Vietnam awards men over $3,000 for handing over millennia-old drums
Travel 09:36 21/01/2015Authorities in north-central Vietnam have awarded two local men over US$3,000 in total for giving away two antique drums which they unearthed last year
Ancient bronze drum given to museum in north-central Vietnam
Travel 16:18 28/11/2014A museum in Thanh Hoa Province in north-central Vietnam announced Thursday it has received an ancient bronze drum from a local family who stumbled upon it last month
Ongoing exhibit highlights Vietnam’s late Bronze Age artifacts
Travel 21:19 19/11/2014An exhibit opening on Tuesday in Hanoi showcases nearly 300 artifacts, which are the fruits of a 90-year painstaking research on the Dong Son era of ancient Vietnam, dated around 1,000 B.C. to A.D. 100.
Vietnam’s iconic bronze drums showcased in S. Korea
Travel 17:11 03/05/2014An exhibition running in Seoul from April 29 to June 29 showcases Vietnam’s hallmark bronze drums and offers a chance to glimpse through the origins of ancient Vietnam culture.
The drum skin ripping festival celebrates couples’ love (photos)
Travel 14:08 19/02/2014A traditional festival, “Dap trong dem trang” of Ma Coong ethnic minority people in Quang Binh province, stands out from others as it provides a chance for local youths to search for their soul mates.
World’s biggest manually-cast bronze drum completed
Travel 11:44 30/09/2013Artisan Le Van Bay from northern Thanh Hoa province is giving the finishing touch to a manually-cast bronze drum, considered the world’s biggest of its kind.
