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The uniqueness of this ritual lies in the participants sitting on the ground while pulling. They alternate between sitting with their legs bent and stretched, facing each other across the rope.
Unusual seated tug-of-war ceremony at the Trấn Vũ temple festival
Life & Style
A mini version of Thailand will be found through a Thai Festival entitled Creative Thailand: The Pulse of Tradition which was officially open on March 28 night at the Hà Nội''s Imperial Citadel of Thăng Long.
Visitors enjoy Thai environment and lifestyle at festival in Hà Nội,
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Khmer brocade weavers in Văn Giáo commune, Tịnh Biên township in the Mekong Delta province of An Giang have been focusing on production linkages and skill enhancement, aiming to meet OCOP standards.
Khmer brocade weavers breathe new life into centuries-old craft
Heritage
A group of students from Hà Nội Architectural University has breathed new life into figures in Đông Hồ folk paintings—such as the boy herding buffalo or the mother pig feeding her piglets—using 3D technology.
From paint to print: Đông Hồ goes 3D
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Theatre artists of HCM City are performing in new experimental plays featuring Southern culture and costumes during the Tết (Lunar New Year) festival.
Cải lương plays on traditional culture staged for Tết
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Vietnamese cultural researcher and author Hữu Ngọc’s latest book entitled Việt Nam: Tradition and Change will be launched in Hà Nội.
Scholar’s new book set for mid-May launch in Hà Nội
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The best books of 2015 were announced at the Good Books Awards, held in HCM City on Sunday.
Best VN books of the year awarded
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An exhibition entitled Vietnamese Wood-Engraving Art from Tradition to Modern has just opened in Tokyo.
VN wood engraving expo opens in Tokyo
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A musical show dealing with the fading of tradition as urbanisation approaches will be staged in Ha Noi on April 4 and 5.
Musical show delves into population shifts
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Designer Alda Santini follows the Italian Fashion Design tradition. She has been recognised by Vogue for her Ladies'' Collection made with eco-sustainable organic cotton and silks dyed with organic colours.
Culture Vulture (18-03-2015)
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The 70th anniversary of Viet Nam''s military force is being commemorated
by holding an exhibition in downtown Ha Noi, which showcases as many as
300 items recording the force''s development.
Military history exhibition held
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As the mother of a one-year-old boy, I feel a little
nervous when I look at the imbalance of boys to girls in photos taken
at kindergartens and schools.
VN society has to change its attitude towards girls
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An exhibition of pottery that opened in Ha Noi on Thursday illustrates the harmony between modernity and tradition.
Potters strike a ‘timely' balance
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Visitors to the Museum of Ethnology can learn about
traditional festivals in Val-de-Marne, a province neighbouring the
French capital, and Yen Bai, a northern mountainous province of Viet
Nam, at the museum''s newest exhibition.
Exhibition honours traditional festivals
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