Grammy-winning soul singer Joss Stone tops a long list of artists from
10 different countries performing at the second Monsoon Music Festival
(MMF) in Ha Noi next month.
A "stone" found in a quarry has been identified by researchers from the
Viet Nam National Museum of Nature as a fossil of a snail from the
Triassic Age.
More than 4,500 items, including ceramics, stone axes, coins, mollusc
shells dating back to the 3,000-year-old Sa Huynh Culture, were found
during a two-month excavation in the garden of the Khue Bac Communal
House in Da Nang.
A pair of Chinese-style stone lions was removed from Gia Quat Pagoda in
Long Bien District, Deputy Minister of Culture, Sports and Tourism Ho
Anh Tuan said on Tuesday.
In the near future, foreign-style stone lions with fierce looks, large
paws and sharp teeth are expected to be removed from relics, pagodas and
temples throughout the country.
The Culture, Sports and Tourism Ministry has promulgated a document
warning agencies and individuals not to exhibit or use symbols or
objects unsuited to Vietnamese customs and culture.
My Country is the theme of a solo exhibition of the former vice
president of the HCM City Fine Arts College at the headquarters of the
city''s Fine Arts Association.
Findings from two recent excavations in central Thanh Hoa Province show
the development of stone tools by early cave dwellers and their
adaptation to climate change, according to scientists.
Nearly 500 new findings of Stone Age, Metal Age and
Cham Pa - Oc Eo civilisations at excavation sites throughout the country
in the past year had made considerable contributions to building
scientific files, planning preservation and...
