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UNESCO listing helps save dying art
04/02/2012 01:40
Xoan Singing artists in Phu Tho , Photo: Tuoitre The endangered vocal art from the northern province of Phu Tho is many hundreds of years old, but the art form's professional practitioners now number only 120. UNESCO listing of xoan singing as a valuable example of...
Buffalo killing festival of the Cham
04/02/2012 01:37
The festival takes place in the fourth month in the Cham calendar to worship Po Rum Pan and other gods. Other Cham groups hold the buffalo killing festival once every 7 years. However, the Cham in Lac Tanh kills a buffalo every year to worship their gods at Po Rum Pan temple. They all...
Yen Tu Spring Festival opens in Quang Ninh Province
04/02/2012 01:24
Celebrations for the spring festival began with a religious ceremony that saw more than 100 Buddhist dignitaries, monks, nuns and followers joining in to offer incense to King Tran Nhan Tong, who ruled the country from 1279 until 1293 and later renounced the throne for a devout life...
Hue Festival features foreign performers
01/02/2012 09:58
A performance in Hue city Festival 2010, Photo: VNA Three of the troupes, Carabosse fire performers, Combo Box jazz concert and Ego street festival come from France. The festival, themed “Cultural Heritage with Integration and Development -The Rendezvous of Historical...
Travel firms reap success in Tet holiday
01/02/2012 09:57
A traditional festival during Tet in the central province of Quang Ngai�attracts large number of visitors. Numerous large tour operators in HCMC such as Ben Thanh Tourist, Fiditourist, Vietravel, Saigontourist and Lien Bang Travelink reported good performance during the Tet holiday...
Admiring special ceramics for Tet in Vietnam
26/01/2012 05:17
Several months before Tet, some people paid visits to traditional ceramic villages to order special ceramic items for Tet Artisan To Thanh Son from Hanoi’s Bat Trang ceramic village told VietNamNet that besides popular products as flower vases and pots, tea-sets, dishes, statues,...
First day of the dragon year on flower street
24/01/2012 05:22
� The flower road officially opened to visitors from 7pm Jan 20. Themed “Viet Nam Que Huong Toi” (Vietnam my home country), the annual flower road displays spectacular arrangement of fresh flowers and ornamental trees to welcome Tet. The...