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Hue Festival, an int’l art feast, opens tonight

Hue Festival, an int’l art feast, opens tonight

Travel 12:54 12/04/2014

The 2014 Hue Festival, which opens tonight, Apr 12, and runs until Apr 20, promises to give tourists a host of compelling art, cultural and fashion performances from Vietnam and 36 other countries.

Do modern changes benefit traditional Vietnam festivals?

Do modern changes benefit traditional Vietnam festivals?

Travel 18:55 08/04/2014

Controversy regarding the “light feast” at the Founder Lac Long Quan Temple Festival in Hanoi is the latest example of a clash between the need to preserve and re-create traditional festivals as they originally were, and the desire to incorporate elements of contemporary art

Falling prey to mosquitoes for science’s sake

Falling prey to mosquitoes for science’s sake

Travel 15:03 21/05/2013

Staff and volunteers at the Central Epidemic Hygiene Institute have acted as victims of the mosquitoes’ blood sucking frenzy over the past few years to breed dengue-free mosquitoes.