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Tuesday, February 15, 2011

Local hiphoppers perform in Hanoi, HCMC, Paris, Berlin

A play called “Faces,” created in 2008 will be on in Hanoi and HCMC late this month, followed by performances in Paris and Berlin.

In the dance/theatre performance, German-French choreographers Raphael Hillebrand from Germany and Sébastien Ramirez from France work with nine dancers from three hiphop crews, Big Toe, Milky Way and Sacred Crew and two musicians from Hanoi.

“The dancer’s masks raise questions about modern-day society. Do people wear so many different masks that, in the end, they are afraid to see their real faces?”

Faces that is produced by Goethe Institute Vietnam and the French Cultural Exchange Center, L’Espace, and supported by Fonds Elysée asks questions about the youth such as: What is the biggest dream in my life? Where will my future go if I become a hiphop dancer? What is love?

The show suggests there are many ways to preserve traditional customs and pass them on to young people. It merges traditional and contemporary music and dance. Faces reveals Vietnam to be dynamic, opening and modern, but also traditional and culturally rich.

The performance will be staged at Tuoi Tre Theater, 11 Ngo Thi Nham Street in Hanoi at 8 p.m. on February 25 and at Ben Thanh Theater, 6 Mac Dinh Chi Street, HCMC’s District 1, HCMC at 8 p.m. on February 27.

Tickets are free at Goethe Institute in Hanoi and HCMC.

Wednesday, January 26, 2011

Hanoi receives 1.7 million foreign visitors in 2010

An estimate of 1.7 million foreign visitors flocked to Hanoi during
the National Tourism Year 2010, representing a year-on-year increase of
62 percent.

The figures were announced by Ngo Thi
Thanh Hang, Vice Chairperson of the Hanoi People’s Committee, at a
ceremony in Hanoi on Jan. 25 to review the implementation of the
National Tourism Year 2010, which highlighted Thang Long-Hanoi and its
1,000 year-old history.

The ceremony, jointly held
by the Hanoi People’s Committee and the municipal Department of Culture,
Sports an Tourism, was attended by Permanent Deputy Prime Minister
Nguyen Sinh Hung and the city’s authorities.

Hanoi
welcomed 10.6 million domestic arrivals last year, up 10 percent
compared with the pervious year. Especially, over 30,000 foreign
visitors and 1.2 million domestic tourists flocked to the city during
the 10-day grand celebration of the 1,000 th anniversary of Thang
Long-Hanoi, Hang said.

According to Hang, the
National Tourism Year 2010, hosted by Hanoi , had received a strong
support from ministries, agencies and the entire people.

It was organised with a wide range of activities to mark Hanoi ’s
millennium anniversary, thus, helping to promote the city’s position and
image to the world, Hang noted.

On the occasion,
the Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism and the municipal People’s
Committee presented certificates of merit to units and individuals who
had greatly contributed to the success of the event.

Deputy PM Hung handed over the host of the National Tourism Year 2011 to the central coastal province of Phu Yen./.

Saturday, January 22, 2011

Tet fun minority style at Ethnology Museum

A swing game which will be played at the Ethnology Museum in Hanoi Photo: The organizers

Discover Vietnam’s minority tribes in person at the Ethnology Museum at Nguyen Van Huyen Street in Hanoi during Tet from February 6 to 8.

For the first time, Raglai people from Ninh Thuan Province, Dao and Na Mieo from Lang Son Province will all come to introduce their colorful culture, music, dances and indigenous festivals to Hanoi. Visitors will be able to see Lion dances of Nung people, gong performances of Raglai and the bamboo dance of Thai people on the same stage.

Other attractions include water puppet shows, calligraphy demonstrations and artists from Dong Ho painting village who will show you how to paint the folk characters that have made their village famous.

Many ethnic folk games will be played. Kids can have fun with traditional toys such as pin wheel, to he (figurines fashioned from colored rice dough), flowers and fruits made of dough, 12 animal designations made of clay. Guests can enjoy many kinds of food.

Thursday, January 13, 2011

Circus comes to Hanoi

Audiences will see the spectacular Superman Swing at the circus galas in Hanoi - Photo: The organizers

The Vietnam Circus Federation will host gala circus shows at the Central Circus in Hanoi on January 14-16. The galas to mark the 55th birthday of the federation will feature the very best of Vietnam circus talent.

Artists such as Tam Chinh, Thai Manh Hien, Luu Phuc, Ngoc Truc and Manh Cuong from around the country will travel to the capital to perform. The galas promise fun and amazing feats, like the Superman Swing which won a gold medal at the third international circus festival in Spain, Tung mu nghe thuat (hat-juggling) which won gold at the national circus festival, Nhao lon tren khong (aerial acrobatics) that won the bronze medal at the second international circus festival, De tru – chong nguoi tren khong (trapeze) and Uon luon tren vong (acrobatic hoola hoops).

The highlight will be the Lang toi (My village) circus which has been staged in France, Spain, Germany and Australia. Performers and acrobats during Lang toi perform a village-inspired show through the clever use of bamboo.

Tickets are on sale at the circus center, 67-69 Tran Nhan Tong Street, Hanoi for VND100,000, VND120,000 and VND150,000. For more information, call 043 941 2064.

Wednesday, November 3, 2010

Flag planted on Fansipan peak to mark Hanoi’s birthday

A flag commemorating symbolising the capital city of Hanoi ’s
millennium was planted by amateur climbers on the nation’s highest
mountain - Fansipan peak at 3,143 m above sea level - in the northern
province of Lao Cai on Nov. 2.

The flag planting
ceremony was the culmination of an international contest for tourists
hosted by the Lao Cai authorities and the Vietnam National
Administration of Tourism in celebration of Hanoi ’s 1,000-year
anniversary.

Nguyen Tien Vung, who won the
competition’s second stage at the 2,800m altitude, earned the honour to
plant the flag on the peak dubbed the ‘roof of Indochina ’.

In the evening of the same day, a closing ceremony of the international competition was held in Sa Pa town.

Besides an individual prize for Vung and an collective prize for the
team of businesses in eight northwestern provinces, the organisers also
presented four prizes for best collections of photos of Fansipan and the
competition.

The two-day and one-night tour to climb
up the Fansipan and plant the flag marking the Thang Long-Hanoi’s
birthday included three stages, with the first beginning at the Nui Xe
mountain to the 2,200m altitude, the second from the 2,200m to 2,800m
altitude and the last stage – from the 2,800m to the highest peak.

The tour aimed to promote the tourist potentials of Lao Cai province and the country as well./.

Thursday, October 21, 2010

Trick or treat for Halloween in Hanoi

Halloween in Hanoi will be a screamer this year when 6000 Vietnamese students and international friends make themselves into monsters for a party at West Lake Park in Hanoi from 8 p.m. to 10:30 p.m. on October 31.

Scary costumes, ghost houses, magic performances, hip hop dancing, sideshows and folk and rockshows will make it a fun fright-night.

There will be a pumpkin lantern making contest and a Halloween house design and decorating competition between about 20 university teams. The program will also include lucky draws and comedy shows by artist Xuan Bac, Tu Long and Ngu Cung band.

Halloween, October 31, is an annual holiday in the US. It has roots in the Celtic festival of Samhain and the Christian holiday All Saints’ Day, but is on Wednesday largely as a secular celebration. It has become popular in Vietnam in recent years.

Common Halloween activities include trick-or-treating, wearing costumes and attending costume parties, carving jack-o’-lanterns, ghost tours, bonfires, apple bobbing, visiting haunted attractions, committing pranks, telling ghost stories or other frightening tales, and watching horror films.

For tickets, go to HeartLink Company, 9 Giap Nhat Street, Hanoi, tel: 3858 9385, website: www.heartlink.vn.

Wednesday, October 20, 2010

Venezuelan Cultural Week opens in Hanoi

The Venezuela Embassy in Vietnam in collaboration with the Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism on Monday opened the Venezuelan Cultural Week in Vietnam at the National Library, 31 Trang Thi Street, Hanoi, reports VietnamPlus.

The event highlights folk music and dance shows by traditional Venezuelan troupes, thus giving Vietnamese audiences a look into the people and country of Venezuela. Followed by the opening ceremony were the inauguration of photo and fine arts exhibitions.

On show are 30 works by photographer Rafael Salvatore, which depict the Venezuelan people and their daily activities. Meanwhile, the fine arts exhibition demonstrates the dexterous hands of Venezuelan artisans. Those are products made of Moriche palm trees of Waraco aboriginal people, Larsense fabric or Balsa region’s wood.

The Venezuelan authorities also took this occasion to introduce to Vietnamese readers the book “La Cita de la Historia” (Rendezvous of History) published by the Monte Asvila Editorial Latinoamericana Publishing House. The book also mentions General Vo Nguyen Giap.

The event runs until October 23.

Wednesday, October 13, 2010

Hanoi sets twenty Vietnam records

Vietnam Records Book, Vietkings on Sunday announced twenty Vietnam records for the capital city of Hanoi, reports VietnamPlus.

1. The place where three Vietnam’s declarations of independence were written. They are Nam quoc son ha by General Ly Thuong Kiet in the 11th century, Binh Ngo dai cao by politician/diplomat/ high-ranking mandarin under Hau Le dynasty, Nguyen Trai, in early 15th century and “Tuyen ngon Doc lap” by President Ho Chi Minh in 1945.

2. The city that has the most ponds and lagoons.

There are more than 40 ponds and lagoons of all sizes inside and outside Hanoi.

3. The biggest city. Hanoi covers an area of around 3.3 thousand square kilometers and is ranked as one of the 17 largest capitals in the world by area.

4. The city that has the most historical sites and tourist attractions.

Hanoi has more than 4,000 historical sites and tourist attractions, in which are more than 1,000 nationally-ranked and/or classified as intangible cultural heritages and over 1,200 unique craft villages.

5. The city that has the most museums, including the Ho Chi Minh Museum, Revolution Museum, Historical Museum, Military Museum, Museum of the B-52 victory, Vietnam Women’s Museum, Vietnam Museum of Ethnology, Fine Arts Museum and Hanoi Museum among others.

6. The city that has the most streets and alleys named Hang.

The old Thang Long-Hanoi had more than 50 streets and alleys with the first word Hang while the second words were popular daily items including Co, Chuoi, Chinh, Chieu, Chi , Che, Chao and Chai.

The other records include the city with the first high-level school in Vietnam - Quoc Tu Giam (1076); the city with the most epitaphs of doctorates - Van Mieu (Temple of Literature); the city with first epitaph of doctorates from the examination in 1442; the city with the most ancient citadel - Co Loa Citadel which was built in the year 225 BC; the city with a tower in the shape of inkstone and brush (Dai Nghien and Thap But) (1865); the city with first old village that was ranked as a national historical relic, Duong Lam Village; the city with the most ancient street gate – Thuy Khue Street; the city with the largest excavation site, Thang Long Royal Citadel.

Hanoi also has the first fine arts school, the Indochine Fine Arts School (1924); the first medicine school (1902); the first scientific research institute - Vien Dong Bac Co Institute (École française d’Extrême-Orient) (1901); the unique garden that has fruits of three regions – the garden of Uncle Ho, the most ancient bridge – Long Bien Bridge (1902); and the most ancient photography village - Lai Xa Village in Kim Chung Commune, Hoai Duc District (1900-1910).

Hanoi sets twenty Vietnam records

Vietnam Records Book, Vietkings on Sunday announced twenty Vietnam records for the capital city of Hanoi, reports VietnamPlus.

2. The city that has the most ponds and lagoons.

There are more than 40 ponds and lagoons of all sizes inside and outside Hanoi.

3. The biggest city. Hanoi covers an area of around 3.3 thousand square kilometers and is ranked as one of the 17 largest capitals in the world by area.

4. The city that has the most historical sites and tourist attractions.

6. The city that has the most streets and alleys named Hang.

The old Thang Long-Hanoi had more than 50 streets and alleys with the first word Hang while the second words were popular daily items including Co, Chuoi, Chinh, Chieu, Chi , Che, Chao and Chai.

Tuesday, October 12, 2010

Hanoi sets twenty Vietnam records

Vietnam Records Book, Vietkings on Sunday announced twenty Vietnam records for the capital city of Hanoi, reports VietnamPlus.

2. The city that has the most ponds and lagoons.

There are more than 40 ponds and lagoons of all sizes inside and outside Hanoi.

3. The biggest city. Hanoi covers an area of around 3.3 thousand square kilometers and is ranked as one of the 17 largest capitals in the world by area.

4. The city that has the most historical sites and tourist attractions.

6. The city that has the most streets and alleys named Hang.

The old Thang Long-Hanoi had more than 50 streets and alleys with the first word Hang while the second words were popular daily items including Co, Chuoi, Chinh, Chieu, Chi , Che, Chao and Chai.

Sunday, October 10, 2010

101 reasons to love living in Hanoi

101 reasons to love living in Hanoi In 2001, Mark Rapoport and his family left New York to settle in Hanoi.

The long-time expat and his Vietnamese partner run 54 Traditions, a gallery that sells handicrafts produced by ethnic minorities from all over the country. Almost every year, Rapaport’s two sons visit their parents and travel throughout the city.

“Over the last nine years, my wife, Alison, and I (with some help from our two children Robert and Jane Hughes) have put together a list of 101 reasons why we love living in Hanoi,” Rapaport said. “We presented it as a book, entitled 101 reasons to love living in Hanoi, which we published last July to celebrate the 1,000th year anniversary of Thang Long – Hanoi.”

Thanh Nien Weekly has selected our favorite items from the list.

1. The people – the hardest-working, least-complaining, most optimistic folks anywhere.

2. The city – an extremely safe place, where foreign teenagers can go walking and make their own adventures, without their parents getting (more) gray hairs worrying about them.

3. The lakes – Hanoi is a city of lakes, dozens of them, many surrounded by parks and walks.

4. Our indoor gecko lizards, skittering across walls and ceilings. It takes a little getting used to (especially when they croak at night), but they do keep the house almost insect-free. Kinda like a good “mouser” cat.

5. Early morning flower parades. If you can manage to get yourself up before 6 a.m. (it cannot be that hard; everyone else in Vietnam seems to be able to do it), you can see dozens of flower-sellers. These women (in simple clothes, bandanas and conical hats) ride into town on their bicycles, ready for market.

101 Reasons to Love Living in Hanoi is presented in both English and Vietnamese.

Price: US$5

Available at:

- 54 Traditions Gallery, 30 Hang Bun St.

- Bookworm, 44 Chau Long St.

All proceeds go to Operation Smile and other children’s charities in Vietnam.

6. Men as active parents. Nowhere have I seen so many fathers taking care of their kids (without any complaining) as I do here. And this applies to their daughters as well as their sons!

7. “The Yelling at Your Kid” Test. This assesses frequency of parents yelling at their kids. The total I see in a week is about the same as I would see in Manhattan in an hour.

8. “The Your-Kickstand-is-Down” Test. This measures the amount of time an obviously foreign person can ride in the street after having forgotten to retract his/her motorbike kickstand before a total stranger shouts, points or honks to alert the cyclist to his/her potential risk. In Vietnam, it is about 19 seconds, an excellent score.

9. Our neighborhood People’s Committee security post – at the end of the lane, staffed by two older folks who wave every time we pass. They absolutely will not let you take their picture – unless the portrait of Uncle Ho is in the center of the photo.

10. The street cleaners of Hanoi. Virtually all women, in Day-Glo vests, wheeling small dumpsters all around their assigned bailiwick while ringing a bell to signal people to bring out their trash. They are part of what makes Hanoi much cleaner than many cities in the developing world and more than a few in the developed world.

11. The airport road – a wide road through rice paddies but passing new industrial parks. Not manicured or “gussied up”, it is both a gateway and an honest introduction to the country.

12. The Vietnamese Museum of Ethnology – a little like the anthropology part of The American Museum of Natural History in New York, USA. Great museum for exhibits on the 54 “ethnic groups” of Vietnam. In 2002, the Discovery Room for kids was re-done with 200 objects that we donated from our collection.

13. The Thirty-six Streets – the oldest part of the old city of Hanoi, with no new or tall construction, by dint of government decree. Each street named after the craft that was (and in some cases still is) practiced there.

14. Eating out – nowhere else can you eat at the top national restaurants (with white-glove service from traditionally dressed men and women) for so little money.

15. The Water Puppet Theater – a unique, funky northern Vietnamese folk entertainment – for at least the last 500 years one hundred different puppets, in a few dozen folk tales, gliding over a pool of water, guided by hidden (and sodden) puppeteers, moving to the beat of a raucous live orchestra.

16. Hanoi traffic – like no other place in the world. Guaranteed to make every daily commute worthy of inclusion in “French Connection 3” or the theme for a hair-raising video game. As far as I can tell, the speed limit is the only law that many drivers DO choose to follow.

17. Local painting galleries-there are many really talented artists in Hanoi who do paintings of every size - from wall-size to postcard-size. They portray life in Hanoi and in the countryside and mountains as they see it. Or else a copy of your favorite Old Master. Great to browse.

18. The quintessential mixed-income neighborhood pattern. Since the land under you is believed to have a lot to do with how lucky you are, financially successful people do not move to a “better” neighborhood the moment they make some money. Rather, they build up (and up) and fancy up their traditional house on their traditional street. The juxtaposition of pastel “Victorian follies” and centuries-old hovels is startling and also revealing.

19. Birdcages - the birds are nothing to write home about, but the cages themselves come in an extraordinary range of materials and styles; most notable are those in the shape of pagodas, made for female birds. Many of them are truly elegant items. No bird necessary.

20. The new four-kilometer-long mosaic mural installed along the Yen Phu dam-road in honor of 1,000th anniversary of Hanoi. A variety of styles, artists, themes, and techniques - but together saying that Hanoi is proud of its first 1,000 years, and Hanoi will be just as proud of its next 1,000 years.

101 reasons to love living in Hanoi

101 reasons to love living in Hanoi In 2001, Mark Rapoport and his family left New York to settle in Hanoi.

Thanh Nien Weekly has selected our favorite items from the list.

1. The people – the hardest-working, least-complaining, most optimistic folks anywhere.

2. The city – an extremely safe place, where foreign teenagers can go walking and make their own adventures, without their parents getting (more) gray hairs worrying about them.

3. The lakes – Hanoi is a city of lakes, dozens of them, many surrounded by parks and walks.

101 Reasons to Love Living in Hanoi is presented in both English and Vietnamese.

Price: US$5

Available at:

- 54 Traditions Gallery, 30 Hang Bun St.

- Bookworm, 44 Chau Long St.

All proceeds go to Operation Smile and other children’s charities in Vietnam.

6. Men as active parents. Nowhere have I seen so many fathers taking care of their kids (without any complaining) as I do here. And this applies to their daughters as well as their sons!

7. “The Yelling at Your Kid” Test. This assesses frequency of parents yelling at their kids. The total I see in a week is about the same as I would see in Manhattan in an hour.

11. The airport road – a wide road through rice paddies but passing new industrial parks. Not manicured or “gussied up”, it is both a gateway and an honest introduction to the country.

14. Eating out – nowhere else can you eat at the top national restaurants (with white-glove service from traditionally dressed men and women) for so little money.

Saturday, October 9, 2010

101 reasons to love living in Hanoi

101 reasons to love living in Hanoi In 2001, Mark Rapoport and his family left New York to settle in Hanoi.

Thanh Nien Weekly has selected our favorite items from the list.

1. The people – the hardest-working, least-complaining, most optimistic folks anywhere.

2. The city – an extremely safe place, where foreign teenagers can go walking and make their own adventures, without their parents getting (more) gray hairs worrying about them.

3. The lakes – Hanoi is a city of lakes, dozens of them, many surrounded by parks and walks.

101 Reasons to Love Living in Hanoi is presented in both English and Vietnamese.

Price: US$5

Available at:

- 54 Traditions Gallery, 30 Hang Bun St.

- Bookworm, 44 Chau Long St.

All proceeds go to Operation Smile and other children’s charities in Vietnam.

6. Men as active parents. Nowhere have I seen so many fathers taking care of their kids (without any complaining) as I do here. And this applies to their daughters as well as their sons!

7. “The Yelling at Your Kid” Test. This assesses frequency of parents yelling at their kids. The total I see in a week is about the same as I would see in Manhattan in an hour.

11. The airport road – a wide road through rice paddies but passing new industrial parks. Not manicured or “gussied up”, it is both a gateway and an honest introduction to the country.

14. Eating out – nowhere else can you eat at the top national restaurants (with white-glove service from traditionally dressed men and women) for so little money.

101 reasons to love living in Hanoi

101 reasons to love living in Hanoi In 2001, Mark Rapoport and his family left New York to settle in Hanoi.

Thanh Nien Weekly has selected our favorite items from the list.

1. The people – the hardest-working, least-complaining, most optimistic folks anywhere.

2. The city – an extremely safe place, where foreign teenagers can go walking and make their own adventures, without their parents getting (more) gray hairs worrying about them.

3. The lakes – Hanoi is a city of lakes, dozens of them, many surrounded by parks and walks.

101 Reasons to Love Living in Hanoi is presented in both English and Vietnamese.

Price: US$5

Available at:

- 54 Traditions Gallery, 30 Hang Bun St.

- Bookworm, 44 Chau Long St.

All proceeds go to Operation Smile and other children’s charities in Vietnam.

6. Men as active parents. Nowhere have I seen so many fathers taking care of their kids (without any complaining) as I do here. And this applies to their daughters as well as their sons!

7. “The Yelling at Your Kid” Test. This assesses frequency of parents yelling at their kids. The total I see in a week is about the same as I would see in Manhattan in an hour.

11. The airport road – a wide road through rice paddies but passing new industrial parks. Not manicured or “gussied up”, it is both a gateway and an honest introduction to the country.

14. Eating out – nowhere else can you eat at the top national restaurants (with white-glove service from traditionally dressed men and women) for so little money.

Friday, October 1, 2010

Hanoi’s traditional doughnut

Deep freid savory doughnuts are a popular snack in Hanoi - Photo: Thanh Huong

Hanoi’s traditional doughnuts, called banh ran, are cheap and tasty. Street vendors sell a lot as snacks especially in the cold weather.

It’s not so complicated to make a doughnut. The ingredients for the dough are sticky rice powder, rice powder and cooking oil.

There are two types of doughnuts, depending on the filling. The savory type has minced pork meat, vermicelli, wood ear mushrooms and some pepper while sweet doughnuts have boiled ground green bean, coconut pulp and white sugar. They also come in different shapes – the savory ones are oval and the sweet ones are round. Once the dough is made and the filling put in the doughnuts are deep fried.

Fried doughnuts smell irresistible. Savory doughnuts are served with fish sauce prepared with vinegar, chili, garlic, sugar and some pepper. Taking a piece of dipped doughnut into the mouth, you can enjoy the delicious combination of greasy sticky rice and pork meat. It is hard to stop at one.

The round doughnuts are delicious in their covering of sesame seeds. They usually sell out quickly. Round doughnuts are special because the crispy cover is completely separated from the core made from green bean – making the donuts rattle when you shake them. Only a few of the banh ran vendors in Hanoi can cook the sweet doughnuts the traditional way so they rattle.

Saigontourist October food programs

International tourists join the fastive atmosphere of Oktoberfest at the Lion Restaurant last year - Photo: Courstesy of Saigontourist

Three Saigontourist restaurants and tourist sites announce new food programs for October.

Lion Restaurant (11 Lam Son Square, District 1, tel: 3823 8514)

On Friday and Saturday the German beer festival, Oktoberfest, will be awash with a variety of German draft beers and 1,000 liters of a special beer made exclusively for the festival from 6 p.m. to 10 p.m.

Try traditional German dishes and dance to the live music, see a fire dance and bartender performance and enjoy exciting games.

Oktoberfest is organized annually in October by Lion Restaurant. This year it coincides with the 200th anniversary of the festival in Germany.

Participants will receive attractive gifts, including a chance to win two vouchers for free beer-drinking at the restaurant for one year. Tickets are VND549,000.

Van Thanh Tourist Area (48/10 Dien Bien Phu Street, Binh Thanh District, tel: 3512 3025)

A buffet program named “Thang Long specialties” will be held on the nights of October 9-10 featuring more than 50 old and new specialties of Hanoi such as Hanoi fish paste, am fish porridge, day grilled chopped meat and edible snail cooked with green banana. Enjoy folk songs of the North while you eat. Tickets are VND190,000 per adult and VND120,000 per child.

Van Thanh Tourist Area has organized many big events including “Saigon ngay toi 30” on Reunification Day in 2005 feeding over 5,000 people, “Taste of the World” festival in 2007 and 2008, “Thang Long gastronomy in the South” festival in 2009 and “Ngay hoi que toi” festival from 2005 to 2009.

Dam Sen Cultural Park (3 Hoa Binh Street, District 11, tel: 3865 0921)

Take part in the “Phutho Tourist’s gastronomy towards the Grand Anniversary of Thang Long – Hanoi” will be held from October 8 to 10 from 5 p.m. to 9 p.m. featuring more than 100 unique cuisines from Hanoi and around the country made by Dam Sen’s talented cooks.

31,000 to parade for Hanoi grand anniversary

Around 31,000 people are expected to take part in the biggest-ever parade to celebrate the Grand Anniversary of Thang Long-Ha Noi at Ba Dinh Square on October 10, reports Tuoi Tre newspaper.

It will begin with a torchlight procession from Ho Chi Minh Museum to President Ho Chi Minh Mausoleum at 7:55 a.m. Then, there will be a flag-raising ceremony with a 21-gun salute and a speech delivered by President Nguyen Minh Triet.

Ten helicopters will carry Party flags, national flags and red flags with the slogan “Celebration of the 1,000th anniversary of Thang Long-Hanoi” over Ba Dinh Square to open the military, police and civil defense parade.

A motorcade will follow carrying the Ly dynasty dragon, the Hanoi symbol and the UNESCO certificate to acknowledge the Imperial Citadel as world heritage and 13 groups representing veterans, workers, farmers, the intellectuals, enterprises, youth, women, ethnic minority people, religious organizations, overseas Vietnamese, international guests and the media.

Then there will be a 30 minute music performance and 1,000 children will set doves free and release balloons into the air to wrap the parade officially.

The program is expected to take about two hours.

The parade will show the strength and achievements of the nation’s capital over the past 1,000 years of building and development. It would also be a display of the national pride of the Vietnamese people and help bolster Vietnamese faith in the Party.

Audiences will be able to watch the program live on channels of Vietnam Television. Twenty giant TV screens will be set up around the city.

31,000 to parade for Hanoi grand anniversary

Around 31,000 people are expected to take part in the biggest-ever parade to celebrate the Grand Anniversary of Thang Long-Ha Noi at Ba Dinh Square on October 10, reports Tuoi Tre newspaper.

Then there will be a 30 minute music performance and 1,000 children will set doves free and release balloons into the air to wrap the parade officially.

The program is expected to take about two hours.

Audiences will be able to watch the program live on channels of Vietnam Television. Twenty giant TV screens will be set up around the city.

Thursday, September 30, 2010

31,000 to parade for Hanoi grand anniversary

Around 31,000 people are expected to take part in the biggest-ever parade to celebrate the Grand Anniversary of Thang Long-Ha Noi at Ba Dinh Square on October 10, reports Tuoi Tre newspaper.

Then there will be a 30 minute music performance and 1,000 children will set doves free and release balloons into the air to wrap the parade officially.

The program is expected to take about two hours.

Audiences will be able to watch the program live on channels of Vietnam Television. Twenty giant TV screens will be set up around the city.

Multicolored activities at Hanoi’s 1,000th anniversary

Just two days until the opening of the Thang Long-Hanoi Grand Anniversary. The festive atmosphere is everywhere in Hanoi. Here is the detailed program of activities for the ten-day anniversary (October 1-10) as announced by organizers.

October 1

- 8 a.m.: Opening ceremony at Ly Thai To Flower Garden (in front of the Hoan Kiem Lake)

- 9:30a.m.: Art shows at five stages around Hoan Kiem Lake

- 2 p.m: Exhibition of literary and art works about Hanoi at 2 Hoa Lu, Hai Ba Trung Street

- 3 p.m.: Photo exhibition about Hanoi at 45 Trang Tien Street, Hoan Kiem District

- 7:30 p.m.: Exhibition of Vietnam and Hanoi’s economic-social achievements at the Vietnam Exhibition and Fair Center, 138 Giang Vo Street

- 7:30 p.m.: Film week at the National Cinema Center, 87 Lang Ha Street

- 8 p.m.: Video conference between Hanoi and other provinces on VTV channel, special arts show and ao dai performance around the Hoan Kiem Lake

- 8 p.m.: A concert by artist Dang Thai Son at the Hanoi Opera House

October 2

- 8 a.m.: Exhibition of artifacts about Hanoi’s 1,000 years at the Thang Long Royal Citadel, 9 Hoang Dieu and 19 Nguyen Tri Phuong Street

- 9 a.m.: Introduction of a bookshelf about Thang Long-Hanoi at the National Library, 31 Trang Thi Street

- 2 p.m.: Announcement of a comprehensive scientific research work about Hanoi at the Hanoi Opera House

- 8 p.m.: Introduction of new songs about Hanoi at Ba Kieu Temple

- 8p.m.: Thang Long-Hanoi International Tourism Festival to open at Bao Son Heaven Park

October 3

- 7 a.m.: Ha Noi Moi newspaper marathon race around Hoan Kiem Lake

- 8 p.m.: Thang Long-Hanoi in Ho Chi Minh Age art show at Hang Day Stadium

October 4

- 8:30 a.m.: Award ceremony of the contest about knowledge of Thang Long-Hanoi’s 1,000 years and the city’s heroes at the Hanoi Opera House

- 3 p.m.: Exhibition of Vietnamese heroes and great men in Vietnamese culture at the Revolutionary Museum, 25 Ton Dan Street

- 3:30 p.m.: Exhibition of famous battles and military campaigns in Vietnam.’s military history at the Vietnam. Military History Museum, 28A Dien Bien Phu Street

- 5 p.m.: Calligraphy exhibition and festival at the Temple of Literature

- 8 p.m.: Award ceremony of the national press contest about Thang Long-Hanoi’s 1,000 years at 8 Huynh Thuc Khang Street

- 8 p.m.: Thang Long-Hanoi ancient dance show at Ly Thai To flower garden

October 5

- 9 a.m.: Introducing the Hanoi ceramic road on Yen Phu Road

- 2 p.m.: Bat Trang ceramic – Tradition and Modernity exhibition at Bat Trang village

- 2 p.m.: Hearts for Thang Long-Hanoi exhibition at the Hanoi Cultural Friendship Palace

- 8 p.m.: A music show of famous Vietnamese artists at the Hanoi Opera House

- 8 p.m.: A great show entitled “Thang Long Spirit – Song for the Country” at Hang Day Stadium

October 6

- 8 a.m.: Hanoi Kite Festival at My Dinh Square

- 8 a.m.: Martial arts performance at Quan Ngua Sports Palace

- 8:30: Inauguration of Hanoi Museum

- 2 p.m.: Inauguration of Hoa Binh Park at Tu Liem District

- 2 p.m.: Inauguration of President Ho Chi Minh – President Ton Duc Thang statues at Thong Nhat Park

- 2 p.m.: Old Hanoi photo exhibition at Hanoi Museum, Pham Hung Road

- 2.30 p.m.: Inauguration of Kim Dong Theatre at 19 Hang Bai Street

- 8 p.m.: Inauguration of Worker Theatre at 42 Trang Tien Street

- 8p.m.: Inauguration of Dai Nam Theatre at 48 Hue Street

- 8p.m.: Hanoi food festival at Ho Tay Water Park

October 7

- 8 a.m.: International workshop on Hanoi’s sustainable development at 11 Le Hong Phong Street

- 9 a.m.: Award ceremony of international contest about Hanoi at the Hanoi Opera House

- 8 p.m.: Traditional music show at the Hanoi Opera House

October 8

- 7 a.m.: Cultural and arts program for youngsters at outdoor stages around the Hoan Kiem Lake

- 8 p.m.: Meeting of 1,000 heroes and heroic mothers at the National Convention Center

- 8 p.m.: Carnival at State Bank of Vietnam Square, 49 Ly Thai To Street

October 9

- 8 a.m.: Inauguration of Thanh Tri and Vinh Tuy bridges

- 9:30 a.m.: Inauguration of Thang Long Avenue

- 8 p.m.: Shows by international art troupes at outdoor stages in Hanoi

October 10

- 8 a.m.: Meeting and marching at Ba Dinh Square

- 8 p.m.: Cultural and art festival at My Dinh National Stadium

During the festival, there will be 245 performances by local artist troupes and 38 performances by foreign troupes.

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