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A red-lacquered and gold-trimmed wooden piece of cuon thu (horizontal lacquered board). The US Ambassador’s Fund for Cultural Preservation (AFCP) has granted US$30,000 to the northern province of Thai Binh’s Provincial Museum for the restoration of wooden artifacts. Accordingly,...

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  The building was unique, and it opened to befitting fanfare on a very special occasion – the 1,000th anniversary of Thang Long – Hanoi. Easily the largest museum in Vietnam, the four-storey reverse pyramid shaped building was received with appropriate “oohs” and “aahs.”...

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  A life-sized replica of a Jarai burial ground in the outdoor viewing area at the Vietnam Museum of Ethnology in Hanoi. Many foreigners make the mistake of thinking about Vietnam as a homogenous nation, comprised of a single race of people. In fact, it is home to a variegated...

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An old pharmacy featuring the northern style, was relocated to the Fito Museum's second floor. It has medicinal chests, small pillows on the table where patients put their arms for the doctor to feel their pulse, and a medicinal scale. Ngoc Ha looks healthy and youthful at 50. The woman with her hair dyed blonde walks...

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  Twenty four kilograms of coins dating back to the 18th century were found at a private residence in Hai Phong City. The coins were handed over to the city museum this week, said Do Xuan Trung, the vice-director of the museum. Nguyen Van Bay was reconstructing a small wooden pier over a pond outside his house...

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Gifts exhibition marks Hanoi’s 1000th birthday; Vietnam’s only ice-skating rink opens in HCMC; Vietnam TV all set for 1st travel channel; Hanoi Museum makes debut; African music to be performed in Vietnam Gifts exhibition marks Hanoi’s 1000th birthday  A ten-day exhibition of gifts, which were presented to...

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Right in Hanoi’s centre, tourists can see and touch the simple life of the Vietnamese countryside several centuries ago by visiting the Museum of Farming Tools and Daily Life of Northern Farmers. VnnNews – Right in the heart of Hanoi, tourists can see and touch the simple life of the Vietnamese countryside several centuries ago...

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The organising board of the War Memorabilia exhibition predicted that only 200 people would attend their opening ceremony, but surprisingly, nearly 1,000 guests arrived for the display and donated freely. To the officers, veterans and foreigners who experienced the war, the keepsakes have an immeasurable spiritual value. VnnNews – The...

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VnnNews – A new center in Vietnam will work to protect the local fine arts market by exposing fakes and copycats, artists told a conference in Hanoi last week. Ganh lua (Carry Rice) by Hoang Tich ChuVnnNews – A new center in Vietnam will work to protect the local fine arts market by exposing fakes and copycats, artists told a conference...

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Documents from Nguyen Dynasty show the Vietnam’s border defence.VnnNews – The Museum of the Vietnam Revolution opened an exhibition on the country’s defence of its border and territories in Hanoi on October 6.More than 300 items, documents and pictures displayed at the museum reflect the Party and the State’s attention...

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