Wednesday, January 27, 2016

Wednesday, January 27, 2016

B: Nguyen Du, who was born in 1765 and died in 1820, wrote many valuable works, the most famous being The Tale of Kieu. This masterpiece has been now translated into more...
Wednesday, July 30 2014

Wednesday, July 30 2014

The oldest university in Vietnam is also known as the Temple of Literature, which is about 2km west of Hoan Kiem Lake in downtown Hanoi. The Temple of Literature is a rare example...
Cultural features of folk festivals in Vietnam

Cultural features of folk festivals in Vietnam

(VOVworld) – There are about 8,000 folk festivals in Vietnam, most of them taking place in spring from the first to the fourth lunar month. Almost all the villages hold festivals. Typical festivities include the...
UNESCO honors Vietnamese poet Nguyen Du

UNESCO honors Vietnamese poet Nguyen Du

(VOVworld) – On November 8, 2013 the UNESCO General Conference’s 37th session in Paris issued a resolution honoring great Vietnamese poet Nguyen Du and other international cultural figures. Vietnam...
UNESCO honours Vietnamese poet Nguyen Du

UNESCO honours Vietnamese poet Nguyen Du

(VOV) - The UNESCO General Conference’s 37th session in Paris has issued a resolution honouring great Vietnamese poet Nguyen Du and other international cultural figureheads
Crazy about stone grinders

Crazy about stone grinders

(VOV) - Manh, a local photographer in Bac Giang province, has spent his leisure time traveling the length and breadth of the province to collect used stone grinders and display them...

Thousands march to protest austerity cuts in Spain

Several thousand people marched in downtown Madrid yesterday/ on Saturday to protest austerity measures they say will lead to cuts in cherished national health care and the privatization of public services....