Sep
18
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3rd Dan Tranh show to open in HCMC
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Following its success in 2010 and 2011, the 3rd Dan Tranh show will take place at Meeting Hall A of the Ho Chi Minh City Labour Cultural Palace on September 21, 2012.
The Dan Tranh is also known as Dan Thap Luc, or sixteen-stringed zither. Its shape resembles a bamboo tube that has been sliced vertically in half.
The Dan Tranh originates from the ancient capital city of Hue, where women once played it for royalty, and the instrument is still considered a symbol of the city.
This show gathers artists across the country: Hong Hanh from Hanoi, Hong Nga from Hue and Hai Phuong from Ho Chi Minh City; as well as two artists from Japan: Toshiko Nasage playing koto and his son Kenzan Nassage performing on Japanese flute; and Taiwanese students from the Dan Tranh department of the Taipei school in HCMC.
Beside the show, an exchange with Prof. Dr. Tran Van Khe will be held at his private home on September 22. He will share about the similarities and differences between the Dan Tranh of Vietnam and the Koto of Japan./.
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Sep
18
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Davines Hair Show 2012 to open in Hanoi
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The Davines Hair Show & Contest 2012, organised by Vietnam Davines company and Dep magazine, will be held at the Hanoi Opera House on September 20, 2012.
Davines Hair Show & Contest 2012, presenting the latest hairstyle trends from across the globe, will take place at the Hanoi Opera House on September 20.
This contest is held every 5 years, aims to seek representatives from Vietnam to take part in the Davines World Wide Hair Tour which will take place in May 2013 in Paris (France) and showing the latest hairstyle trends of 2013.
Launched on August 1, the contest attracted many participants. The 10 top candidates will continue to take part in the technical round (cutting, dying and styling) on the final night in Hanoi on September 20.
Young hair designer Bui Duc Thinh who won the 2007 Hair Design Contest titled ‘World Style Contest’, is part of the World Wide Hair Tour organized by Davines hair care. This year, he will award the winner of this contest the Pandore box.
This year's contest will have the attendance of leading designers of the country like Minh Tam, Tran Hung and Duc Thinh./.
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Sep
17
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Funding grows to restore Angkor Wat
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SIEM REAP, 13 September 2012: The Cambodia government signed an agreement with the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organisation, late last week to assist in safeguarding Angkor Wat, the country’s most prestigious World Heritage site.
The deal was inked between Cambodia’s Deputy Prime Minister and Minister in charge of the Council of Ministers, Sok An and UNESCO Representative to Cambodia, Anne Lemaistre.
Rome University’s Professor, Valter Maria Santoro, who heads the Italian technical mission for stone consolidation in the temple, said the two-year project will focus on the restoration of a moat embankment at Angkor Wat.
Mr Sok An said the second phase project will cost US$250,000 including US$200,000 from the Italian government and US$50,000 from the Cambodian government.
“The Italian government, through UNESCO, has been involved in helping to safeguard Angkor Wat Temple since 1994…. the continuous support signifies a further cooperation between Cambodia, UNESCO and Italy.”
Currently, Cambodia has been collaborating with 14 countries and 28 international teams who are handling 60 different projects to preserve and restore the temple.
The Angkor archeological park is Cambodia’s most important cultural tourism attraction, located 315 km from the capital Phnom Penh.
The temple was designated a World Heritage Site by UNESCO in 1992.
From January to June this year, 1.06 million international tourists visited the temple, with South Korea, Vietnam and China topping the suppliers’ list. There were 61,340 Thai tourists, a 201% increase over the same period.
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Cambodia, Laos, Myanmar and Viet Nam cooperate in developing tourism
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17/09/2012 11:37:03
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Culture brings Vietnam and Japan closer
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17/09/2012 11:27:30
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Culture brings Vietnam and Japan closer
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17/09/2012 11:25:19
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Over VND5 trillion for heritage restoration
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17/09/2012 11:08:07
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VND5 trillion to upgrade Cat Bi airport next year
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17/09/2012 10:56:26
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UNESCO praises Hanoi’s preservation efforts
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17/09/2012 10:54:27
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Largest Vietnam festival underway in Japan
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17/09/2012 10:47:03
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VN responds to Clean up the World campaign
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17/09/2012 10:29:46
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Culture brings Vietnam and Japan closer
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17/09/2012 10:25:25
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