Vietnam lineage record compilers stress need for origin research
Travel 11:01 23/02/2015A group of Vietnamese researchers have dedicated themselves to compiling family trees and lineage records for local households in an attempt to help them keep track of their origins and pay homage to their ancestry
American historian buys Vietnam’s painting in protest against China
Travel 15:35 14/07/2014An American art historian and photographer specializing in Chinese art and cinema has purchased a painting by a Vietnamese artist to express her support for Vietnam’s sovereignty over Hoang Sa (Paracel) archipelago in the East Vietnam Sea, in which China has illegally deployed an oil rig since early May
Famed VN intelligence general featured in films
Travel 15:35 22/02/2014Revered Vietnamese intelligence general Pham Xuan An, whose double life has been depicted in American historian Larry Berman’s books, will be highlighted in a television series and a movie.
Historians object to Hanoi flyover as it could ruin relic
Travel 10:09 07/06/2013Most officials and scientists taking part in the June 5 workshop which discussed the building of a flyover over the O Cho Dua intersection, a traffic chokepoint in Hanoi, objected to the two proposed options, which will possibly damage the historical Xa Tac relic.
