Phu Tho Province''s cultural authority has said the introduction of xoan singing in schools will play a major role in preserving and promoting the provincial heritage.
More than 50 international martial art troupes and
another 30 from Viet Nam will gather for the International Vietnamese
Martial Arts Festival in the central province of Binh Dinh at the end of
this month.
Nearly 1,000 athletes will race in the annual provincial marathon at
the city''s Sport Centre today, according to a statement from the race''s
organising committee.
The central province handed over to the provincial museum and a salvage
company nearly 5,000 antiquities retrieved from a 600-year-old sunken
ship last year.
The 6,500sq.m complex of Quang Ninh Provincial Library and Museum won
the "Construction of the Year 2013" award at a ceremony held in Ha Noi
yesterday.
An ancient stele monument, recently excavated in Thanh Hoai Village in
the northern province of Bac Ninh''s Thuan Thanh District, is believed
the oldest ever found in the country.
Historical researcher Hasuda Takashi from Japan''s Niigata University has
donated copies of four rare ancient documents to the central province
of Ha Tinh''s Provincial Museum.
Researchers and artists of traditional folk music presented suggestions to preserve and promote bai choi singing at a workshop held yesterday in the central province of Binh Dinh, the cradle of the singing.
An exhibition showcasing thousands of ancient documents written in
original and copied versions of Han Chinese and Nom scripts (Chinese
transcribed Vietnamese) has opened at the provincial library of Thua
Thien-Hue.
One of the successes of a Spanish project to enhance tourism sector
capacity has been to raise the role of ethnic women in their
communities, according to Hoang Thu Hien, head of the Lao Cai Provincial
Department of Culture, Sports and Tourism.
The Thai Binh provincial museum has received
hundreds of artifacts from the war donated by the province''s Association
of Vietnamese Veteran Volunteer Soldiers in Laos.
Tourists to the ancient capital of Hue will have the chance to enjoy the
real life of the old city rather than just viewing relics or landscape
as they usually do.
