July 2010 ~ 1,000th anniversary of Thang Long-Hanoi

Friday, July 30, 2010

Thăng Long queen city center receives international relic degree

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Lunar Year 4 th light (ie on February 10, 2008), Ministry of Culture - Sports and Tourism has awarded Decision ranked national monuments with Relics history of art and architecture of Park Royal Center Thang Long, Hanoi (including relic of old Hanoi and archaeological relic 18 Hoang Dieu).Mr. Tran Chien Thang - Deputy Minister of Culture - Sports and Tourism; Ms. Ngo Thi Thanh Hang - Vice Chairman Hanoi City with representatives of some departments, branches, localities and specific aging published in Bac Ninh, Ly Thai country attended. By first ceremony to receive the National monuments, government representatives in Hanoi and Bac Ninh with...

New findings about Thăng Long queen city

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Block is the palace where the focus typical of the monarch, the most advanced products of the economy, the country's culture through historical periods.On September 2, 2002, a conference on scientific relic Hoang Thang Long was held in Hanoi brings together historians, archaeologists across the country. Approval of the historian Professor Phan Huy Le, we post all discussion to the new conclusions deepen awareness of the monument is especially rare. We put the headline. 1. Areas Hoang Thang Long at 18 Hoang Dieu began excavations from 12-2002 and are revealed in a large area in the mid-2003. Area excavated so far is 19,000 m2. From the findings,...

Propose Thang Long queen city becoming world relic

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5 / 4, Forum UNESCO - University and Heritage 12th place in Hanoi. Vietnam hopes this is the opportunity to promote Hoang Thang Long became a World Cultural Heritage in 2010.tìm kiếmAttending the seminar are 380 professors, researchers, experts and students from 52 counter. Earlier this year, the record (nearly 900 pages) of the Royal Central Vietnam Thang Long was completed and sent to Paris (France) proposed UNESCO World Cultural Heritage. According to experts, the Royal meeting three of the six criteria of the UNESCO Hoang Thang Long confirmed as one of important relics of Hanoi in particular and the country in general and Hanoi People's...

Thăng Long queen city in balance with old capitals

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Detection sites 18 Hoang Dieu enough proved invaluable to the economic value of Thang Long thousand years ago from the left in the ground, that makes it fortunate enough when thanks to the conservation of ground that we, and generations of children, many opportunities will study and learn history.The value of the relic Hoang Thang Long (been revealed in 2003) were the scientists in the country as well as international experts, including UNESCO Director General Mr. greatly appreciate, fully deserves to recognized as the cultural heritage of humanity. Each city has a fixed value but only its own it, the Thang Long Imperial comparison with the Co...

Online dialogue deepens capital’s traditional values

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An online dialogue themed “1000 years of Thang Long-Hanoi - Traditional values” was held on Oct. 18, helping readers better understand historical and cultural traditions as well as valuable heritages of Thang Long-Hanoi. The online dialogue, organised by the Communist Party of Vietnam Online Newspaper, is part of a plan toward the millennium of Thang Long-Hanoi. During three hours, readers raised over 200 questions relating to the one-pillar pagoda, the architectural space of the ancient Thang Long citadel, relics, as well as former names of Hanoi and important figures who made contributions to Thang Long-Hanoi. The organising board selected and answered 20 questions. The remaining questions will further be answered and posted onto on the CPV online newspaper...

UNESCO to attend capital city’s 1,000th birthday

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Hanoi plays host of national tourism year 2010

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A ceremony was held in Hanoi on the evening of Oct. 10 to celebrate the 999th anniversary of Thang Long-Hanoi and announce the Year of National Tourism 2010. Present at the event, hosted by the Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism, were Deputy Prime Minister Nguyen Sinh Hung and Secretary of the Hanoi Party Committee Pham Quang Nghi and Chairman of the Hanoi People’s Committee Nguyen The Thao. Close to 1,000 artists, actors and actresses entertained local audiences with special art performances that feature the most typical cultural characters of Thang Long-Hanoi and promote the city’s friendly and attractive images to visitors. In connection with celebrations of the capital’s 1,000th founding anniversary, the Year of National Tourism 2010 will include nine major programmes and almost...

Online dialogue deepens capital’s traditional values

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Contest about Thang Long-Hanoi launched in Laos

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A contest on knowledge about the heroic, thousand-year old city of Thang Long-Hanoi was launched in Vientiane on November 4.Speaking at the ceremony, Hanoi Moi newspaper editor-in-chief Ho Quang Loi laid stress on the national scale of the contest which is expected to conclude in October, 2010 in coincide with the 1000-year anniversary of Thang Long-Hanoi.The contest, which is first being launched outside Vietnam , will motivate participants to learn more about the history of the ancient city of Thang Long , now Hanoi , and about Vietnam ’s people, Loi said.The contest will also be a chance for Vietnamese at home and abroad to express their patriotism for their fatherland, he added.According to editor-in-chief Loi, the deployment of the contest in Laos is an important event, contributing to...

Flower power pulls crowds

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Thousands of Hanoians and foreign tourists flocked to Hoan Kiem Lake to contemplate the hundreds of thousands of flowers displayed at the capital’s second flower festival, which kicked off on Dec. 30. Not only an event to welcome the forthcoming New Year, the festival is also one of 80 events in the city organised by the Culture, Sports and Tourism Department to celebrate the 1,000 th anniversary of Hanoi in 2010. Speaking at the opening ceremony, Deputy Chairwoman of Hanoi...

Flower festival draws in 3 million visitors

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Almost 3 million locals and foreigners flocked to Hoan Kiem Lake to join a flower festival, the 2nd of its kind in Hanoi , which was held from Dec. 30 to Jan. 3. Not only an event to welcome the New Year, the festival was also one of 80 events to be organised by the Culture, Sports and Tourism Department to celebrate the millennium anniversary of Hanoi in 2010. The festival ended on the evening of Jan. 3, with a tea offering ceremony in front of the statue of King Ly Thai To....

2,000 people to make tale painting a record

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A total of 2,000 people are expected to join in drawing the “Tale of carp turning into dragon” painting at the Tet Viet 2010 Fair slated for the My Dinh National Stadium in Hanoi on Feb. 5. The 7m high and 3m wide painting drawing the record number of participants will feature carps in various colours and different dance positions leaping and crossing over Vu Mon (Rain Gate) to transform into dragons. The only carp that turned into a dragon, a symbol of 1,000 years of Thang Long-Hanoi, will be placed at the top of the painting. The drawing of the painting will be organised by the Thang Long Technology and Trade - Investment Joint Stock Company to celebrate the 1,000th anniversary of Thang Long-Hanoi. The three-day fair is expected to draw 45,000 visitors. The tale of carp turning...

Businessmen celebrate millennium anniversary

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A festival entitled “Vietnamese entrepreneurs with Hoa Lu-Thang Long-Hanoi – 1,000 years of construction and sustainable development” will be held on Mar. 4 in Hanoi and the northern province of Ninh Binh. The festival is one of the first activities in the lead-up to the 1,000 th anniversary of Thang Long-Hanoi. The programme will start at the Hanoi Friendship Palace by entrepreneurs’ travelling to Ninh Binh province for burning incenses at the Dinh and Le Kings Temples in Hoa Lu. The activities in Ninh binh will also include planting a Bodhi tree, a peace ceremony, a vegetarian food party and provision of 1,000 scholarships to poor and outstanding high school students. Then, the participants will have a party at the My Dinh National Convention Centre in Hanoi . A gala held at the...

Overseas composer dedicates work to Hanoi’s anniversary

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The French composer of Vietnamese descent Nguyen Thien Dao has devoted almost a year to the creation of a 60-minute work dedicated to the 1,000th anniversary of Hanoi-Thang Long. Called “Soul of Vietnamese fatherland”, the work is comprised of 16 movements, which involve performances of a symphony orchestra and a traditional Vietnamese band, both traditional and modern-style dances, and a demonstration of Tay Son drums. The work also includes the recitation of General Ly Thuong Kiet’s poem “Nam Quoc Son Ha” (Rivers and Mountains of the Southern nation), which is considered Vietnam’s ‘first declaration of independence’, General Tran Hung Dao’s “Hich Tuong Si” (Proclamation to the Officers), and scholar Nguyen Trai’s “Binh Ngo Dai Cao” as well as a screen displaying film clips of Vietnam’s...

Historical film to be shot for Hanoi’s 1,000th anniversary

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A major film on the history of Hanoi will start shooting on March 15 and will be shown on the 1,000th anniversary of the capital city, said the film director Luu Trong Ninh. The film, entitled “Aspirations of Thang Long”, is about King Ly Cong Uan who decided to move the country’s capital from Hoa Lu to a broad area lying in the flat alluvial delta named Dai La, now Hanoi. The film, produced by the Ky Nguyen Sang company, will be shot at a great number of traditional craft villages and many local people will be mobilised to take part in a war scene in the film, Ninh revealed. However, the director has not disclosed who will play the main roles in the film, which is expected to be taken to international film festivals...

Book of authentic dishes to be published on Hanoi’s birthday

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A book featuring 200 Hanoians’ authentic dishes will be published on the occasion of the 1,000th anniversary of Thang Long-Hanoi. The book, entitled “Cuisine Identities of Thang Long-Hanoi,” is being written by Dr. Nguyen Nha, head of the Institute of Vietnamese Cuisines . The writer said he had to look up age-old documents and visit families who lived in Hanoi long ago for materials in his book. In an effort to help the world know more about Vietnamese foods, the institute has launched a programme entitled “Jointly prepare Vietnamese foods for the world.” Under the programme, the institute offers courses for foreigners who want to learn how to cook Vietnamese dishes and Vietnamese people who plan to go overseas for work and study. In addition, the institute collaborates with enterprises...

Grand poetry festival opens with flame procession

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The 8th annual Vietnamese Poetry Day kicked off on February 26 with a special procession of the sacred flame from the Hung Kings’ Temple in Phu Tho province to Van Mieu-Quoc Tu Giam ( Temple of Literature ) in Hanoi . As the first cultural activity of the chain of events celebrating the 1,000th anniversary of Thang Long-Hanoi, the flame procession aims to honour traditional cultural values in a modern poetry festival as well as encourage writers to create literary works. At 12:00 on Feb. 26 (the 13th day of the first lunar month), the traditional flame was taken from the Thuong Temple, which is dedicated to the Hung Kings - the founders of Vietnam--to the Vu The Lang High School in Viet Tri city of Phu Tho province. The flame will be brought to Van Mieu-Quoc Tu Giam, the main venue of...

Spring festival starts for 1,000th birthday of Hanoi

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A large spring festival has taken place around the Hoan Kiem Lake in the capital city of Hanoi on Feb. 20, raising the curtain for a series of festivities to welcome the 1,000 anniversary of Thang Long-Hanoi. The festival, entitled “The 1,000 th Spring of Thang Long-Hanoi”, aims to highlight cultural features of Hanoi . It started with an animated dragon dance, followed by a folk dance and a long march carrying the symbol of Hanoi and a portrait of late President Ho Chi Minh. The festival seemed more ebullient with a sport dance and martial art and art performances. Before the opening of the festival, the capital’s leaders and people paid an homage to King Ly Thai To who himself decided to move the capital from Hoa Lu to Thang Long, now Hanoi . The same day, a festival to...

Spring festival starts for 1,000th birthday of Hanoi

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Grand poetry festival to herald 1,000-year old Hanoi

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Since its first debut on Nguyen Tieu day (the 15th day of the first lunar month) in 2003, Vietnamese Poetry Day has become a national tradition in the early Spring of each new year. This year’s Poetry Day will be a “grand festival” to be held nationwide to mark the 1,000th anniversary of Thang Long-Hanoi and other big events in the country, according to poet Huu Thinh, Chairman of the Vietnam Writers’ Association. In the capital city of Hanoi , the eighth annual Vietnamese Poetry Day will open on February 28. It will begin with a special procession of the sacred flame taken from the Thuong Temple, which is dedicated to the Hung Kings--the founders of Vietnam--and the Edict on the Transfer of the Capital from Hoa Lu (Ninh Binh) to Dai La (present-day Hanoi), written by King Ly Thai To. ...

Thang Long-Hanoi video clip contest launched

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The Hanoi Department of Culture, Sports and Tourism on February 4 launched a video clip contest on the subject of Thang Long-Hanoi to celebrate the upcoming millennium anniversary. Speaking at the ceremony, director of the Hanoi Culture Fund Vu Phuong underscored the scale of the contest, which will be open to both domestic and foreign participants. The contestants must show at least three works within a limit of nine minutes, using any medium--such as video cameras, mobile phones or still cameras--to depict Hanoians and their daily lives in modern times, he said The entries selected from the primary examination will be posted on the official website of the festival, www.thanglonghanoi.gov.vn to be judged by the public. The contest winner will receive 20 million VND. There will also...

Scenario for grand ceremony of Hanoi millennium anniversary

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A plan for a grand ceremony on the 1,000th anniversary of Thang Long-Hanoi that has been submitted to the Government for approval will be one of the most glorious cultural and historical programmes in Vietnam ’s history. The event, which will take place from Oct. 1-10, will include 30 cultural activities and festivals that aim to honour the country’s historical and revolutionary values, said the plan’s author Nguyen Khac Phuc. During the event, Hanoians and people across the country will be entertained with a music and symphony programme, a traditional dress (ao dai) show, a street festival, kite flying and a physical exercise performance given by 1,000 old people. The ceremony will include the debut of a book collection entitled “Thang Long-Hanoi – 1,000 years of culture”, the inauguration...

Hanoi listed among world’s top tourist destinations in 2010

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Hanoi is ranked third among 12 most attractive destinations in the world in 2010, announced a US prestigious tourist publisher. Frommer with the most best-selling guidebooks in the US advised travellers to chose Hanoi for their destinations as the city will celebrate its 1,000 th birthday and the National Tourism Year 2010. “ Hanoi also happens to be Asia’s most Asian city”, said Ron Emmons, author Frommer’s Thailand and co-author Frommer’s Southeast Asia . A cultural centre littered with pagodas, temples and historic monuments, Hanoi offers plenty for traveller to seek an authentic experience with excellent meals available at both street-side stalls and fine eateries, the labyrinthine Old Quarter, the area around Hoan Kiem Lake that houses water puppetry theatre and art galleries, said...

Poetry festival opens to celebrate Hanoi’s birthday

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The 8th Vietnam Poetry Day opened at Van Mieu-Quoc Tu Giam ( Temple of Literature ) on February 28, the fifteen day of the first lunar month. Secretary of the Hanoi Party Committee Pham Quang Nghi and poet Huu Thinh, Chairman of the Vietnam Writers’ Association, the organiser of the festival, lighted the sacred flame to kick off the festival. The flame was taken from Phu Tho province’s Thuong Temple , which is dedicated to the Hung Kings - the founders of Vietnam . It represents...

Vietnam Spring Newspaper Festival opens in France

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The Vietnam Spring Newspaper Festival 2010 opened at the Vietnamese Cultural Centre in Paris on February 27. Nearly 200 local officials, Vietnamese and French readers as well as representatives of Vietnamese and international news agencies were present at the opening ceremony of the festival, the first of its kind held abroad, which, a Vietnamese official said, marks a new advance in the integration and development of the Vietnamese communication sector in the international...

Tourism promotion in Malaysia marks Hanoi’s birthday

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The Vietnam National Administration of Tourism (VNAT), the Vietnamese Embassy in Malaysia and Vietnam Airlines jointly held a seminar and a gala night to promote the Vietnamese tourism in Kuala Lumpur on March 5.This is part of a tourism promotion programme celebrating the 1,000 th anniversary of Thang Long-Hanoi conducted in Thailand, Singapore and Malaysia from March 1-5 in order to advertise Vietnam’s tourism to regional countries.The tourism promotion programme in Malaysia focused on introducing the hidden charm of Vietnam through a series of tourism products as well as preferential policies to attract tourists to Vietnam .Speaking at the opening ceremony, Minister Counsellor of the Vietnamese Embassy in Malaysia Trinh Vinh Quang said that Vietnam , as the ASEAN Chair in 2010, will make...

Vietnamese businesspeople with Thang Long-Hanoi

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Almost 3,000 people flocked to the northern province of Ninh Binh on March 4 for a cultural programme for Vietnamese business people to celebrate the millennial anniversary of their country’s capital.The programme of activities, entitled “Vietnamese business people with Hoa Lu-Thang Long-Hanoi: 1,000 years of construction and sustainable development”, is the biggest to be held for the Vietnamese business community to mark the grand anniversary.Among the participants, 1,000 business people offered incense to the temples of Kings Dinh and Le and at a stele that honours King Ly Thai To. They also planted 1,000 Bodhi trees in front of the Bai Dinh pagoda.Attendees also joined 100 Buddhist monks and followers in a festival to pray for peace, prosperity and favourable weather for the whole nation...

Historic relics to go on display for Thang Long

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Hanoi (VNA) - Relics of the Thang Long imperial city (former name of Hanoi) will open to public during the 1,000th founding anniversary of the city.The relics of the imperial city, which covers more than 18,000sq.m, is made up of the archaeological site at 18 Hoang Dieu Street and Hanoi's Old Quarter.In the past five years, archaeologists have discovered an enormous ancient architectural site underground. Witness to more than 1,000 years of Thang Long history, the imperial city...

Laos invited to join Hanoi's 1,000th anniversary

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Vietnamese Minister of Culture, Sports and Tourism Hoang Tuan Anh has invited Laos to participate in celebrations for the 1,000th anniversary of Thang Long-Hanoi and the making of policies to attract tourists. Minister Anh made the proposals during his working session with the Lao National Tourism Administration’s Vice Chairman Succaseng Phothisan in the capital city of Vientiane on March 14. The officials informed each other of tourism development in their respective countries. Despite the global economic crisis, the two nations only suffered a slight drop in the numbers of holidaymakers thanks to the stimulus policies, tourism incentives and concerted efforts from both sides, they said. Phothisan thanked Vietnam for its effective assistance to the Lao tourism sector and asked Vietnam...

Nearly 12 bln VND to upgrade Hanoi’s ancient citadel

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The Hanoi Housing Development and Investment Corporation on March 19 kicked off a 12 billion VND (613,000 USD) project to refurbish the moat surrounding the Son Tay Ancient Citadel.This is one of the five projects under the Municipal People’s Committee’s plan to improve the environment of lakes in the inner city to mark Hanoi ’s 1,000th founding anniversary. The project is expected to be completed within four months.Located in Son Tay town, 42 km from central Hanoi , the Son Tay Ancient Citadel was built in 1822 under the reign of King Minh Mang to defend the western gateway of the city of Thang Long , which is now Hanoi . Its walls were made of laterite, an extremely strong type of stone.Covering an area of 20ha, the square-shaped citadel is surrounded by a 20m-wide, 2,000m-long moat. It...

Birthday facelift for Hanoi

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The Construction Department is expected to join a project to rejuvenate Thang Long-Hanoi for the city’s 1,000 anniversary at the beginning of April.It will paint houses; refurbish public works; clear illegal advertising signs and ban pavement encroachment.Municipal agencies will help home owners who take responsibility for the renovation of their houses.City-managed offices will receive 47 billion VND (about 2.4 million USD) for the work.“Black and red are banned to ensure consistent colour,” said Tran Duc Dung, director of the Ba Dinh Urban Management Office.About 2,000 dust bins and public toilets will be installed at bus and train stations.Parks and flower gardens will also be replenished.Thoroughfares including Bac Thang Long-Noi Bai, Lang-Hoa Lac and Highways 1.5 will be renovated in...

VNA launches Thang Long-Hanoi website

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The Vietnam News Agency launched its website on Thang Long-Hanoi at www.hanoi.vietnamplus.vn on March 18, becoming the first and only website on the capital city published in four languages.The site - a cooperative project between the Hanoi People’s Committee and the Vietnam News Agency (VNA) - not only aims to serve the 1,000 th anniversary of Thang Long-Hanoi but also will be continuously updated to provide full and plentiful information for Hanoi lovers in and outside the country.In her opening speech, Ngo Thi Thanh Hang, Vice Chairwoman of the Hanoi People’s Committee, said the millennium anniversary of Thang Long-Hanoi is an important event of the country.“We believe that with the strong contingent of more than 1,000 journalists and a network of bureaus in all 63 provinces and cities...

Overseas composer dedicates work to Hanoi’s 1,000th anniversary

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The French composer of Vietnamese descent Nguyen Thien Dao has devoted almost a year to the creation of a 60-minute work dedicated to the 1,000th anniversary of Hanoi-Thang Long.Called “Soul of Vietnamese fatherland”, the work is comprised of 16 movements, which involve performances of a symphony orchestra and a traditional Vietnamese band, both traditional and modern-style dances, and a demonstration of Tay Son drums.The work also includes the recitation of General Ly Thuong Kiet’s poem “Nam Quoc Son Ha” (Rivers and Mountains of the Southern nation), which is considered Vietnam’s ‘first declaration of independence’, General Tran Hung Dao’s “Hich Tuong Si” (Proclamation to the Officers), and scholar Nguyen Trai’s “Binh Ngo Dai Cao” as well as a screen displaying film clips of Vietnam’s victory...

Thang Long Imperial Citadel relics to be exhibited

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The Hanoi People’s Committee and the Vietnam Academy of Social Sciences (VASS) have agreed to showcase a part of the relics at the Thang Long Imperial Citadel on the occasion of the capital city’s 1,000th founding anniversary. At a meeting jointly held by the Hanoi People’s Committee and VASS on March 31, the two sides agreed that the showcase must comply with the Heritage Law and meet the demand and aspiration of people who want to study the relic site. Relevant agencies are required to build a careful and quality plan for the display of the special tourist site’s relics before summiting it to the authorised level for approval. Also at the meeting, historians and archaeologists said that initial studies have discovered the special cultural values of the Thang Long Imperial...

UNESCO to attend capital city’s 1,000th birthday

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Representatives of 193 UNESCO members have passed a resolution on the participation in the grand ceremony to mark the millennial anniversary of Thang Long-Hanoi in October, 2010. The adoption was made at the 35 th UNESCO General Assembly session on Oct. 22. According to Pham Sanh Chau, Head of the Foreign Ministry’s Foreign Relations Culture and UNSECO, UNESCO participation in the event is not only an honour for the Hanoians but also for all Vietnamese people. The news,...

PM okays celebration plan for capital’s 1,000th birthday

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The Prime Minister has approved a grand ceremony to mark the 1,000 th anniversary of the founding of Thang Long-Hanoi, with the highlight being a ten-day festival from Oct 1-Oct 10, 2010.The festival will start with an opening ceremony at the foot of King Ly Thai To monument and streets around Hoan Kiem (Sword) lake. A series of activities will follow, including exhibitions, art performances and sports event. To mark the event, a national press competition on Thang Long-Hanoi...

Vietnam holds first international piano contest

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Vietnam will host its first international piano competition in Hanoi from September 4-12, according to the country’s National Tourism Administration. This will be just one of the many cultural events to mark the 1,000 th anniversary of Thang Long-Hanoi and will also commemorate the 200 th birthday of world-renowned Polish composer Frederic Chopin. The 2010 Vietnam International Piano Contest aims to identify and support talented young classical musicians not only in Vietnam but throughout the world. The contestants, aged between 10-23, will play works by four world-renowned composers, namely Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Johann Sebastian Bach, Frederic Chopin and Sergei Vasilievich Rachmaninoff. The famous Vietnamese pianist Dang Thai Son will act as the competition’s Honorary...

Hoa Lu Ancient Capital Festival 2010 opens

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Deputy Prime Minister Nguyen Thien Nhan and Secretary of the Ninh Binh provincial Party Committee Dinh Van Hung beat the drum and gong to open the Hoa Lu Ancient Capital Festival 2010 on April 18. This year’s festival is to mark the 1,042 nd year since Dinh Bo Linh defeated 12 warlords to unite the country, made himself king and named the country Dai Co Viet as well as the 1,000 th anniversary of Thang Long-Hanoi. Speaking at the opening ceremony, Chairman of the Ninh...

Foreign capitals to celebrate Hanoi’s anniversary

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Up to 22 capital and cities around the world and foreign embassies in Vietnam have registered to take part in activities marking Hanoi’s 1,000th anniversary that will be held later this year. According to the National Steering Committee for the 1,000th anniversary of Thang Long-Hanoi, the city of Fukuoka , Japan , has registered for Japanese culture days in Hanoi . The capital city of Seoul in the Republic of Korea has offered to organise a wide range of activities,...

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