Ancient Vietnamese capital one step closer to world heritage listing

Friday, March 28th, 2008 Posted in UNESCO World Heritage, Vietnam | No Comments »

The Vietnamese department of culture is one step closer to having the ancient capital of Vietnam in Thanh Hoa Province listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site by completing a ... Read more..

Nam Giao Altar - the largest of its kind

Thursday, November 29th, 2007 Posted in Vietnam | No Comments »

Excavated in 2004-2005, the Nam Giao altar at the foot of the Don Son mountain in Vietnam may well be the largest undamaged platform of its kind. The platform was ... Read more..

One man’s obsession is another man’s museum

Thursday, October 11th, 2007 Posted in Museums, Vietnam | No Comments »

08 October 2007 (Viet Nam News) - I wonder what the editor was thinking when he wrote the headline to the story. But yes, it almost seems as if the ... Read more..

13th-century cemetary to be open to public

Tuesday, June 19th, 2007 Posted in Tourism, Vietnam | 1 Comment »

17 June 06 (Viet Nam News) - A hidden complex of tombs from the Tran-Le Dynasty in the 13th century will be open to public in a bid to develop ... Read more..

Book containing ancient Thai script discovered

Thursday, April 5th, 2007 Posted in Thailand, Vietnam | 1 Comment »

2 April 2007 (Vietnam Net Bridge) - A short story about an ancient 200-page tome filled with ancient Thai script. Unfortunately, the story does not describe how the book was ... Read more..

Thanh Hoa: ruins of Nam Giao Worshipping Platform excavated

Thursday, March 8th, 2007 Posted in Vietnam | No Comments »

6 March 2007 (VietnamNet Bridge) - Thanh Hoa: ruins of Nam Giao Worshipping Platform excavated The Thanh Hoa Department of Culture and Information and the Institute of Archeology have started phase 2 ... Read more..

Private museum displays antique collection in Thanh Hoa Province

Tuesday, November 28th, 2006 Posted in Museums, Vietnam | No Comments »

21 November 2006 (Vietnam News) - A private museum opens in Vietnam featuring antiquities. Private museum displays antique collection in Thanh Hoa Province Hoang Long Antique Museum, the first private museum in ... Read more..



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