(LSO) - Paleontological sites are places of naturally-formed animal and plant fossils that can be layers of soil, rock or sediment in caves. Such relics are often found in areas with early geological formation and mountainous regions with caves with favourable conditions for the development of ancient species, like Lang Son, Thai Nguyen, Ninh Binh, Yen Bai, Nghe An...

Hanoi (VNS/VNA) – Xam Ha Thanh (Hanoi buskers’ singing group) has recently published various videos of traditional xam singing. A scene in a video posted on Xam Ha Thanh's Youtube channel. (Photos taken from Youtube) Each clip features a song with people acting out the lyrics. The song Tu Vi Ha Thanh (Hanoi’s Best Delicacies), for example, has been...

Hanoi (VNA) – The northern province of Bac Ninh has completed a dossier seeking UNESCO’s inclusion of the making of Dong Ho folk paintings in the list of intangible cultural heritage in need of urgent safeguarding. "Blindman's buff", a work of the Dong Ho folk painting genre (Photo: VNA) The provincial People’s Committee has proposed the Ministry of Culture,...

Hanoi (VNA) - People can vote for Vietnamese photographers Nguyen Tan Tuan and Nguyen Thien for the 17th annual Smithsonian Magazine Photo Contest's Readers' Choice Winner. "Harvesting Water Lilies" by Nguyen Tan Tuan (Photo courtesy of the photographer) Tuan and Thien are among 60 finalists in the contest's six categories of Natural World, People, Travel, The American Experience,...

Hanoi (VNS/VNA) - As part of a new decree, actors on TV or in film will only be able to drink alcohol in scenes which depict historical figures or condemn this behaviour. A drinking scene in the film Loi Nguyen Gia Toc (Clan Curse). (Photo: phunuonline.com.vn) The Government’s Decree 24 details a number of articles of the Law on...

Hanoi (VNA) - Vietnamese women are urged to wear Ao dai (traditional long dress) from March 2-8 as part of a national event titled “Ao dai - Vietnamese Cultural Heritage” being held across the country. Illustrative image (Photo: phunuvietnam.vn) The event, co-launched by the Vietnam Women’s Union Central Committee and the Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism, aims...

An Giang (VNA) – The Bay Nui Ox Racing Festival in the Mekong Delta province of An Giang is expected to become an international event under a project recently approved by the provincial People’s Committee. Bay Nui Ox Racing Festival in the Mekong Delta province of An Giang (Photo: VNA) The project on the conservation of the Bay Nui...

Hanoi (VNS/VNA) - The Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism has assigned authorities and related organisations in the central province of Quang Tri to strictly protect the environment at historical underground relics in the province. A model of humans in the Vinh Moc Tunnel has attracted visitors to the site. In its 2,000 days of existence, 17 babies were...

Hanoi (VNS/VNA) - Five emerging artists or groups will have the chance to engage with traditional disciplines of Vietnamese performing arts and music via a residency programme which will start on March 1. Multidisciplinary musicians Cao Thanh Lan and Gregor Siedl, jurors of the selection process, will have a performance at the launching ceremony of the programme. (Photo courtesy...

Hanoi (VNA) – An audio-visual installation titled “Invisible Fragments” by Félix-Antoine Morin from Montreal, Canada is set to take place in Hanoi from February 29 to March 3. A banner of the event (Photo courtesy of the artist's website) The exhibition is a scalable audio-visual installation that unveils several miniature territories, whose details, inaccessible to the naked eyes, become...