Hotcakes: Tourists try making bánh chưng at the Ancient House in Mã Mây Street. — VNS Photo Lê Hương At Kim Ngân Communal House, No 42 and 44 Hàng Bạc Street, visitors can experience traditional decorations for public spaces at a common gathering house and offerings to the village god of various local delicacies like bánh cốm (cake made from sweetened green young rice bean and coconut) and bánh chưng (sticky rice square cake). … [Read more...] about Old Quarter relics set in Lunar New Year theme
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Hosting Tết customs to keep tradition alive
The bamboo pole was stripped of its leaves, except for a tuft at the top. Bows, arrows, bells, gongs and other leaves to ward off evil spirits were hung on the tree with the hope that the bad luck of the previous year will be chased away and everyone has a happy New Year. … [Read more...] about Hosting Tết customs to keep tradition alive
Lệ Mật brings a traditional Tết to thousands
“The event aims to preserve and develop cultural values among Vietnamese people and praise the value of communal houses, especially the space around the houses which has been at risk of fading due to urbanisation and international integration,” said fine arts critic Nguyễn Đức Bình, head of the group. … [Read more...] about Lệ Mật brings a traditional Tết to thousands
A man brings life to orphans, abandoned children in HCM City
HCM City (VNS/VNA) - Care for orphanages should come from love, devotion and enthusiasm, and that's exactly what 60-year-old Bui Cong Hiep from Ho Chi Minh City has in abundance. With his family, he has donated property to build shelters and care for orphaned children in the city. For Hiep, who now lives in Long Truong ward in district 9, caring for orphans also means helping them to grow into valuable members of society. He might have appeared to be just your average city-dweller, but that was before he and his family decided to donate 1,500sq.m of land and a three-storey house worth more than 100 billion VND (4.3 million USD) to house nearly a hundred orphans in 2017. He and his wife Pham Hoang Lan, daughter Bui Lan Hoanh, 31, and son Bui Quang Huy, 26, have been running a factory for more than 20 years in Binh Thanh district. The factory is the family's major income. It is also the main financial source for them to care for 88 orphans at an orphanage named Thien Than (Angel). … [Read more...] about A man brings life to orphans, abandoned children in HCM City
China locks down epicenter of virus outbreak; nearly 600 infected
Vice Premier Sun Chunlan said during a visit to Wuhan that authorities needed to be open about the spread of the virus and their efforts to contain it, the official Xinhua News Agency reported on Thursday, comments likely to reassure global health experts. … [Read more...] about China locks down epicenter of virus outbreak; nearly 600 infected
