Architectural features of the more than 100-year-old
Sai Gon Tax Trade Centre will be preserved when the centre is torn down
to build a metro line and a 40-storey office and hotel complex.
A 900m street in Ha Noi''s Tay Ho District, which links Lac Long
Quan and Au Co streets, has been named after composer Trinh Cong Son
(1939-2001), his family said.
A parade of 400 artists and children will light up the streets of the
capital city on Saturday evening in celebration of the upcoming
Mid-Autumn Festival .
The Nadarzyn orchestra, one of the most famous
orchestras in Poland, will perform on the streets for the first time
during the Hue festival on April 12, according to the event''s
organisation board.
Faced with Viet Nam''s chaotic streets, mind-numbing bureaucracy and
appetite for strange delicacies (dog, anyone?), it is easy for somewhat
uptight foreigners such as myself to underestimate the value of spending
time in this vibrant corner of Southeast Asia.
The Luala concert, a series of free shows performed on city streets, is
expected to bring music lovers in Ha Noi more surprises when its new
season begins next month.
In the bustle of the night market on Hang Dao-Dong Xuan streets at the
weekend, singer Le Xuan Quynh loses herself in a xam song (folk song for
blind beggars) on a stage by the entrance.
Restored photos of Ha Noi streets from the end of
the 19th century to the mid-20th century will be on display in the
capital from Thursday, as part of the programme to celebrate National
Day on Sep-tember 2.
