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Thanks to the renovation, the house has become a worthy space for cultural and religious activities in the capital city. Located at 85 Hang Gai Street (Hang Gai Ward, Hoan Kiem District, Hanoi), Co Vu Communal House is not only a valuable monument in terms of history, culture, architecture and art, but also a cultural attraction for domestic and international visitors. Co Vu Communal House is located at 85 Hang Gai Street of Hang Gai Ward, Hoan Kiem District, Hanoi. Co Vu Communal House was built long ago to worship Grand Prince Bach Ma and Grand Prince Linh Lang, the tutelary gods of Thang Long Citadel’s Eastern and Western sections. Local residents also come here to pay tribute to Princess Bao Ninh, the first lady of the governor of Chan Dang prefecture during King Ly Nhan Tong’s reign (1072-1128). Lying under the canopy of an old banyan tree, the communal house’s unique artistic value is reflected in carved wooden artifacts, including a horizontal … [Read more...] about Unique architecture of Co Vu Communal House in Hanoi

The festival is an opportunity to remember the merits of parents and ancestors. Every year when the Vu Lan festival nears, Nguyen Thuy Ha, a resident in Cau Giay District, Hanoi, prepares offerings for her deceased progenitors. On this important occasion, it is indispensable to visit the graves of ancestors, go to the temple to worship Buddha, and prepare the offering tray at home. Origin of Vu Lan According to Most Venerable Thich Minh Quang, vice chairman of Vietnam Buddhist Sangha's Office, in some Asian countries such as China, Japan, and Vietnam, the Vu Lan festival is often celebrated on the full moon day of the seventh lunar month, to show filial piety to parents, and grandparents and also to help ‘the homeless’ hungry souls. "On this occasion, people make offerings, doing good deeds, saving lives, and giving alms to pay homage to the deceased in the family," Most Venerable Thich Minh Quang said. Pham Tien Dung, director of the Hanoi Committee of Religious … [Read more...] about Vu Lan festival: A cultural activity with Buddhist philosophy in Vietnam

The two capital cities will implement new projects in agriculture and education, and raise public awareness of the special Vietnam-Laos relations. Hanoi and Vientiane should set an example at inter-provincial level cooperation to reflect the scale of Vietnam-Laos relations and expectations from leaders and people of the two countries. Secretary of the Hanoi Party Committee Dinh Tien Dung stressed the view during a meeting with his Vientiane counterpart Anouphap Tounalom today [August 9] in Hanoi. Secretary of the Hanoi Party Committee Dinh Tien Dung at the meeting. Photos: Viet Thanh At the meeting, Dung welcomed the visit of Vientiane’s high-ranking delegation to Hanoi on the occasion of the 60 th anniversary of diplomatic relations (September 5, 1962 – September 5, 2022), and the 45 th anniversary of the signing of the Vietnam-Laos Friendship and Cooperation Treaty (July 18, 1977- July 18, 2022). According to Dung, the special Vietnam-Laos relations, … [Read more...] about Hanoi, Vientiane to set example in inter-provincial cooperation

A tropical depression that used to be Storm Mulan in fact brought heavy rain to the capital since morning, and it got heavier as the day went on. Then, between midnight and 6 a.m. Friday, Hoang Mai District recorded 340 mm of rain, Nam Tu Liem recorded 190 mm, Bac Tu Liem recorded 250 mm, Cau Giay and Thanh Xuan recorded 230 mm, and Hoan Kiem and Ba Dinh recorded 170 mm. In Cau Giay District, many streets were inundated, the worst affected being Phan Van Truong Street, where some places had over 30 cm of water, paralyzing traffic. Hoa Bang, Duong Dinh Nghe, Tran Binh, Ho Tung Mau, Trung Kinh, and Pham Hung were under 20 cm of water. Nguyen Loan, who lives on Nguyen Khang Street and works on Duy Tan Street, said she was stuck on Trung Kinh Street for over 20 minutes. Many people did not dare drive their cars through the street for fear the water would stall their engines, she added. Cars are stuck in traffic in Hanoi as heavy rains flooded many streets, August 12, … [Read more...] about Heavy rains drown Hanoi streets, block traffic

This year, Hanoi targets the PAR Index score to reach 92.55, four points higher than the 88.54 points recorded last year and moving up one or two places in the ranking. Hanoi aims to further improve its performance in the Public Administration Reform Index (Par Index), rising above its 10th position last year to ensure a higher quality of public services and public satisfaction. Citizens submitting administrative requests at Thanh Tri District People's Committee. Photo: The Hanoi Times This year, Hanoi targets the PAR Index score to reach 92.55, four points higher than the 88.54 points recorded last year and moving up one or two places in the ranking. To realize this goal, the municipal People’s Committee has released an action plan to maintain the last year's high scores of sub-components and assign the Department of Internal Affairs to map out measures and address fields in which modest grades were scored. Among the key criteria, the city’s authorities … [Read more...] about Hanoi eyes further improvements in public services quality

Hanoi’s typical dishes with many variants always cause nostalgia for children who live far from their homeland. As famous as pho (rice noodles soup with beef), spring rolls are also a dish imbued with the “Vietnamese national spirit”: if you see spring rolls somewhere, people from the S-shaped country must be around the corner. A familiar food on a Bangui Street The typical Hanoi's dishes are prepared by Helen Green, a housewife who lives in Ho Chi Minh City The fateful meeting happened when the soldiers realized that a dish they ate on the street was so similar to the Vietnamese fried spring rolls. They weren’t wrong: it was real fried spring rolls, made by an old woman who  came from Hoan Kiem District, Hanoi.Many years back in time, Vietnamese soldiers in the United Nations’ Peacekeeping Mission in the Central African Republic happened to meet an old woman, she was the only one from Vietnam to live in the capital, Bangui. Seventy years before, she … [Read more...] about [Quintessence of Hanoi’s cuisine] Quintessence of Vietnamese cuisine: Hanoi spring rolls