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The museum is located on the bank of the Singapore River and is the only museum in Asia devoted to exploring the continent’s rich artistic heritage. Later on the same day, the Vietnamese government leader and his wife head to the Singapore Botanic Gardens which serves research and preservation of more than 30,000 species of plants. PM Chinh attends a ceremony to name a new orchid species “Pham Le Tran Chinh”, symbolising a strong vitality. The post PM Chinh lays flowers at President Ho Chi Minh statue in Singapore appeared first on Vietexplorer.com . View more from VietExplorer: Vietnam’s northwest region enters pouring-water season Buoi Market in days nearing Tet holiday Special “parents” of students with visual impairments at Nguyen Dinh Chieu school Unique Thi Cam rice cooking contest Xoan singing – the miraculous revival Lang Sang – Son La province’s terminal village Administrative reform – A strategic breakthrough Spring Calligraph...

Thanks to the warm weather, all the peach trees in the mountains and forests of the Bac Ha tourist area have bloomed with brilliant pink and yellow flowers. These flower branches shimmering in the spring sunshine create a beautiful scene that has attracted countless tourists. For a long time, the Bac Ha white plateau of Lao Cai province has been famous domestically and internationally for its natural beauty in spring. Bac Ha has become a popular tourist destination, especially for tourists from Western Europe and France. Domestically, the people of Yen Bai and the Hanoians have similar interests, outlooks, and spirits to that of the French. Many tourists come to Bac Ha to visit Bac Ha district’s fruit and vegetable farm. Photo: Congthuong.vn When visitors come to Bac Ha white plateau in the last days of January, they will see many romantic and poetic scenes. It has a clear sky and forest cherry blossom trees. When the sun shines after frosty days, in the villages, canol...

The market is now a popular destination among international tourists who come to samples local specialties, and more importantly to explore the people’s lifestyle. The site is among the most popular destinations in the Mekong Delta region, attracting approximately 120,000 arrivals in January 2023 alone. It is open every day from 4 a.m. to 9 a.m. with approximately 500 boats operating and offering services to visitors. As well as selling fruits and vegetables in Can Tho, it also offers special farm products that come from neighbouring provinces. The Mekong Delta region’s foods, specialties, and handicraft products are also put on sale at the market. Small boats carrying lots of goods are readily available for tourists to choose . Sampling traditional food is a great way for tourists to discover the culture of each region. Tables are set up on boats so tourists have the chance to taste the local food on offe...

They walked the 40-cm wide and 10-m long surface and climbed up and down 10 steps in 1 minute and 55 seconds. The brothers made the record at their first perfomance so they did not need to do it again. Co, 34 years old, and Nghiep, 38 years old, said that the record making at this time will a milestone that closes their successful career. In 2021, the acrobat brothers set a new world record in head-to-head balancing in Catalonia, Spain. The Vietnamese artists, with Nghiep balancing atop Co’s head, climbed 100 stairs in 53 seconds at Girona Cathedral, the same venue where they set their previous record of 90 steps in 52 seconds in 2016. Co started circus training when he was four, while Nghiep began at five. The two went professional in 1999. Their head-to-head balancing act got them into the top three finalists on Britain’s Got Talent in 2018. The Guinness World Records invited Vietnamese acrobat brothers Giang Quoc Co and Giang Quoc Ng...

The festival is also known as Cha Chien or Xang Khan, meaning “singing and dancing to celebrate under the cotton tree”. The Thai ethnic people regard the festival to be a communal cultural activity in which everyone in the village has the right to participate in and enjoy the event. The festival is divided into two separate parts. The ceremonial part consists of rituals involving worshiping the gods, the essential prose told by a shaman about the establishment of the village, thereby praising ancestors and people with meritorious services. The festival part is a system of 26 to 50 acts performed by a shaman, or “guests”, such as chopping firewood, farming, sword dancing, sweeping the home, and playing the flute. Indeed, it is thought that each activity involves a god from Muong Troi coming down from heaven to participate. Furthermore, there is a part that involves playing traditional musical instruments such as gongs, khua luong, drums, boong bu, and flutes. A number of ...

Quan Ke Huy, also known as Jonathan Ke Quan, 52, won the Best Supporting Actor nomination for a movie in ‘Everything Everywhere All at Once,’ which has so far gained 11 Oscar nominations, marking a milestone for the representation of Asia in the world’s film industry. The movie is a 2022 American absurdist comedy-drama film written and directed by Daniel Kwan and Daniel Scheinert. In the film, Quan Ke Huy successfully plays Waymond Wang, the gentle and quirky husband of the female lead Evelyn Quan played by Michelle Yeoh Choo Kheng, a Malaysian actress. Born in a Chinese-Vietnamese family in 1971 in Saigon, the old name of Ho Chi Minh City, Huy and his relatives left Vietnam for the U.S. to settle down there when he was seven. Huy has been known for appearing in the second episode of the Indiana Jones series – one of the very famous movie franchises in the 1980s in Hollywood. On January 11, Huy won the gold trophy at the 80th Golden Globe Awards in California (the U.S.) also as t...

Vietnam ranks 6th among 24 Asian countries with the best cuisines by the reputable international gastronomy website TasteAtlas. Banh mi  or Vietnamese-styled baguette with great fillings can be found literally everywhere in Vietnam. Photo: Lam Kieu According to this experiential travel guide to traditional food, the list is drawn up from visitors’ voting on ingredients, dishes, and drinks. With a score of 4.31 points, Vietnam is not far from the best on the list, which includes Japan with 4.59 points, and India with 4.54. The top five iconic Vietnamese dishes suggested by TasteAtlas are Banh mi or Vietnamese-style baguette, Pho or traditional Vietnamese noodle soup with beef or chicken, Cha gio (Nem ran) or spring rolls, Bo kho (braised beef) and Bun bo Hue or Hue style noodle soup with beef. In addition, five iconic products include Vietnamese iced coffee, Phu Quoc fish sauce or fish sauce made from Phu Quoc Island, Vietnamese Coffee, Egg coffee, and Ch...