The programme is part of the annual 21st Imagination Festival hosted by the World Cultures Institute. Gaffagua Benanti, the coordinator at the show in Paris, expressed her admiration for the traditional Vietnamese art, saying its unique layout and music enthralled audiences.Water puppeteersis is a form of folk arts originating in the Red River Delta in the north of Vietnam, dating back in the 11th century. Many town and villages in Vietnam have communal ponds that are perfect stages for these impromptu performances, enhancing the widespread development of the art form. Presently, water puppetry is showed in a pool of water with the water surface being the stage.Puppets are made of wood and then lacquered to be watertight and endurable. During performances, puppets are controlled via a pole-and string apparatus hidden under the water surface by puppeteers standing in waist-deep water behind the stage. While puppets play their roles according to the direction of puppeteers, singers of … [Read more...] about Vietnamese water puppeteers to be introduced to French audiences
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Hanoi proposes emergency water pipeline
Hanoi’s municipal authorities have asked the prime minister to give the go-ahead for construction of an emergency water pipeline as the city continues to suffer from water supply problems caused by poor quality workmanship. Hanoi's water pipeline broken multiple times Hanoi's water pipeline went into operation six years ago, but have broken an incredible 15 times because of shoddy construction by Vinaconex subsidiary, Vinaconex Glass Fibre Reinforced Polyester Pipe Company. Up to 70,000 homes and numerous public facilities such as hospitals are regular affected by the increasingly common breaks. The city already has plans to construct a second pipeline which aims to provide 600,000 cubic metres of water per day by 2020. However, construction of the second pipeline has not even started and the completion date is unclear while the current pipeline continues breaking. To deal with the problem, the city's authorities plan to build a 70,000 cubic … [Read more...] about Hanoi proposes emergency water pipeline
Water puppeteers perform in France
Vietnamese water puppeteers have recently finished a 5-day tour to six cities in France to introduce the traditional art to French audiences. They performed 36 shows during the tour to Lyon, Paris, Mougins, Sainte-Maxime, Marne-la-Vallee, and Mulhouse. Deputy Director of the Viet Nam Water Puppet Theatre Vuong Tat Loi said the shows feature the daily lives of Vietnamese farmers and Viet Nam’s myths. The programme is part of the annual 21st Imagination Festival hosted by the World Cultures Institute. Gaffagua Benanti, the coordinator at the show in Paris, expressed her admiration for the traditional Vietnamese art, saying its unique layout and music enthralled audiences. … [Read more...] about Water puppeteers perform in France
Four missing after boat sinks in Vung Tau waters
Four fishermen went missing after their fishing vessel coded BV 75386 Ts with six men on board sank in Vung Tau waters on December 4.The Vietnam Maritime Search and Rescue Coordination Center received an emergency call at 6.35pm on December 4 saying that the fishing vessel sank approximately 1.5 nautical miles from Vung Tau. The rescue vessel coded SAR 272 was immediately sent to the scene to save the fishermen in distress.Rescue forces saved two fishermen at 9.9pm the same day and have made great efforts to search for the remaining four who are still missing. … [Read more...] about Four missing after boat sinks in Vung Tau waters
China extends new water tax to encourage saving: Xinhua
China has extended a pilot taxation scheme to encourage water conservation to another nine provinces and regions, including the arid capital Beijing, Ningxia and Inner Mongolia in the desertified northwest, Xinhua news agency reported late on Thursday. The pilot scheme, already tested in Hebei province, will impose punitive tax rates on businesses that exceed their water use quotas, and will use favourable rates to encourage the use of recycled water from sewage treatment plants. The scheme, effective in the new regions from Friday, resulted in savings of 460 million tonnes a year in Hebei after the trial was launched in 2016, Xinhua said, with dozens of local steel mills and chemical plants forced to install conservation equipment and use more recycled wastewater. China's per capita water resources are less than a third of the global average and the government is spending billions of yuan to improve its infrastructure and clean up polluted rivers and lakes in a bid to bring more … [Read more...] about China extends new water tax to encourage saving: Xinhua