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 Con Son Festival: March 3-8 (lunar January 18 - 23)
 Jewelry Trade Festival: March 22-24 (Lunar February 7 - 9)
 Avalokita Bodhisattva Festival: March 25 (lunar February 10)
 Da Trach Temple Festival: March 25 - 28 (lunar February 10 - 13)
 Da Trach Temple Festival: March 25 - 28 (lunar February 10 - 13)
 Voi Phuc (the elephants in a kneeling position) Temple Festival: March 26 (lunar February 11)
 Bach Ma Temple Festival: March 27 - 28 (lunar February 12 - 13)
 Bat Trang Village's Festival: March 30 - April 6 (lunar February 15 - 22)
 Dinh Mai Festival: February 3 (lunar December 20)
 Quynh Village Festival: January 10 (lunar December 27)
 Khe Thuong Village Festival: February 12 - 16 (lunar December 29 - January 3)
 Tet Nguyen Dan (traditional Lunar New Year’s Festival): February 14-16 (lunar January 1 - 3)
 Dong Da Festival: February 18 (lunar January 5)
 Giong Festival (Soc Son Temple Festival): February 19 - 21 (lunar January 6 - 8)
 Huong Pagoda Festival: February 19 – April 28 (lunar January 6 - March 15)
 Lim Festival (Love duet singing festival): February 22-25 (lunar January 9 - 12)
 My Duong Festival: January 31 (lunar December 17)
 Ngoc Xuyen Village Festival: January 20 (lunar December 6)
A window to Vietnam
Reproducing Royal Costumes

Over the past 20 years, the royal costumes from different dynasties in Vietnam displayed at exhibitions at home and abroad have attracted great attention. Artisan Vu Van Gioi, a farmer from Dong Cuu Village, Dung Tien Commune, Thuong Tin District of Hanoi , has spent many years re-producing royal costumes, including the king's attire.

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Nguyen Dynasty Woodblocks

Nguyen Dynasty woodblocks are plates of wood with Chinese-transcribed Vietnamese characters and carved pictures and maps that were used for printing books in Vietnam in the late 19th century and early 20th century. The contents of documents are very plentiful and diverse, reflecting all aspects of Vietnam’s society in the Nguyen Dynasty (1802-1945), such as history, geography, politics, society, military, legislation, culture-education, philosophic-religious thought, literature, poetry, etc..

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Po Nagar Tower Imprinted with Soul of the Cham

With its shimmering, blue ocean beach, grand hotels and tourist friendly spas such as Hon Ngoc Viet (Vin Pearl), Hon Tre (Bamboo Island) or Hon Tam (Silkworm Island), or the Hot Spa Tourism Centre, the city of Nha Trang in Khanh Hoa Province in Southern Vietnam is a tourist Mecca. But apart from all these quality spots, visitors to the area have the opportunity to step back in time when visiting the long-standing cultural origin of the Cham people, of which the most unique symbol is the Po Nagar Temple Tower, or Thap Ba in Vietnamese. 

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Unique Houses Made of Fujian Cypress Timber

Ngoc Chien Commune in Muong La District, Son La Province is an area with many mysteries. Here there are varieties of flowers which bloom out of season, hot streams very good for medical treatment and unique houses-on-stilts made of Fujian cypress timber of the Thai ethnic people. Each house-on-stilts has four roofs, tiled with Fujian cypress timber, and a quadrangular chamber, making the house a little bit different compared with the houses-on-stilts of the Thai ethnic people living in the north-west. The ends of the beams and poles have delicate decorative patterns.

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Fishing by Coracles

Along their country’s over 3,000km-long coastline, Vietnamese fishermen, particularly those in the Central region, use different rudimentary tools for their inshore fishing. One such tool that seems to fascinate visitors unfamiliar with the inshore fishing trade is the coracle. 

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Sa Huynh Culture – Many Things Remain Unearthed

A century has passed since French archaeologists found relics that dated from 2,500 - 3,000 years ago in the Sa Huynh sand dune (in Duc Pho District, Quang Ngai Province). New archaeological sites of the Sa Huynh culture have been continuously discovered and many diversified objects have been found…

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Doctoral Steles in Van Mieu – Quoc Tu Giam

The doctoral steles in Van Mieu – Quoc Tu Giam (Temple of Literature – The First University of Vietnam) are considered as “stone history sets” about Vietnam’s Confucian education. They show the history of each examination. The epitaphs were composed by cultural celebrities and bright scholars of the country.  

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"Welcome the New Rice" Festival by Co Tu ethnic people

In July of the lunar calendar, when the rice is golden and fully grown, Co Tu ethnic people in the western part of Quang Nam Province (Central Vietnam) hold a festival to welcome the new rice. The festival takes place during the harvest of the new rice and is reserved to pay homage to Giang (Heaven) and the spirits, which protect the villagers and bless them with a bumper harvest, clement weather and a peaceful life.

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Revival of Hue Enamelled Wares

Gold, silver or bronze wares having their surfaces enamelled and baked are among special objects with cultural heritage value. They were used as household utensils of royal families and interior and exterior decorations in palaces and tombs under the Nguyen Dynasty (1802-1945) in the imperial city of Hue.

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: :  Published stories
.:: Conical Hat (8/2009)
.:: Colours of the Lo Lo Ethnic Group (8/2009)
.:: Hoe Nhai Pagoda with a Strange Statue (7/2009)
.:: Co Tu ethnic group (5/2009)
.:: Tan Dinh Church (4/2009)
.:: "Avoiding the Tiger" days of the Red Dao people(3/2009)
.:: Lu Ethnic Children Enjoy Festival(2/2009)
.:: “Jump in the Fire” Festival(2/2009)
.:: Bai Bong Singing and Dancing in Phu Nhieu Village(2/2009)
.:: Tu Cai ritual – A step into Manhood(2/2009)
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In brief
.:: Doctor steles in Van Mieu – Quoc Tu Giam win UNESCO documentary heritage status
The 17th APEC Summit: APEC members highly appreciate Vietnam’s recommendations
.:: Vietnam is among the most peaceful countries
.:: Samsung opens a mobile phone factory in Vietnam
.:: Vietnam – A potential market
Vietnamese Ca Tru becomes the World's Heritage
Vietnamese Quan ho recognized by UNESCO as a World's Intangible Cultural Heritage
.:: Vietnam to host WEF East Asian Meeting 2010
.:: Vietnam in the top list of countries having the world’s biggest cement productivity
.:: Vietnam – major exporter of seafood to South Korea
.:: Business Association of Overseas Vietnamese Established
.:: Vietnamese enterprises show their optimism about economic recovery
.:: Vietnam to lead the world in entertainment and media’s growth
.:: Vietnamese Prime Minister approves the Agreements on Visa Exemption for Diplomatic Passport Holders between Vietnam and Israel and Switzerland
.:: Vietnam ranks first in Southeast Asia for world biosphere reserves
.:: Vietnam remains an ideal place for US investors
.:: Vietnam among most attractive countries for software processing
.:: Vietnam is the 39th safest country in the world
.:: Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung visited the Republic of Korea and attended the meeting to celebrate the 20th anniversary of ASEAN-RoK relationship
.:: World Bank plans 1.3-1.5 billion USD loan to Vietnam in the fiscal year 2009
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