The show will bring together 60 beauty queens and models, 20 artists and 400 other guests. Top 8 in Miss Earth 2016, Nam Em is invited to perform at the show. The fashion show is scheduled for December 17 in Hoi An City. Model Le Hang. Model Ha Thu (right). The collection features 180 designs, carefully handmade over three months by nearly 200 artisans and workers. The event also attracts famous singers such as Dam Vinh Hung, Huong Lan, Ngoc Huyen, and Nguyen Vu. The show will bring together 60 beauty queens and models, 20 artists and 400 other guests. Top 8 in Miss Earth 2016, Nam Em is invited to perform at the show. The fashion show is scheduled for December 17 in Hoi An City. The collection features 180 designs, carefully handmade over three months by nearly 200 artisans and workers. The event also attracts famous singers such as Dam Vinh Hung, Huong Lan, Ngoc Huyen, and Nguyen Vu. … [Read more...] about Nam Em, Ha Thu, and Le Hang add glamour to Hoi An fashion show
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Ten years: Hoi An restores nearly 240 architectural relics
Photo for illustration (Source: vietnamtourism.gov.vn)In the coming time, the Hoi An City Center for Management of Cultural Heritage will continue conducting surveys and compiling dossiers to submit to authorities measures to upgrade seriously degraded relics. Statistics in June 2017 showed that there were six seriously degraded relics, 22 heavily damaged relics and 14 slightly damaged relics. Hoi An People's Committee has assigned the center to coordinate with precinct People’s Committees to guide relics’ owners to reinforce the degraded portions in order to ensure safety and property before rainy season. Between January-June of 2018, the center has handed over six restored relics works, repaired and installed information signs in Cam Thanh and Cam Kim communes, and conduct five new construction works. Compiled by BTA … [Read more...] about Ten years: Hoi An restores nearly 240 architectural relics
Germany supports Hoi An with “Bike City” program development
Germany supports Hoi An with “Bike City” program developmentBy Ha Linh Foreign tourists cycle while sightseeing in Hoi An City – PHOTO: NHAN TAM DANANG – The German government has sponsored the ancient town of Hoi An in Quang Nam Province with a total investment of 178,000 euros, or VND4.1 billion, to develop bicycle-based traffic and free or low-cost bicycle-sharing projects, which are scheduled for deployment by September 2019, heard attendees at a seminar on the development of bike traffic in Hoi An City. Speaking at the seminar, organized on October 24 by the Hoi An government in collaboration with the German Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development and Health Bridge Vietnam, Nguyen Van Son, vice chairman of Hoi An City, said the project had resulted from the Global Urban Mobility Challenge Award of the Transformative Urban Mobility Initiative (TUMI), held by the German Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development … [Read more...] about Germany supports Hoi An with “Bike City” program development
Hoi An aims to become bicycle-friendly city
Visitors to Hoi An city (Photo: VNA) Quang Nam (VNA) – A seminar discussing a project on the use of bicycles in the ancient city of Hoi An of the central province of Quang Nam was held in the city on October 24. The event was organised by authorities of the city, the Health Bridge Canada in Vietnam and the German Corporation for International Cooperation (GIZ). At the seminar, participants discussed policies on non-motorised transportation in Hoi An, along with experiences in using bicycles as the main vehicle in some cities around the world. They also assessed opportunities and challenges of the city’s bicycle development plan. Over the years, Hoi An has committed to building itself into an eco friendly city to preserve its historical and cultural values. The city has encouraged walking and the use of bicycles and public transport. However, many motorcycles are still in use in Hoi An due to a lack of policies and road infrastructure for bicycles. Vice Chairman of … [Read more...] about Hoi An aims to become bicycle-friendly city
Bad to worse: Hoi An’s iconic 400-year-old bridge stinks
The bridge, spanning some 18 meters across a small canal that runs into the Thu Bon River, has suffered serious deterioration in recent years even after seven restorations. Many poles and beams supporting the structure have rotted and cracked and some have been replaced with iron ones, officials said. Now, it is losing more charm to polluted wastewater and the stench the canal emits. Old houses are reflected in the dirty water. Le Quang Trung, a Hoi An official, said the canal has been polluted for over a decade, but no measures have been taken to deal with it comprehensively. The wastewater discharged by households, hotels and restaurants in Minh An, Cam Pho and Tan An wards go directly into the canal, exacerbated the pollution, Trung said. Under the bridge, piles of stinking black sludge have undermined its image and deterred many tourists from returning there, officials say. Built by Japanese traders in the 17th century, the bridge is an icon of Hoi An in central Vietnam. … [Read more...] about Bad to worse: Hoi An’s iconic 400-year-old bridge stinks