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Dinh Tien Dung, secretary of the Hanoi Party Committee, urged local authorities on April 18 to start the restoration plan for Kinh Thien Palace in 2026. Visitors at the Thang Long Imperial Citadel in Hanoi. Photo: Pham Hung/The Hanoi Times The Hanoi Party chief said the plan must be in line with science and history, taking into account the advice of domestic and international experts. He said the restoration of the Kinh Thien Palace would greatly impact the capital’s tourism and cultural industries. “Drawing up the restoration plan must be completed by the end of 2025 so that construction can start the following year,” the official said at a meeting on heritage preservation. Hanoi also plans to spend VND14 trillion (US$596.2 million) on the reconstruction and conservation of heritage sites in the city. In addition to Kinh Thien Palace, city authorities plan to build the temple of Ngo Quyen, the Vietnamese monarch who ended over 1,000 years of Chinese rule in 938, an...

The People’s Committee of Hue City, which is the provincial capital, said on Tuesday that the preparation for the ninth Hue Traditional Craft Festival was completed. Following the success of the previous editions, this year’s event, titled ‘Quintessence of Vietnamese Crafts,’ will feature art performances and displays of local and international handicrafts.  The first fest was rolled out in 2005. The highlight of the ninth edition is a food festival themed ‘Quintessence of Noodle-Making Craft’ with an aim to honor Hue’s traditional craft. Other activities such as a culture-art exchange program, a street performance, and a flower garland and colored lantern fest will be organized during the 2023 Hue Traditional Craft Festival. Vo Le Nhat, chairman of the Hue People’s Committee, said that this year’s festival will focus on introducing unique products of traditional crafts in the city and other provinces and cities in Vietnam as well as in...

Provincial authorities on Wednesday held a press conference to announce the event, whose highlight will be a display of digital transformation applications which help remove many of the obstacles faced by local farmers. Eighteen activities are slated to take place before, during, and after the festival.  These include a story-writing contest, a children’s drawing competition, a photography contest, an exhibition showcasing mango products and local specialties from Dong Thap, and familiarization trips to mango farming areas. The festival will also include two seminars featuring discussions on measures to enhance the value, and promote the sustainable growth, of the province’s mango farming and tourism sectors. Some reporters at the press briefing fielded questions on whether the festivals in Dong Thap have lived up to authorities’ expectations or if they just overwhelm local residents. Officials chair a press briefing on the upcoming Mango Festival in Dong Thap Pr...

Featured films and documentaries on war and modern themes, such as “Life” by Dao Duy Phuc, “Father and Son” by Luong Dinh Dung, and “Yellow Flowers on Green Grass” by Victor Vu, will be screened for free at the Vietnamese film week that will run from April 24 to 27 in Hanoi.  Poster of the Vietnamese feature movie titled Father and Son, 2017, directed by Luong Dinh Dung  Screenings will begin at 7:30 p.m. daily from April 24-27 at People’s Army Cinema, 17 Ly Nam De Street, Hoan Kiem District, Hanoi. The specific screening times are as follows: “ Hoa Giai ” (Reconciliation) and “ Khuc Mua ” or (Song of Rain) on April 24; “ Ngay Cuoi Cung Cua Chien Tranh ” or (Last Day of War) and “ Sinh Menh ” (Life) on April 25; “ Song Va Ke Lai ” or (Life and Narrative) and “ Cha Cong Con ” or (Father and Son) on April 26; and “ Con Lai Voi Thoi Gian ” or (Remains of Time) and “ Toi Thay Hoa Vang Tren Co Xanh ” (Yellow Flowers on Green Grass) on April 27. Audiences can enjoy...

Films which will be shown include “Maika – Cô bé đến từ hành tinh khác” (Maika-The girl from another galaxy), documentaries “Trở về miền ký ức” (Return to the memory) and “Lửa từ thành cổ” (Fire from the citadel), as well as cartoons “Bạch Đằng nổi sóng” (Bach Dang Wharf) and “Giải cứu bò con” (Rescuing calves). “Maika – Cô bé đến từ hành tinh khác” (Maika-The girl from another galaxy) tells the tale of Hung, a boy whose mother dies. He then withdraws into a life of solitude until he meets Maika, a girl from another world looking for friends on Earth.  Maika was inspired by a character of the same name from the Slovakian children’s TV series Spadla z oblakov, or “The Girl Who Fell From the Sky”, a programme which aired from 1978 to 1983 and played in Vietnam. The fantasy movie represented Vietnam at the 2022 Sundance Film Festival, which was held in the United States. The Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism has assigned the Cinema Department to co-ordina...

Artists at a painting at the exhibition in Da Nang. Photo: Duy Ninh Nguyen A painting exhibition highlighting the effects of Agent Orange on humans with works by the US’s famous painter David Thomas and the Boston Printmakers opened at Da Nang Arts Museum on April 17, VNA & NDO reported. Present in Vietnam and coming to Danang to participate in this exhibition include David Thomas and five artists Susan Denniston, Margo Lemieux, Colleen MacDonald, Marilyn Mase and Carolyn Musket The event aims to strengthen friendship and international cooperation, creating opportunities for local artists to exchange and exchange creative experiences with foreign artists, especially in the field of graphic works about the pain of war and the heavy and persistent consequences that Agent Orange (AO) has caused to humans. After seeing X-ray films of his brain, David Thomas created visual images of the battle with the disease. Photo: Duy Ninh Nguyen On display are 70 paintin...

Starting April 19, National Assembly (NA) Chairman Vuong Dinh Hue is leading a high-ranking NA delegation to pay a 4-day visit to the Republic of Cuba at the invitation President of the NA of People’s Power of Cuba Esteban Lazo Hernandez. The visit takes place as part of the occasion of the 60th anniversary of Cuba’s establishment of the Committee for Solidarity with South Vietnam, the 50th anniversary of Fidel Castro Ruz’s first visit to Vietnam, and of the Liberation of South Vietnam in September, 1973. NA Chairman Vuong Dinh Hue’s visit to Cuba marks the first high-ranking foreign leader’s visit to Cuba after the Caribbean nation successfully held its General Election to elect a new National Assembly and important State titles according to the Constitution, reported VOV. From April 19 to April 23, National Assembly (NA) Chairman Vuong Dinh Hue leads a high-ranking NA delegation to pay an official visit to the Republic of Cuba at the invitation President of the NA of Peop...