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New Zealand’s Ambassador to Vietnam Tredene Dobson definitely looked the part during the presentation of her credentials to the Vietnamese President Nguyen Xuan Phuc on Wednesday. Popularly known as diplomatic credentials, a letter of credence is addressed from one head of state to another and presented personally by the ambassador to the receiving head of state to mark the start of an ambassadorship. According to the New Zealand Embassy in Hanoi, presenting credentials is a special occasion for any ambassador, and ambassador Dobson chose to do it her own way: wearing an ao dai , the traditional Vietnamese costume. Vietnamese President Nguyen Xuan Phuc receives the letter of credence from the Ambassador of New Zealand Tredene Dobson on June 16,2021. Photo: Vietnam News Agency “This was extra special for ambassador Dobson because she was able to wear a beautiful collaboration between New Zealand and Vietnamese artists,” the embassy wrote on its verified Facebook … [Read more...] about The story of cultural connectivity behind the New Zealand Ambassadors not-so-traditional ao dai

Foreign diplomats and experts at home and abroad gathered to figure out the potentials, advantages as well as challenges, shortages and solutions for the development of the capital's cultural industry in the coming time. Hanoi is trying its best to create a favorable environment and ecosystem for the innovation and development of the cultural industry, said Deputy Secretary of the Hanoi Party Committee Nguyen Van Phong. Making a speech at a seminar on the city’s cultural industry development in the 2021-25 period, with a vision to 2045, held in Hanoi on June 18, Phong said the capital city is actively seeking cooperation from creative organizations and individuals to promote the inheritance and development of the culture of the thousand-year-old capital. Domestic and foreign artists joined a parade around the pedestrian streets around Hoan Kiem to celebrate the 20th anniversary of Hanoi's recognition as a “City for Peace” by UNESCO in 2019. Photo: Kinh te … [Read more...] about Hanoi to promote cultural industry development

Luc Van Tien (The Tale of Luc Van Tien) is a famous epic poem by Nguyen Dinh Chieu. Nguyen Dinh Chieu (1822-1888) was not only a Vietnamese poet who was known for his nationalist and anti-colonial writings against the French colonization of Cochinchina, an exemplary teacher, but also a popular medical practitioner. He is a typical example for people with disabilities around the world. Despite the blindness, he studied Confucianism and Oriental medicine from relatives. The main work of Luc Van Tien (The Tale of Luc Van Tien) is an epic poem by Nguyen Dinh Chieu written in nom (the old Chinese-based Vietnamese script) in the 1850s. It is regarded as one of the two most recognizable and influential epic poems in Vietnamese history, including Truyen Kieu (The Tale of Kieu) by great poet Nguyen Du and Luc Van Tien. His poems tell about the people’s worries in the wartime, their war injuries and losses. French linguist, G.Aubaret, a naval officer said that Luc Van Tien (The Tale … [Read more...] about UNESCO to commemorate poet Nguyen Dinh Chieu’s 200th birth anniversary

Corals and caves Ninh Thuan, with its coast and forests, has ideal conditions for tourism development, said the provincial People’s Committee Chair Tran Quoc Nam. Ninh Thuan is home to ancient rare and precious coral reefs, which only emerge on the water surface from May to the end of July, especially on the 1st and the 15th day of the lunar month creating spectacular scenery. Ninh Thuan is also famous for Nui Chua National Park with its tropical landscapes and climate conditions, including dwarf forests on rocky mountains, mineral springs, white sand beaches, colorful coral reefs, and spectacular caves, all making up a unique, rare ecosystem, Nam said. The picturesque Hang Rai The 31,000-hectare Nui Chua National Park is the only place in Vietnam with a dry forest ecosystem, attracting sea turtles in the annual spawning season. The park also accommodates Vietnam’s largest coastal coral reefs and boasts one of the most beautiful and pristine coasts in the central … [Read more...] about Ninh Thuan Province: A sleeping beauty awaiting tourism investors’ kiss

The crowded Trang Tien Street (Hanoi) is now becoming more and more bustling with the new 'hot' painting gallery by artist Cyril Kongo, a graffiti art monument. It is also the world's first and only solo art exhibition by artist Cyril Kongo . He chose Vietnam because he has Vietnamese blood and always tends to his ancestors despite many years away from the country. Therefore, this project carries a lot of spiritual value to Kongo himself as it is like a home for him to return to after years of exploring the world. The project aims to bring graffiti as well as street-art type closer to art enthusiasts in Vietnam in particular and Vietnamese in general; to spread the success story of a Vietnamese street artist to young art enthusiasts in Vietnam so that you will have more motivation to pursue your passion and for Vietnam to have more world-class artists. Cyril Kongo is no longer a strange name for street-art lovers in the world. His real name is Cyril Phan, born in 1969 in … [Read more...] about Hanoi – The hottest “check-in” place on Trang Tien street