1,247 Buddhist nuns and monks will gather for the Great Buddhist Festival to mark the 1000th anniversary of Thang Long-Hanoi scheduled to take place in Hanoi from July 27 to August 2. he festival will comprise two major activities- a procession of the statue of King Ly Thai To from the Do Temple in Bac Ninh to Hanoi and a three-day ceremony to pray for…
Hanoi Craft and Fine Art Products Week 2010 will take place on August 4-9 with the participation of more than 10 enterprises and artisans showcasing seven groups of products.
Overseas Vietnamese in Vientiane and Paris were called online to join the 1,000th anniversary of Thang Long – Ha Noi yesterday.
Eighteen handicraft items have been selected as official gifts for guests at celebrations to mark the 1,000 th birthday of the capital city of Hanoi .
Forty-two artworks by 11 contemporary Japanese artists are on display at an exhibition which opened on July 14 in Hue city, the central province of Thua Thien-Hue.
A collection of paintings made from gemstones featuring images of Vietnam’s countryside, its people, history and cultural traditions has just been completed to celebrate the 1,000th anniversary of Thang Long-Hanoi.
The central coastal city of Quy Nhon in Binh Dinh province will host the 3 rd international festival of Vietnam traditional martial arts from August 1-4.
The exhibition “Tran Do Pottery – Looking Back and Experimentingâ€, by Tran Do, one of the most famous artisans from Hanoi’s Bat Trang pottery village, opened at Van Mieu (the Temple of Literature), in Hanoi last week.
More than 30 foreign art troupes have registered to take part in the grand ceremony to celebrate the 1,000th anniversary of Thang Long-Hanoi.
The World Heritage Committee will consider the request for the inscription of the Thang Long Royal Citadel on UNESCO’s list of World Heritage sites when it convents its 34 th session in Brazil from July 25 to August 3.
A live television programme linking Hanoi, Vientiane and Paris will be held on July 31, presenting images of the thousand-year history and culture of Thang Long-Hanoi to the world. A Vietnamese delegation of the Foreign Ministry and the Vietnam multimedia corporation (VTC) is on a trip to Laos to prepare for the event.
The Thang Long Citadel, which has witnessed Hanoi’s 1,000 year history, will host a series of Buddhist celebrations from July 27 to August 2 to acknowledge the capital city’s millennial anniversary.