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Transform the Hoan Kiem Lake pedestrian zone into an appealing destination

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Hoan Kiem District authorities, in coordination with Hanoi’s Department of Culture and Sports, are continuing their efforts to make the pedestrian zone around Hoan Kiem Lake more attractive, according to Nguyen Quoc Hoan, Deputy Chairman of Hoan Kiem District People’s Committee, who spoke to Hanoimoi Newspaper. Could you share the achievements of the pedestrian zone around Hoan Kiem Lake and its surroundings on weekends, seven years after its launch?  Local and foreign visitors enjoy many activities in the pedestrian zone around Hoan Kiem Lake. Photo: Pham Hung/The Hanoi Times In 2016, the Hoan Kiem District People’s Committee, with the approval of the city government, opened  the weekend pedestrian zone around Hoan Kiem Lake and its surroundings  to build a community-oriented space, improve the living environment, and highlight the values of local tangible and intangible cultural heritage to preserve, honor, and introduce Hanoi’s history, culture, and peo...

60+ Cultural Events at Hanoi Creative Design Festival 2023

Speaking at the event, Do Dinh, director of the Hanoi Department of Culture and Sports, emphasized that the festival aims to give visitors the opportunity to experience new tourism products and services that were once part of the capital’s industrial heritage. The highlight of this year’s festival will be a new creative cultural complex at the Gia Lam Train Factory on the outskirts of Hanoi, which is expected to attract young people. The complex will feature a steam locomotive made in Vietnam that is considered the pride of Vietnam Railways in the 1970s and 1980s. According to the plan, more than 60 cultural activities will be held during the festival, including photo exhibitions, seminars, and international workshops. Additionally, a number of community events and creative fairs will take place at several main locations throughout the Old Quarter, including Gia Lam Train Factory, Hang Dau water tower, Van Xuan flower garden, Long Bien Railway Station, and Gia Lam Railway Stati...

Vietnamese model competes for Mister Global 2023 crown

Born in 1995, Dat stands at 1.86 meters tall, weighs 80kg, and measures 102-81-101. He competed at Mister Vietnam 2019, achieving the second runner-up title. Currently, he works as the CEO of a fitness center in Ho Chi Minh City. Mister Global is one of the top five global male beauty pageants. Vietnam has achieved numerous remarkable accomplishments in various competitions. Notably, Vietnamese Taekwondo athlete Nguyen Van Son won the Mister Global 2015 title, while Nguyen Huu Vi and Thuan Nguyen secured third and fourth places in 2014 and 2017, respectively. Ethnic Khmer Danh Chieu Linh then won the Mister Global 2021 title. The post Vietnamese model competes for Mister Global 2023 crown appeared first on Vietexplorer.com .

Film shown to enhance Italy-Vietnam cultural collaboration

The Vietnamese Embassy in Italy, the Administration of Rimini city, Italy-Vietnam Foundation, Fulgor Cinema, Fellini Film Library and Museum, Rotary Clubs in Romagna, Rimini, Rimini Riviera, and Cervia Cesenatico jointly organized the event. Marco Leonetti, the person in charge of Rimini Film Library and Museum, stated that the screening of the Vietnamese film is one of the special activities organized by the museum to promote relations between both sides, especially in terms of art and culture. Nguyen Thai Hoc, Counsellor of the Vietnamese Embassy in Italy, highlighted that this event signifies a further step in cultural and art collaboration between Vietnam and Italy. He added that it holds even more significance as it took place in Rimini, the hometown of the late talented director Federico Fellini. “Jasmine,” which participated in the Asian Film Festival in Rome in May of this year, is one of the representative films of Vietnam. It depicts the everyday life of Vietnam, show...

A glance at Vietnam-New Zealand strategic partnership

The post A glance at Vietnam-New Zealand strategic partnership appeared first on Vietexplorer.com . View more from VietExplorer: Vietnam’s film distribution association pleads with gov’t for support for 10,000 employees Endangered Sumatran orangutan gives birth at Saigon amusement park English language book on President Ho Chi Minh set for release in Thailand Artists join hands for community health Ceremony marks President Ho Chi Minh’s birthday Vietnam Airlines, VITA jointly launch tourism stimulus programme Museum of Ethnology to provide free access President Ho Chi Minh’s footprints kept alive in Thailand Uncle Ho in the heart of overseas Vietnamese in Laos Enterprises grasp opportunities amid COVID-19 Vietnam presents medical supplies to eight countries Performance celebrates Uncle Ho’s 130th birthday Hanoi capital vibrant on President Ho Chi Minh’s birthday Online book exhibition on President Ho Chi Minh gets underway Live art programme marks President Ho Chi M...