festive season. iTask is an on-demand talents service marketplace mobile app platform creates the opportunity to improve the community's living quality. The idyllic Christmas lights in Orchard Road and the familiar 'It's Beginning to Feel a Lot Like Christmas' song being played in malls; a reminder that December is the season of joy and giving. To many living in Singapore, Christmas also signals the start of preparations for the next big season, Chinese New Year. Here are the top ten unusual freelance jobs that arose from the hype of these two festive seasons: #1 Spring Cleaning Helpers Everyone expects their homes to look smack and clean during the festive season, however, not many bears the desire or motivation to perform the task of spring cleaning. A simple … [Read more...] about iTask Reveals Findings for List of Top Ten Quirky Freelance Jobs Only Found in Singapore During the Festive Season
Fourth Vietnam Rice Festival underway in Vĩnh Long
Dancers perform at the ceremony of the fourth Vietnam Rice Festival in the southern province of Vĩnh Long. — VNA/VNS Photo VĨNH LONG — The fourth Vietnam Rice Festival is taking place in the Mekong Delta province of Vĩnh Long, with a wide range of events designed to promote agro-economy and rice trade in domestic and foreign markets. Addressing the opening of the event on December 13, Vice Chairman of the Vietnam Farmers’ Union Lương Quốc Đoàn hailed the festival as an important opportunity to boost investment and business development in the rice industry. “The festival aims to support trade promotion and create an opportunity for businesses, cooperatives and individuals in production and business to exchange information on brand promotion and product consumption; to connect supply and demand of consumption markets; and to promote links, joint ventures, and application of new … [Read more...] about Fourth Vietnam Rice Festival underway in Vĩnh Long
British Council funds to develop cultural heritage
An exhibition of the Future of Traditions project which was a recipient of Famlab last year. — Photo courtesy of British Council HÀ NỘI — The Film, Archive and Music Lab (Famlab) Fund announced six projects that would receive financial support to explore Việt Nam's music and film heritage through contemporary mediums. The projects are entitled After the Silent Tiger: Shooting the Indigenous Sound in Central Highlands; Dust and Metal; A Flatpack Festival; Legends as Souls; Liberation Radio and Vườn Lài Wonderland. They have been selected from 30 nominations throughout the whole country. Vietnamese moving-image artist Nguyễn Trinh Thi launched a project in the Central Highlands of Việt Nam, reworking a 1930s American silent film. It also combines newly filmed footage and new music written and performed by Gia Rai ethnic master musicians. Liberation … [Read more...] about British Council funds to develop cultural heritage
What’s on December 16-22 (Daily updated)
MUSIC & PERFORMANCES HCMC – Dance Theater: “Method” Dec 20 and 21, 8 – 10 pm HCMC- Vietnamese play to be restaged as Broadway-style musical Dec 22, 8pm The Gioi Tre Stage, 125 Cong Quynh Street in District 1. __________________________________________________________________________________________________ EXHIBITION Hanoi-Exhibition “Geometric Origami” Opening: Dec 16, 4 pm Hanoi-Exhibition “Heebie Jeebies” Dec 12 – 29, 9 am – 12 pm and 1.30 – 5 pm VICAS Art Studio, 32 Hao Nam Street, Dong Da District From the organizer: A unique voice to Vietnamese contemporary fine arts, bringing about a complex visual impression, which is the harmony between the visible and the invisible, between the positive and negative energies, between rationality and intuition and between excitement and panic… Danang City-Art exhibition honours local artists Dec 7, … [Read more...] about What’s on December 16-22 (Daily updated)
