Tourist spots of vietnam

The tourist area is expected to become a popular destination of the city attracting large number of travelers coming to HCMC as well as contribute to the promoting the beauty of country and Vietnamese people to foreigners, said General director of Mot Thoang Viet Nam Tourist Area, Tran Thi Tuyet Nga. … [Read more...] about HCMC’s tourist spot reopens for visitors

From the afternoon of October 28 to early morning the next day, Kim and other men used hammocks and tree branches to carry three people from the landslide spot to the Tra Leng commune’s clinic, 15 kilometers away. It took them three hours, having to navigate past dozens of landslide spots. Those walking in the front used knives to cut fallen trees and open a way for those behind them. … [Read more...] about Unbearable grief grips landslide survivors in central Vietnam

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

Hanoi (VNA) – The Hanoi-based Vietnam National Puppetry Theatre has launched an experimental art programme named “Trang” (The Moon) that features different types of puppetry to offer the audience a new experience of the Vietnamese culture. Director of the theatre Nguyen Tien Dung said the moon symbolises beauty and peace and is very familiar to every people. It is also an endless source of inspiration for poetry, music, and literature. Hence, his idea is to use the image of the moon, the combination of land and water puppetry, and traditional music to create a contemporary art show that introduces the culture of Vietnam’s ethnic groups, from the north to the south. A performance at the Vietnam National Puppetry Theatre (Photo: VNA) … [Read more...] about New puppetry show promises fresh experience of Vietnamese culture

First created in the 16th-17th centuries in a small village in Bac Ninh’s Thuan Thanh District, Dong Ho paintings are one of the most famous art genres in Việt Nam, combining cultural beauty and values that represent the country’s national heritage. … [Read more...] about Life and times of a Dong Ho artist