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Russia - Cam Ranh filght route will be opened
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On November 12, Interfax-Ural News extracted an announcement of Chelyabinsk Airport that this winter there will be flights from the Russian province of Chelyabinsk to Cam Ranh City in Vietnam and Sharjah City in the UAE for the first time.
The action aims to encourage Russian tourists to visit the central coastal city of Vietnam.
In addition, the announcement noted that this winter the airport would increase flights to popular destinations. Specifically, flights to Hurghada (Egypt) will be raised to 20 and to Sharm El Sheikh (Egypt) will be increased to 10.
In this winter schedule, the airport will resume flights to Bangkok, Phuket (Thailand), Dubai (UAE) and Goa (India)./.
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Nov
17
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Hue Imperial Citadel restoration will get support from Germany
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The German Ministry of Foreign Affairs will donate more than USD4.3 billion to a project restoring and preserving the interior decoration of the Ta Vu (Mandarins’ House) in the central province of Thua Thien-Hue.
The donation will be funded through teams from the German Conservation, Restoration and Education Projects (GCREP) and the non-profit Society for the Preservation of Cultural Heritage (GEKE). The project will run from now until April 2014.
The restoration of Ta Vu, a construction in the quintessential style of Hue’s Imperial Citadel, aims to make use of recent scientific and technological advancements in combination with original materials and traditional techniques to properly preserve the artifact’s intrinsic architectural, cultural, artistic, and historical value.
When it is finished, Ta Vu will also serve as an exhibition centre to display relics and artifacts from the Nguyen Dynasty.
This is fourth Germany funded project to help preserve the material history of the former Imperial City.
The previous three projects focused on the Khai Tuong Lau-An Dinh Palace, the tomb of King Tu Duc, the Toi Linh Tu (Highest Celestial) temple, and the Phu Noi Vu (Royal Treasury)./.
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Nov
17
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Cham Tower site at Vietnam ethnic tourism and culture village inaugurate
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The inauguration ceremony of the Cham population temple tower and series of activities to mark Vietnam’s Cultural Heritage Day will open at the Vietnam ethnic tourism and culture village in Dong Mo (Son Tay town, Hanoi) on November 23-24.
The program will see the participation of Cham and Raglai ethnic groups of Ninh Thuan; Cham ethnic groups from An Giang, Binh Thuan, Phu Yen, Binh Dinh, Dong Nai, Tay Ninh provinces, Ho Chi Minh City; Hre ethnic group of Quang Ngai province; Viet Bac Folk song and dance theatre; Bien Xanh song and dance theatre from Binh Thuan province; and some units directly under the Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism.
“The event is to respond to the 5th Party Central Committee meeting resolution (term VIII) on “Building and developing an advanced Vietnam’s culture deeply imbued with national identity while introducing and propagating Vietnam’s images in general and Cham ethnics in particular to international friends”, Mr. Nguyen Dinh Loi, Vice head of management board of the Vietnam ethnic tourism and culture village, addressed the press conference on November 15.
According to the organizing board, a series of activities will be held at the program including a ceremony to open the Cham Tower site door at the Vietnam ethnic tourism and culture village; an art program to mark Vietnam Cultural Heritage Day; 82 years of the founding of the National Front for the Liberation of Vietnam.
Beside, an exhibition to display artifacts, specialties, cultural products of the Cham and other Vietnamese ethnic groups in the integration and development process; reappearing traditional ceremonies of the Cham ethnic group, such as the ritual for girls being recognized as mature women of the Cham Ba Ni ethnic group in Ninh Thuan province and traditional weddings of the Cham ethnic group in An Giang province./.
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Nov
17
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Screening documentary film on Temple of Literature
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A documentary film on “Van Mieu Quoc Tu Giam” (Temple of Literature) by the National Documentary and Scientific Film Production Studio will be screened on the VTV1 channel, Vietnam Television on November 17.
The “Van Mieu Quoc Tu Giam” film was produced in 2009. It was scripted by Lai Van Sinh and directed by Nguyen Van Huong,
The film praising the studious tradition of the Vietnamese people and their gratitude to their teachers was chosen to screen at the 2nd International Documentary Week and 1000-year Thang Long, Hanoi ceremony. It won the Silver Kite award from the Vietnam Cinematography Association in 2009.
Built in the latter part of the ninth century, Van Mieu is one of the oldest universities in the world. Its original purpose was the worship of the sages and saints of Confucianism.
Van Mieu Quoc Tu Giam is an unique historical-cultural relic in Hanoi that attracts both millions of domestic and international visitors every year./.
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