Short traditional tuong (classical drama) pieces and performances featuring cultural aspects of central Vietnam, as well as renewed stage and services, are some of the changes taking place at Nguyen Hien Dinh Opera House in Danang City.
So far 377 cities out of 74 countries worldwide have signed up to the WWF’s Earth Hour – double the total last year. To mark the first year Viet Nam is to take part in the event, Viet Nam News talked to young people across the country to find out what Earth Hour means to them.
DHL’s GoGreen program is leading other logistic companies in an independent carbon footprint study, the company said in a statement Sunday.
The Natural Resources and Environment Ministry’s Environment Protection Fund plans to provide a total of VND 100 billion (USD 5.7 million) in low-interest loans for environmental projects this year.
The Bac Ninh Quan Ho Folk Music troupe has collected and catalogued over 400 songs and more than 200 Quan Ho folk music songs which are unique and intrinsic to this Northern locality.
The Dao ethnic group in Vietnam has an abundance of ancient books treasured by the people as a link to their past, as well by historians, who can gain important insights into historical events in mountainous regions. Authorities are struggling with how to preserve the ancient works for the future and the Dao people’s unique writing system.
Taj MahalIf the plan to close the Taj Mahal goes into effect, it would reduce this over-the-top mausoleum - built by Shah Jahan (fifth emperor of the Mughal dynasty) to mourn his favorite wife, Mumtaz Mahal - to a mere postcard silhouette instead of the spiritual experience it can be.
The United Nations World Tourism Organization (UNWTO) Ministers’ Summit, held during the World Travel Market (WTM) in London last week saw an exciting opening with Sri Lanka Tourism contributing a song/DVD "A land like no other; A Tourism EarthLung" – an appeal in song by Alston Koch to care for Mother Earth.
Over the past several years, the Northern Province of Vinh Phuc’s Provincial Department of Culture, Sports and Tourism has reinstated folklore games during traditional festivals in the locality in order to preserve the province’s intangible cultural values.
A flock of redheaded cranes has winged its way back to make their home in Tram Chim National Park in Tam Nong district, in the Mekong Delta province of Dong Thap, with the latest estimate on Feb. 9, 2009 placing their number at 26 birds.