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I’ve lost track of how many Tets I’ve spent in Viet Nam. Years ago, I experienced Tet in wartime Quang Ngai. I enjoyed Tet in peacetime Ha Noi and at villages in the Red River and Mekong Delta while researching After Sorrow. I joined television teams from Viet Nam Television and the US Public Broadcasting [...]
Thousands of historical objects and paintings from collections nationwide are on display at a new exhibition in Ha Noi. To welcome the Year of the Dragon, a number of objects are on show featuring the mythical creature from the Ly-Tran dynasties (11th-14th century), the Le dynasty (15-18th centuries) and the Nguyen dynasty (18th century to [...]
The number of international tourists in Ha Noi during Tet soared by 16 per cent against the same period last year to some 183,000, the Department of Culture, Sports and Tourism reported yesterday, Jan 31. The department also forecast a steep rise in the number of visitors from China, Japan, France, Australia, South Korea [...]
Three cases of meningococcal disease and 72 cases of hand-foot-mouth disease have been reported nationwide since January 21, Deputy Minister of Health Nguyen Viet Tien said yesterday, Jan 30. Photo: SGGP None of the cases were fatal, he said. One case of meningococcal disease was in Ha Noi and the other two were in [...]
The Ha Noi police have raised security around the Huong (Perfume) Pagoda site, which is known for becoming overcrowded and theft-prone during the Huong Pagoda festival. The pagoda is a vast complex of Buddhist temples and shrines built into the Huong Tich limestone mountains in Huong Son Commune, My Duc District, about 60 kilometres [...]
Ha Noi Transport Corporation (Transerco) has been put in charge of granting licences and managing car parks in the centre of Ha Noi on a trial basis from next month, the municipal People’s Committee has announced. Restaurant staff park customers’ motobikes on Kim Nguu Street, Hai Ba Trung District, Ha Noi. (Photo: VNS) Transerco, a [...]
Pianist Nguyen Anh 9 will celebrate 50 years in music with an one-night concert in Ha Noi’s Au Co Theatre on Thursday. Keyed up: Pianist Nguyen Anh 9 has composed about 30 songs mostly about broken love. — File Photo The concert will be the first held by the HCM-based pianist in the capital [...]
Two hundred and fifty of the best photos at the sixth International Artistic Photo Contest in Viet Nam are now on display at the Temple of Literature in Ha Noi. Life in mono: The black-and-white photo Three Little Mong Girls by Tran Thiet Dung won a gold medal. The contest was launched in May [...]
Singer of the Year 2010 Tung Duong will perform the songs that created his reputation during his first ever live show in Ha Noi this week. Entitled Nhung Chuyen Di (The Journeys), the show is a story of the milestones in his career over the past eight years since Duong shot to fame in the [...]
The Ha Noi Department of Transport proposes to ban all vehicles in 10 streets in the central city from early next year, the department director, Nguyen Quoc Hung, said on Tuesday. The streets are Hang Dao, Hang Ngang, Hang Duong, Dong Xuan, Le Lai, Le Thach, Le Thai To, Dinh Tien Hoang, Hang Khay and [...]