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The Vietnam-Korea Tourism Promotion Festival, with over 40 booths showcasing Vietnamese and Korean businesses, offered a plethora of engaging activities for attendees. These included traditional Korean Hanbok dress-up, the Tuho game, and picture coloring. Significant discounts on Korean tours, encompassing K-drama, cycling, cruise, and Carnival experiences, further enhanced the event’s appeal. The multi-media booth, a festival highlight, immersed visitors in a vibrant Korean atmosphere through modern presentation technologies. The K-drama booth transported attendees to iconic Korean film locations, while the K-pop booth pulsated with the energy of K-pop music and dance. The festival’s vibrancy escalated with captivating performances by renowned V-pop and K-pop artists. As a notable event within the festival, Korea Tourism Night 2024 focused on showcasing Korean tourism attractions and fostering connections between Vietnamese and Korean travel companies to facilitate the developmen...

Nature-based tourism is taking off in Cam Lam District, with resorts along Bai Dai Beach embracing eco-friendly practices and offering unique experiences. By creating farms and gardens, these resorts are providing an immersive experience for tourists, allowing them to connect with nature and local life. One notable example is the Alma Resort near Bai Dai Beach, which has dedicated a portion of its land to farming. This farm boasts a vibrant array of vegetables, fruits, herbs, and even chickens, offering a glimpse into sustainable agricultural practices. The resort representative shared that tourists, especially families with children, are drawn to this farm experience. They get to live like farmers for a day, engaging in activities such as sowing seeds, watering vegetables, and collecting fresh eggs. It’s a fun and educational way to spend time as a family. Le Thi Thuy, a tourist from Ho Chi Minh City, shared her appreciation for the green space: “I love the garden at the resort. Be...

During the grand event held to celebrate the Great Buddha’s Birthday in 2023, the pagoda proudly unveiled the world’s largest mountain lecture hall — an architectural masterpiece that can seat up to 15,000 people. This impressive structure was met with awe and admiration from the attending guests and onlookers. It stands as a testament to the skill and creativity of the architects who brought this project to life, and its grandeur and scope has left a lasting impression on all who have seen it. In an official acknowledgment, the esteemed WorldKings honored Ba Vang Pagoda with a prestigious distinction: “This 2-storey Buddha lecture hall located on the mountain boasts the largest total floor area in the world.” The World Record Association officially recognized Ba Vang Pagoda for having the world’s largest two-storey Buddha lecture hall located in the mountain. This recognition has been validated by the association, highlighting the significance of this incredible feat. The enormit...

The Institute for Research Development and Conservation of Southeast Asian Art and Culture (IRSAC) is organizing an event to commemorate the 56th founding anniversary of ASEAN . This event serves as a reminder of the importance of preserving and celebrating the culture and heritage of Southeast Asia. With this, IRSAC seeks to create awareness about the shared history and culture of the region, and to promote solidarity and unity among its member countries. According to Le Van Tiep, director of IRSAC, the festival seeks to showcase the unique culture and cuisine of the ASEAN community to both local and international visitors, thus enhancing understanding, friendship, and cooperation between the countries in the region. The festival will feature an array of 200 stalls showcasing traditional dishes from ASEAN countries, such as Vietnam’s phở, Singapore’s chili crab, and Myanmar’s fermented tea leaf salad. These dishes will be prepared by eateries from across the region. Discover ...

The US Agency for International Development (USAID) recently provided the commune sisaster response equipments with a total value of VND 254 million (abour US $10.812) for Nghe An Province. The disaster response equipments were handed over to 2 disaster response teams of Hung Trung and Chau Nhan communes in Hung Nguyen district (Photo: hungnguyen.nghean.gov.vn) In particular, with the USAID sponsorship, the Red Cross Society of Nghe An province and the Red Cross Society of Hung Nguyen district handed over equipment to 2 disaster response teams of Hung Trung and Chau Nhan communes in Hung Nguyen district. Accordingly, each commune is provided with disaster response equipment like motorboat, radio, lifebuoys and flashlights. There are also, raincoats, life jackets and boots. First aid kits are also included. This is the project “Improving emergency response capacity for the Vietnam Red Cross Society” for the period of 2021 – 2023 sponsored by the USAID. The project striv...

This is the first time Vietnam has achieved a first-place finish at a SEA Games edition that was not held on its home ground in the 64-year history of the event. On Tuesday, the nation added 12 more gold medals to its tally from wrestling, kickboxing, weightlifting, judo, boat racing, fencing, and dance sport, bringing its total to 136 gold, 105 silver, and 114 bronze medals. Thailand came a close second with 108 gold, 96 silver, and 108 bronze medals, and Indonesia followed closely with 86 gold, 81 silver, and 109 bronze medals. Host Cambodia ranked fourth at the recent event, earning a total of 281 medals – 81 gold, 74 silver, and 126 bronze. The Cambodia SEA Games Organizing Committee is gearing up to host the closing ceremony of the biennial multi-sports extravaganza at the Morodok Techo National Stadium in Phnom Penh on Wednesday evening. Thousands of spectators are expected to attend this grand event, which will mark the end of two weeks of intense competition among the 11 ...

‘Inside the Yellow Cocoon Shell,’ which vies for the Camera d’Or Award against 17 other competitors in the Directors’ Fortnight section, was premiered at 4:45 pm in France. Directed by Pham Thien An, the movie tells the story of a journey taken by a young man named Thien, who is tasked with delivering his sister-in-law’s body to their countryside hometown following a tragic motorcycle accident. Amid the mystical landscapes of rural Vietnam, Thien begins a search for his older brother, who vanished years ago.  As the debut screening of the movie ended after three hours on Wednesday, audiences rose and stood applauding for five minutes. According to AP News , a five-minute standing ovation would count as a dream response in most places in the world although it is supposedly tepid in Cannes. For An Nguyen, a Tuoi Tre (Youth) newspaper reader, who experienced such standing ovation first-hand, the responses were deeply emotional.  “This can be considered as [Vietnam’s] shini...

Commencing in July 2020, the project was aimed at conserving 500 deteriorated woodblock plates at the National Archives Center IV.  The initiative, which received more than US$88,000 in funding from the United States Ambassadors Fund for Cultural Preservation (AFCP), has now been completed. Following the approval of the AFCP grant in July 2020, a technical team conducted a thorough study and assessment of the level of damage sustained by the degraded woodblocks.  Newly-treated Nguyen Dynasty woodblock plates are conserved at the National Archives Center IV in Lam Dong Province, Vietnam, May 25, 2023. Photo: M.V. / Tuoi Tre The evaluation showed that approximately 5,000 woodblock plates had suffered damage as a result of historical factors, the natural aging process, the tropical climate, wars, floods, as well as fungal and insect activities over the centuries. From January to the end of August 2021, the team implemented conservation treatment on the decaying w...