So Village in Cong Hoa Commune, Quoc Oai District, Hanoi is well-known for its communal house which is considered “the most beautiful one in the ancient area of Doai”.
When night falls, the ancient town of Hoi An, a World Cultural Heritage Site, becomes sparkling and fanciful in the light of thousands of lanterns. From somewhere, the chants of the Quang area sung by young women resound, fascinating visitors.
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Forty years have gone by. A secret cellar in a house in District 3, southern Ho Chi Minh City, has become a historical site due to its significance during the war. Nearly three tonnes of weapons were kept in the cellar by Saigon Commandos to attack the Presidential Palace during the Tet Offensive in 1968. It is one among many untold valuable exhibits that manifest the brilliant feats of the Vietnamese people and army in their fight for national reunification that became true on April 30, 1975
Circus performer Tong Toan Thang has impressed both domestic and foreign spectators with his talent in performing circus acts with pythons for more than four decades. His skills in controlling the snakes not only made his performances more interesting and impressive, but also turned the frightening, huge snakes into “cute” ones to many spectators after his shows were concluded.
"Steel Woman" is the nickname given by her colleagues and students to Nguyen Thi Nhung, head of the shooting department, the General Department of Sports and Physical Training and chief coach of Vietnam’s national shooting squads. So far, she has been the only female head of a delegation in Asia who has successfully led Vietnam’s national shooting squads to participate in regional and world’s competitions for 11 consecutive years and had outstanding achievements.
Grand master Phi Long, who was the unconquerable martial artist in the 1960s, has now chosen An Khe pass in Binh Dinh to build a temple of martial arts where he studies and teaches the traditional martial arts to younger generations.
When he left Hanoi for Ho Chi Minh City in 2007, artisan Phung Quang Oanh took with him his puppets with a desire to introduce to South Vietnam water puppetry, which was only popular in the North.
According to Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary to the Socialist Republic of Vietnam Konstantin VasilievichVnukov, Vietnam is a wonderful country which he loves with all his heart. He came to Vietnam for the first time in 2006 as a diplomat for President Vladimir Putin.
