New York’s latest tourist attraction is set to show Manhattan and other landmarks from across 50 nations, in miniature. — AFP/VNA Photo Viet Nam News NEW YORK — In troubling political times, New York’s latest tourist attraction offers visitors international escapism – a US$40 million installation of 50 nations in miniature: a kind of Gulliver’s Travels for the 21st century. Four years in the making and now open for previews just off Times Square, Gulliver’s Gate hopes to draw a million visitors a year to its Lilliputian-style world crafted by hundreds of artists around the world. Where else can you find Mecca, the Taj Mahal, the Panama Canal and the Beatles walking across Abbey Road under one roof? Not to mention China’s Forbidden City, Brazil’s Christ the Redeemer statue and Jerusalem’s Old City. There is to be an interactive airport, with planes taking off and landing, miniature trains zipping up and down tracks, … [Read more...] about New York US$40mn attraction puts world in miniature
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NA Chairman meets counterparts in NYC
NA Chairman meets counterparts in NYC (12-09-2005) National Assembly Chairman Nguyen Van An shakes hands with his Chinese counterpart Wu Bangguo. — VNA/VNS Photo Tri Dung NEW YORK — National Assembly chairman Nguyen Van An last week held separate meetings with Chinese, Japanese, Belgian and South Korean parliament leaders on the sidelines of the Second World Conference of Speakers of Parliaments in New York from September 8-9. At the meetings with Wu Bangguo, chairman of the Chinese National People’s Congress; Chikage Oogi, president of the Japanese House of Councillors; Herman De Croo, president of the Lower House of the Belgian Parliament; and Kim One-ki, speaker of the National Assembly of the Republic of Korea (RoK), Chairman An expressed satisfaction with the active development of friendship and bilateral cooperation with the countries. He affirmed Viet Nam’s open-door foreign policy and briefed his counterparts on the country’s recent … [Read more...] about NA Chairman meets counterparts in NYC
Commentary: Inside the growing backlash against China
China’s rise over the last generation has been impressive, with the country moving from the periphery to the center of the global system, and climbing from impoverished backwater to a position of substantial wealth and power. But the strategic environment in which China’s “lay low” approach to international affairs has helped to make it the world’s second-largest economy is changing – and a broader backlash against China is beginning. Under President Xi Jinping, Beijing has been pushing an increasingly aggressive and high-profile foreign policy, attracting the sort of attention that Xi’s predecessors had carefully avoided. Now, countries that only a few years ago welcomed Chinese investment and engagement are beginning to mobilize against Chinese influence. The global conditions that favored China’s rise began at the end of the Cold War. With the fall of the Soviet Union, the West in general and the United States in particular were … [Read more...] about Commentary: Inside the growing backlash against China
WHAT’S ON AUGUST15-31 (DAILY UPDATE)
Mid-autumn Festival Program “Create Authentic Vietnamese masks” Exhibition: Sun 13 Sep 2015, 8 am – 1.30 pm Vietnam Fine Arts Museum 66 Nguyen Thai Hoc St. Hanoi Cheap toys made in China are flooding the local market prior to the Mid-autumn Festival and threatening the children’s health. Alongside of this trend, there is an undeniable absence of Vietnamese traditional toys. To create a meaningful playground for children this Mid-autumn Festival, the lecturers and students of Vietnam Fine Arts University has launched the project “Cùng sáng tạo mặt nạ Việt, vui Tết Trung thu” (“Make an authentic mask for Mid-autumn Festival”). Program + Mask-making guidance + Talk “Mid-autumn mask in Vietnam and other countries” Fee: 100.000 VND/child. Register before 5 Sep here Or via hotline: 0904802840 (Ms. Do Thanh Huong). Film Screening “The Cook, the Thief, His Wife & … [Read more...] about WHAT’S ON AUGUST15-31 (DAILY UPDATE)
EVENTS SCHEDULED FOR JUNE 20-30
Pool party “Live by the ‘Pull’ Ver. 2.0″ in Hanoi Fri 26 Jun 2015, 5 – 10 pm Swimming Pool, 2nd floor Pullman Hanoi Hotel 40 Cat Linh Str, Hanoi To celebrate annually World Music Night, come to a summer pool party with the lively Caribbean & Latin music performed by DJ Phil-Good. The party is taken place at the hotel’s out-door swimming pool where music-lovers can enjoy the charming Hanoi view while listening to the music. A selection of delightful summer canapé is also prepared to fulfill the guests’ appetite. Live By The ‘Pull’ ver. 2.0 is a continuation of the successful Live by the ‘Pull’ 2014 – a harmonious fusion of African and Vietnamese music concert, which attracted nearly a hundred of audiences. The party offers free admission. To join the party, contact: Tel: 04 3733 0688 ext 42315; Email: [email protected] Photo Exhibition “Another Expedition” by Pipo Nguyen Duy Exhibition: … [Read more...] about EVENTS SCHEDULED FOR JUNE 20-30