Nhan Dan - The Vietnamese saw a big year in 2012 in term of culture when a wide variety of events were held across the country to honour its rich culture and fine traditions won international acclaim. The Culture and Arts Department of Nhan Dan has selected the following as top ten cultural events of 2012. 1. The worship ceremony of Hung Kings in Phu Tho province was inscribed on the Representative List of the Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity by the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organisation. The inscription marks the recognition by the international community of Vietnam's thousand-year-old history, culture and spiritual life. The ceremony spans across a wide area centred around the Temple of Hung Kings in Phu Tho with unique folk practices, rituals and festivities, representing the solidarity, community strength and cultural identity of Vietnam. 2. Woodblocks used to print Buddhist sutras from the Truc Lam Zen Sect at the Vinh Nghiem Temple … [Read more...] about Vietnamese culture celebrates a brilliant year
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Natural wood products feature Vietnamese culture
(VEN) - The Tien Tai Company Limited in Lam Dong Province is not the only business specializing in producing wooden furniture in Vietnam. However, with great dedication to create products featuring Vietnamese culture, Company Director Bui Phuong Trinh has found her own route to success. Beginning her business with empty hands, Bui Phuong Trinh has experienced numerous difficulties. In a visit to her motherland, Nam Dinh Province, she found that artisans here created very nice wood products. She bought a table and chair set and brought it to Da Lat for family use. Her neighbors very much liked this table and chair set. In 2005, the idea of opening a shop to trade in wood products occurred in her mind and she made it come true. With a passion for creativity, Bui Phuong Trinh established the Tien Tai Company Limited and equipped it with adequate machinery to make high-grade natural wood products. The company has created wood furniture products that carry the soul of Vietnamese culture. … [Read more...] about Natural wood products feature Vietnamese culture
Polish woman keen on Vietnamese culture
PANO - With a ticket valued at approximately 5,000 VND, Polish visitors in Warsaw can visit a Vietnamese market right in their country as well as enjoy and see with their own eyes typical Vietnamese culture such as Pho restaurants, banh cuon (steamed rolled rice pancake), dragon dances, martial arts performances, films and the traditional dress, the Ao dai. It is thanks to Ms Joanna Warsza, a Polish social cultural activist, through Trip to Asia project. Vietnamese culture inWarsaw Joanna is now in Ha Tay province to shoot images of an overseas Vietnamese village, which is invested in by some Vietnamese expatriates in Poland. It is part of her plan for the second stage of Trip to Asia, which was presented in June 2006. On this second stage, Joanna wishes to record the lives of some Vietnamese in Poland, who were forced to come back to the homeland after the biggest open-air market at Warsaw Central Stadium was closed. Through Trip to Asia, she and her colleagues would like to act … [Read more...] about Polish woman keen on Vietnamese culture
Solve Vietnamese culture crossword to win prizes
RULES AND ELIGIBILITY CULTURAL MOSAIC CROSSWORD ( Vietnamese version) >> Get the Picture quiz >> Tet Tet Tet quiz >> Who's Who writing contest Eligibility: The crossword is open to all Tuoi Tre Newspaper's readers, excluding the staff, employees and reporters of Tuoi Tre, and those of the sponsor. Duration: Entry is open from now to 11:59pm, February 16, 2012. How to enter Contest entrants visit the website http://www.tuoitrenews.vn/cmlink/tuoitrenews/game/ , select the Cultural Mosaic crossword, and click Sign up to create an account (free of charge) with correct information as requested in the registration form. Each ID number, passport, and email is eligible for only ONE account. For any further information, please send your question to [email protected] with the subject title "Queries on Cultural Mosaic Crossword 2012."How the game is played This is an English crossword about Vietnamese culture, with 10 clues to help the entrants think their ways … [Read more...] about Solve Vietnamese culture crossword to win prizes
37 art photos about Vietnamese culture, people by French photographer display at HCMC
This is one of the monthly activities of the company’s Fun Photography, which provides quality and meaningful works of art for young people with passion for photography, as well as promotes the values of Vietnamese people and culture.All the photos will be sold throughout the exhibition to raise money for charity work supporting disadvantaged ethnic people living in Vietnam. Photographer Réhahn has travelled to more than 35 countries around the world and decided to live in the central province of Quang Nam’s Hoi An city.Last year, he was voted one of the top 20 photographers worldwide on the website International Photography. He is one of the most featured photographers of the last four years, having amassed a serious following.Visiting 49 of the 54 nationalities throughout the country, he has spent his time building strong relationships with the people. He witnessed first hand the complex diversity and fragility of some ethnic groups’ cultural heritage. He built … [Read more...] about 37 art photos about Vietnamese culture, people by French photographer display at HCMC