Kids playing music in Doi pagoda

Kids playing music in Doi pagoda

(VOVworld)- Located 3 km southeast of Soc Trang city, Doi (Bat) pagoda, also known as Mahatup and Ma Toc pagoda, is one of the most outstanding architectural complexes of Buddhist pagodas in southern Vietnam. The 3-hectare pagoda has been the home place of bats for several years. Over the the weekend, visitors to the pagoda are entertained with five-tone music...

More

Vietnamese culture in integration

Vietnamese culture in integration

(VOVworld)- Vietnamese culture is being influenced by international integration. The changes of Vietnamese cultural values as well as the ways to preserve and promote them in the integration process is of great concern.

More

Learning tradition – cultural identity of Vong Nguyet village

Learning tradition – cultural identity of Vong Nguyet village

(VOVworld) - Vong Nguyet village in the northern province of Bac Ninh has long been famous for silk weaving and its learning tradition, which have been nurtured through generations. To Tuan reports:

More

Vietnamese language in the integration period

Vietnamese language in the integration period

(VOVworld) - Language is the primary tool of communication for all human beings. Vietnamese people have a saying “Words cost nothing” to teach the importance of language in communication. With the rapid integration of the internet and foreign culture into Vietnam, the younger generation is changing the Vietnamese language.

More

Promoting epic poems of the Central Highlands

Promoting epic poems of the Central Highlands

(VOVworld)- Epic poems have played an important role in the cultural lives of Central Highland’s people for centuries. But they are now on the verge of falling into oblivion. Only few people can still recite these poems. The teaching of epic poems has become more urgent than ever. VOV reporter Ngoc Hien looks at ways to preserve and promote epic...

More

Dong Ho folk paintings- national cultural heritage

Dong Ho folk paintings- national cultural heritage

(VOVworld)- Dong Ho folk paintings are popular with most Vietnamese people, but especially those in the Red River region. Dong Ho folk paintings are not just decorative, they convey lessons about morality.

More

Hang traditional market in Hai Phong

Hang traditional market in Hai Phong

(VOVworld) – Hang market is perhaps the only market in the northern port city of Hai Phong that still retains the characteristics of a rural market. It has provided childhood memories to many now far from home and an exciting experience of Vietnamese culture to foreign tourists. Let’s find out more in this report called “Hang market – a community-based...

More

Stamps help promote Vietnam’s image

Stamps help promote Vietnam’s image

(VOVworld)- As in many other countries, stamp collecting is a popular hobby in Vietnam. For philatelists, collecting stamps is not just a way to learn about history, culture and art, but also a way to introduce the Vietnamese image to the world. VOV editor To Tuan reports.

More

6/20/2013

28°C

6/21/2013

26°C 36°C

Currency Buy Sell
USD 21,025 21,036
JPY 219 224
EUR 27,989 28,466
GBP 32,604 33,227
CNY 3,274 3,311