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    Old Quarter hosts cultural activities to mark Vietnam Cultural Heritage Day

    NDO – A series of activities will be held from November 22 to December 15 in Hanoi’s Old Quarter to honour the capital city’s cultural heritages.

    Nearly VND30 billion invested to upgrade Hung King Temple

    NDO – A project, aiming to upgrade the landscape and plant trees in the area of cross-road in Gieng Temple under the Special National Historical Relic Site of Hung Kings Temple in the northern province of Phu Tho, was inaugurated and put into use on December 15, after three months of construction.

    Exhibition unveils artifacts found in ancient shipwrecks along the coast of Vietnam

    NDO – Nearly 4,000 artifacts found in nine ancient shipwrecks along the coast of Vietnam from Quang Nam to Ca Mau provinces are being displayed for the public at an exhibition that opened in Quang Ngai province on June 19.

    Dong Ngu water puppetry village on its way to revive glory days of the past

    NDO – With passionate enthusiasm and tremendous efforts, locals in Dong Ngu water puppetry village in Ngu Thai commune, Thuan Thanh district, Bac Ninh province, have sought a way to revive its glory days of the past, reaffirming the vitality of their ancestors’ age-old practice.

    Hanoi works to make its intangible cultural heritages more welcoming

    NDO – Hanoi is now home to 18 heritages which have been recognised as national cultural ones. Over the past recent years, the municipal Department of Culture and Sports has coordinated with the local authorities to take measures to safeguard and promote the value of these heritages, turning them into tourist products which have benefited local residents.

    Vietnam adds 22 additional artefacts to national treasure register

    NDO - An additional 22 artefacts have been recognised as national treasures under a recent decision by the Prime Minister, raising the total number of national treasures to 164.

    Indian, Russian experts help with preservation of My Son sanctuary

    NDO/VNA – Experts from India and Russia have visited My Son sanctuary in the central province of Quang Nam from late June to early July 2019 to help with the restoration of the world cultural heritage site, director of the sanctuary’s management board Phan Ho said on July 3.

    Programme encourages love for Vietnamese traditional opera among Hanoi students

    NDO – A programme entitled ‘Experimenting the arts of ‘Cheo’ – Vietnamese traditional opera’ was recently held at Hao Nam Temple in Hanoi, allowing the capital city’s students to learn more about the charm of ‘cheo’, a Vietnamese intangible cultural heritage, thus encouraging their love for the heritage.

    Restoration of Phung Tien Hall in Hue completed

    NDO - A project to restore the Phung Tien Hall, an ancestral worship hall in the imperial citadel of Hue, has been completed after 13 months with the help of German funds and technical assistance.

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