Sep
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Cultural Heritage Bureau checks wrech with 500-year-old antiques
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VietNamNet Bridge – On the afternoon of September 13, the head of the Monument Management Department (Cultural Heritage Bureau) and antique assessment experts of the Museum of Vietnamese History went to the central province of Quang Ngai to check the sunken ship which contains many ceramic items dated back to the 15th century.
Quang Ngai blockades the shipwreck with 500-year-old antique
These experts and officials of the Department of Culture, Sports and Tourism and the Museum of Quang Ngai Province visited Chau Thuan Bien village (Binh Chau Commune, Binh Son District) to survey the waters, where the wreck is located, which is just about 100 meters from the shore.
This morning, September 14, the delegation worked with Quang Ngai officials to discuss plans for excavation and salvage of the ship.
As hundreds of fishermen rushed to Chau Thuan Bien to collect antiques from the sunken ship, Deputy Minister of Culture, Sports and Tourism Huynh Vinh Ai has sent a written request to Quang Ngai province, asking the local government to strengthen measures to protect the wreck, to prevent illegal salvage of antiques and to recover artifacts from local people.
The Ministry of of Culture, Sports and Tourism has also asked Quang Ngai authorities to design plans and prepare required procedures for the urgent excavations, using funds from the local budget.
According to the People's Committee of Binh Chau commune, the authorities confiscated and pursuaded local people to hand over 36 artifacts from the sunken ship. At present, fishermen have been completely prevented from taking antiques from the wreck. This area is guarded 24/7.
A young fisherman with a piece of ancient ceramic from the sunken ship.
Earlier, dozens of antique traders from Binh Duong, Ho Chi Minh City, Da Nang, Hue, Quang Tri, Quang Binh flocked to fishing villages in Binh Chau to buy antiques that local people picked up from the wreck. Among the artifacts, the most valueable items are deep blue glazed plates, carved with flowers, with diameter larger than 40 cm.
Lam Du Xenh, an antique collector in Quang Ngai, said each ancient plate of this kind is priced VND20 million ($1,000), not up to VND60 million ($3,000) as rumor. In addition, some ancient bowls and plates which are intact are worth from VND500,000 ($25) to several million dong.
Xenh said that the authorities should ask local fishermen to help salvage of antiques because they are not only good at diving and have specialized equipment but also know the exact location of the sunken ship.
"If Quang Ngai province does not excavate the wreck, artifacts will be not only lost due to theft but also be broken by large waves in the rainy season this year," said Xenh.
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Sep
15
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Among media, TV is still on top
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VietNamNet Bridge – In Viet Nam, television remains the most powerful and effective form of mass media, with 85 per cent of the population watching TV every day, according to a report released by Kantar Media's TNS Media Vietnam.
An ethnic Red Dao family in Lao Chai Commune,
northern Lao Cai Province, gathers to watch TV.
Television is also the most common household appliance and communications vehicle in Vietnamese families.
Twenty-seven per cent of the Vietnamese population own two or more televisions, and 95 per cent say they respect the medium, according to the survey.
Television maintains the highest daily reach, with nearly 83 per cent of people aged 15 to 54 watching TV two hours a day.
The internet's average daily reach ranks second, if compared with television, except in the Cuu Long (Mekong) Delta region.
However, the Mekong Delta and southeastern regions lead the country in the number of people who listen to radio and read print newspapers and magazines.
In southern provinces, the number of people who use video-players is higher than that in the northern provinces.
In the past, TV aerials were used by Vietnamese households to receive broadcast television signals.
But now many families receive television signals by cable, satellite and terrestrial digital services instead. The percentage of people who use TV aerials has dropped to only 39 per cent.
However, in the Mekong Delta region, 57 per cent of families use TV aerials.
The strong development of cable and digital television has enabled households to watch at least 20 TV channels.
National TV channels VTV1 and VTV3 can cover all localities nationwide. Even some local TV channels like HTV and THVL1 (the latter in southern Vinh Long Province) can penetrate remote areas like the Central Highlands (Tay Nguyen) and northern mountainous regions.
In some localities in the Hong (Red) River Delta like Ha Noi and southeastern region like HCM City, families have access to more foreign TV channels than Vietnamese channels.
Residents in the southeastern region spend more time listening to radio, reading newspapers and using the internet, compared with other localities in the country, with the amount of time averaging 224, 44, 28 and 76 minutes, respectively.
Meanwhile, people in the Mekong Delta region lead the country in spending time watching television and using video players, with 256 and 49 minutes, respectively.
For young people, they tend to spend more time using the internet, which will likely make it a competitive media form with television in the future.
Thirty-eight per cent of the young people in the southeastern region use the interent regularly.
However, according to TNS Media Vietnam, although the use of the internet is increasing among Vietnamese, especially youth, it has not replaced television.
With the strong development of technology, mobile phones are becoming a multi-media means, threatening to rival the role of television in the future.
Up to 85 per cent of the population aged 15 to 54 own mobile phones.
The percentage of people using mobiles to listen to radio and music stations and access the internet has increased sharply every year.
Regarding the advertising area, television is still the most powerful ways to advertise in Viet Nam. At least 77 per cent of those polled said they liked to watch advertisements on television because of both images and sounds.
TNS Media Viet Nam's report, the first of its kind in the country, was based on 4,800 face-to-face interviews with people aged 15 to 54 in most localities nationwide.
The goal was to meet the rising demand of media owners, traders and producers, advertisers, and researchers.
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Sep
15
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Vietnam proposes Southeast Asian heritage network
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VietNamNet Bridge – Vietnam UNESCO National Committee has proposed establishing a network to keep an eye on, develop and preserve heritage sites in Southeast Asia to raise public awareness on preservation of these areas and to sustain and protect the environment.
The proposal was offered at a conference on the 1972 UNESCO World Heritage Convention and sustainable development which took place in the northern province of Ninh Binh on Tuesday, reports VietnamPlus.
The conference, co-organized by UNESCO’s World Heritage Centre and Vietnam UNESCO National Committee, aimed to encourage member countries to think about long-term plans on heritages.
Kishore Rao, director of UNESCO’s World Heritage Center, stressed that since the convention was established in 1972, 192 nations have signed up.
Participants at the conference agreed that the preservation of the world’s natural and cultural heritages need to be carried out regularly and continuously. To achieve sustainable development, the member countries are required to design master plans and set up a system to supervise the process of socio-economic construction and development, to avoid negative impacts on heritages.
They also highlighted the need for effective measures to balance heritage preservation, economic development and tourist attraction.
Addressing the conference, Pham Cao Phong, Secretary General of the Vietnam UNESCO National Committee, said that during the past 25 years, ministries, sectors, local governments and related agencies of Vietnam have effectively implemented the convention.
Many policies related to the field have been applied widely and deeply, contributing to promoting the image of UNESCO as well as protecting the country’s quintessence to transfer to younger generations.
On the occasion, the committee floated a proposal to establish a network to supervise, preserve and develop world heritages in Southeast Asia, aiming to raise public awareness and responsibility towards the heritages, encouraging them to protect the environment and develop the tourism economy in a sustainable manner.
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Another national relic is "upgraded" in Hung Yen
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‘Divo of Viet Nam' hosts love-themed live show
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Vietnamese puppeteers fly high at International Marionette Festival
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Restored painting of King Tran Nhan Tong sold for US$1.8 million
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Da Nang to host fireworks tourney
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HCM City Fine Arts Museum doubles up
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Chefs introduce Indian Food Festival
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Prize winning musicians to debut Debussy
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Hardrock Cafe goes acoustic for one night
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