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Cao Dinh Huy, chairman of the People’s Committee of Tuy Hoa City in Phu Yen, announced on Saturday that the city was awarded the 2023 Asian Townscape Award at a ceremony in Busan, South Korea on Friday. Out of the nine projects from five different countries, including Japan, China, South Korea, Sri Lanka, and Vietnam, Nghinh Phong Tower Square is the only representative from Southeast Asia to receive the award, according to the Tuy Hoa administration. The tower square is located in the heart of the coastal park in Tuy Hoa, and it was inspired by the local tourist site Ganh Da Dia, also known as the Reef of Plates, as well as the legend of Lac Long Quan and Au Co, the ancestors of the current Vietnamese people. The tower includes two columns that are 35 and 30 meters high, representing Lac Long Quan and Au Co. Below each tower, there are 50 stacked stone blocks, symbolizing the story of 50 children following their mother Au Co to the sea and 50 others following their father Lac Long...

A performance by young children. The event was held in the framework of “Hanoi Autumn Festival 2023” under the direction of the Hanoi People’s Committee. According to the Director of Hanoi Center for Investment, Trade, and Tourism Promotion Nguyen Anh Duong, “Hanoi Autumn Carnaval 2023” is a lively interference between tradition and modernity, bringing colorful cultural experiences, attractive art performances from Hanoi and other parts of Vietnam to the audiences. This year’s program features unique and grand-scaled performances to introduce to people and tourists the beauty of Hanoi in autumn, the city’s most beautiful season. The charm of Hanoi in autumn has attracted tourists from all over the world to visit and explore. A lion dance. “Hanoi Autumn Carnaval 2023” includes 11 parades with four chapters: “Radiant Colors of Autumn,” “Essence of Vietnamese Crafts,” “Street Art,” and “Cultural Identities of ethnic groups.” An ao dai parade. For a lon...

“Chao Tieng Viet” (Hello Vietnamese) book series in Belgium public libraries What has the Vietnam Education Publishing House implemented to spread and preserve Vietnamese in the world? In its 66 years of establishment and development, the Vietnam Education Publishing House has compiled and published numerous books to improve knowledge and appreciation for the Vietnamese language, literature, and culture. This includes sets of books designed to teach Vietnamese to overseas Vietnamese as well as the “Chao Tieng Viet” (Hello Vietnamese) series compiled by Nguyen Thuy Anh. These publications have reached communities in countries such as Germany, Austria, Hungary, Slovakia, Belgium, and Luxembourg, and have even been honored as gifts from Party and State leaders to the Vietnamese communities in certain countries. In Belgium, the “Chao Tieng Viet” series has been made available in public libraries for people to borrow and use. In Qatar, classes based on the series have been regularly ...