HERITAGE

The Hanoitimes - The project aims to preserve and promote the value of the Co Loa historical site in Dong Anh district after the site is reported to be encroached seriously. The Hanoi People’s Committee has issued a decision on preserving and promoting the value of the Co Loa historical site in Dong Anh district during the 2018 - 2020 period with total cost amounting to approximately VND60 billion (US$2.6 million).   Co Loa historical site. Accordingly, the project will cover an area of 860.4 hectares, including the center of the Co Loa Citadel and subordinate constructions at Co Loa, Duc Tu, Viet Hung and Uy No communes in the district. Hanoi's authority has assigned the Thang Long - Hanoi Heritage Conservation Center to serve as the main agency that monitors the implementation of the plan in accordance with current regulations of the state and the city. In addition, the center is tasked with managing construction investment and restoration of the relic site; taking … [Read more...] about Hanoi to spend US$2.6 million to preserve the Co Loa historical site

The Hanoitimes - An exhibition and seminar about President Ho Chi Minh’s revolutionary life and his 60-year-old stilt house (Nha san), where the President lived during the last years of his life, opened at the Ho Chi Minh Relic Site on May 11. Jointly organized by Ministry of Culture, Sport and Tourism and President Ho Chi Minh Mausoleum Management Board, the event is part of the activities to celebrate the 128th birth anniversary of President Ho Chi Minh.   Delegates cut the ribbon to kick of the exhibition The exhibition displays over 200 photos and objects, focusing on topics related to the life and revolutionary career of the President. The display depicts President Ho Chi Minh and his house in Viet Bac revolutionary base in Vietnam’s northern region and his stilt house in the Presidential Palace in Hanoi, symbol of President Ho’s thoughts, morals, and lifestyle and the spirit of national unity and international integration. On the occasion, a … [Read more...] about Hanoi held exhibition highlighting 60th anniversary of President Ho Chi Minh’s stilt house

The Hanoitimes - The Hanoi Department of Culture and Sports has just granted the Official Letter No. 1382/SVHTT-QLDT on enhancing the management of preservation, renovation and restoration of historical and cultural relic sites and attractions in the Capital city.   Thang Long Imperial Citadel Under the Official Letter, carrying out the direction of the Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism at the Document No.1125/BVHTTDL-DSVH dated March 23, 2018 on “Enhancing the management of preservation, renovation and restoration of historical and cultural relic sites and attractions in the area”, the Hanoi Department of Culture and Sports asked People’s Committees of districts, suburban districts, towns to direct relevant divisions, People’s Committees of wards, communes to give instructions to Relic Site Management Boards of localities on preservation, renovation and restoration of historical-cultural relic sites and attractions. Additionally, relevant … [Read more...] about Hanoi to enhance management acitivities for historical-cultural relic sites

Two uneven rows of houses with dusty brown-and-grey palm thatch roofs lining the road choked in the pinky brown dust. In all directions mountains shot up, bristling and tottering as if they would collapse after a slight collision. At the T-junction, there was a banyan tree with ancient roots and a canopy spread wide like a huge umbrella, shading the ground. Around the foot of the tree, children and a few adults were selling peeled and separated pomelo pulps which were withering under the sun, and sugarcane fruits and pineapples which were cut and packaged in nylon bags. Cucumbers, boiled corncobs and sweet potatoes were in baskets, and green tea stored in aluminum pots were offered to passers-by and passengers on buses that stopped for a break. The plastic cups dangling upside down over the spouts of the pots seemed ready to fly off every time the kids took to their heels to entice customers. Receiving a cup of tea from a skinny girl with hard dark skin, a face full of freckles and a … [Read more...] about Charmed

The information was announced by painter Trinh Tuan, who is on the event’s organising board. The ‘Hanoi March Connecting 2018’ is being held by Asia Art Link and the Hanoi University of Industrial Fine Arts and aims to offer an opportunity for lecturers and students of Hanoi University of Industrial Fine Arts, students of art schools in Hanoi and Vietnam, as well as international artists, to meet and exchange. The event also serves as a gathering corner for 62 Vietnamese artists and 58 international artists from India, Brazil, Brunei, Germany, Indonesia, Italy, Japan, Nepal, Malaysia, the US, Myanmar, China, Philippines, Singapore, the Republic of Korea and Thailand. Compared with the previous two editions, this year’s event is a breakthrough in the size and number of artists who have been invited to attend. At the opening ceremony, two fashion collections of designer Le Ha and painter Thu Tran will be introduced. Especially, participants at the workshop held … [Read more...] about Over 100 artists to attend Hanoi March Connecting