Two ancient statues recognized national treasures
Two ancient statues that were nominated by Bac Ninh province for the government’s recognition as national treasures have been officially listed as national treasures. Mr. Nguyen Duy Nhat, Director of the Relic Management Board of Bac Ninh province, said that the list of the national treasures, phase 1 has recently issued, signed by Deputy Prime Minister Nguyen Thien Nhan. The list includes 30 antiques, with two ancient statues from Bac Ninh province: the statue of Guanyin with thousand
Ancient Cham walls in Binh Thuan
Construction workers have discovered two underground ancient walls while working to restore a collapsed tower in the complex at the Po Dam temple complex of the Cham people in Tuy Phong district in the central province of Binh Thua. The discovered walls, each 1.9m in height, are thought to be part of the stair leading to the tower. Right after the walls were found, Binh Thuan Museum suspended the restoration works and joined with the Vietnam Archaeology Institute to conduct research on
Phuoc Tich’s Ancient Pottery Village
Phuoc Tich Village, an ancient village which is located near the O Lau River in Phong Hoa Commune, Phong Dien District, Thua Thien-Hue Province, is famous nationwide for the craft of making pottery. Being established over 500 years ago in the 15th century under the reign of King Le Thanh Tong (1460-1497) with the initial name of Dong Quyet and subsequently renamed Phuoc Tich during the Nguyen Dynasty (1802-1945). Located near the O Lau River in Phong Hoa Commune, Phong Dien District, Thua
Ancient toilet found in Ho Chi Minh of Vietnam
30 km away from the south of Ho Chi Minh City, archeologists of Australian and Vietnamese have believed to find the earliest toilet of Vietnam. Rach Nui is an ancient man-made mound, which is about five metres tall, surrounded by small tidal streams and mangrove swamps. More than 30 preserved faeces from humans and dogs containing fish and shattered animal bones have been located in the ancient mound. Among the remnants were betel nut and foxtail millet. "A detailed analysis of these will
Bich Dong at a glance in the past
Being located inside the country’s second most beautiful cave, Bich Dong Temple in Hoa Lu Commune, Ninh Binh Province is about 200 kilometres to the southeast of Hanoi. The temple was built on a limestone mountain that was formed millions of years ago and it was named in the 18th century after the beautiful white limestone which exists only in this area. The whole construction included three small temples with the first at the foot of the mountain, the second at the entrance of Bich
ARD TV channel to make a film about Ha Giang province
Ministry of Culture, Sport, and Tourism is planning to welcome the film make of ARD Channel (Germany) since 20 to 30 May to make a documentary film to introduce about the tourism potential of Ha Giang province. The international cooperate department of the ministry is assigned to hold and welcome the group to make the film about the tourism, culture and people of ethnic group people in mountainous area. Owning the topography park of stone plateau of Dong Van, the typical
Heritage – Tourism urban area in Con Dao
The people’s committee of Ba Ria Vung Tau province has just approved the submit of general plan for developing Con Dao until 2020 in the vision to 2030. Accordingly, the target in the next 10 to 20 years is that the centre part of Con Dao island district would become the heritage – tourism urban area of national and international scale. Con Dao will invest and construct in the emerging area and the surround sea land. Four areas of Con Son centre, Ben Dam, Co Ong and other island would
Protecting the Global geological park of Dong Van – Ha Giang
The global geological park of Dong Van (DVGP) includes the districts of Quan Ba, Yen Minh, Dong Van and Meo Vac. It became the member of the network of 30 geological parks around the world in 3 October 2010. This is a potential land of natural resources, geological heritage, and cultural heritage of 17 ethnic groups, and it has a lot of advantages to develop the stable tourism. The management board of DVGP has recently processed many training classes about the professional knowledge, foreign
UNESCO recognises Buddhist Sutra woodblocks of Vietnam
Announcement about UNESCO recognises Vietnam’s Buddhist Sutra woodblocks was made by Mrs Hoang Thi Hoa, former director of the Department of Culture, Sports and Tourism in Bac Giang Province. The Woodblocks of the Buddhist Sutras’ at the Vinh Nghiem Pagoda in Bac Giang Province were recognised as documentary heritage at the UNESCO Asia-Pacific Regional Conference in Bangkok on Wednesday. The contents on the woodblocks can reveal ancient Vietnamese Buddhist history, early
HaLong Bay – A haven of peace for monkeys
The HaLong Bay in northern Quang Ninh Province recently has been recognised twice as a UNESCO World Natural Heritage Site and has been voted one of the seven new Natural Wonders of the World. It was around 9 o'clock in the morning. HaLong Bay was covered in a thin veil of mist, with drops of drizzle here and there. A group of French tourists take photos of monkeys living in and around HaLong Bay's Luon Cave. The monkeys have become tamer through repeated exposure to visitors. But none of
