The Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism announced that on the list of national intangible heritages are the Huệ Nam Palace Festival and the traditional craft of making Vân Cù vermicelli.
A photo book on Hue, Viet Nam’s capital from 1802 to 1945 under the Nguyen Dynasty, has just been launched at Foyer Vietnam (House of Viet Nam) in Paris.
In the first quarter the central province of Thừa Thiên Huế reported tourism earnings of VNĐ737 billion (US$33.5 million), an increase of 8 per cent year-on-year.
Visitors to the Museum of Royal Fine Arts in Huế are to get a chance to look at books transcribed on rectangle gold pieces, made for the adoration of the Nguyễn Dynasty (1802-1945).
Huế and 45 other cities around the world have been listed in the World Wide Fund for Nature (WWF)’s We Love Cities, a global social media campaign for sustainability, for voting since April 26.
A collection of 30 photographs of Hà Nội and Huế at night will go on display in the capital from April 14 to 23 and the central city from April 29 to May 4.
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.
The Hue Monuments Conservation Centre has opened a
new culture centre for tourists at a historic site that had been an
office during the Hue royal dynasty.