Spring festival

The Taiwan Lantern Festival, an annual celebration to mark the end of the upcoming Lunar New Year in mid-February, will be cancelled this year because of COVID-19, the Ministry of Transportation and Communications said, citing the recent local infection cases. … [Read more...] about Taiwan cancels major festival as domestic COVID-19 cases rise

On January 18, Deputy Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development Ha Cong Tuan signed an official document about labelling and traceable peach flower trees for the coming Tet holiday. The ministry asked provincial people's committees to tighten management to tighten monitoring and raise public awareness to prevent forest destruction. Depending on each locality, the authorities can use labels to differentiate the trees but they must not create more bureaucracy and troubles for businesses. The ministry will work with localities authorities to find the most suitable solution to this problem. Local authorities were asked to strictly follow the prime ministerial directives about a tree-planting festival this Tet and step up the forest development projects in the first months of 2021. They must report back to the ministry by January 31. During the review meeting for the agriculture sector in 2020, PM Nguyen Xuan Phuc asked local authorities to prevent the exploitation of wild peach … [Read more...] about Home-grown peach flower trees to be labelled

SHINE, is a special photo project that syncs landscapes with portraits. It has helped Trinh portray the emotions experienced during the long journeys he has undertaken. 'Asia - Home sweet home' and SHINE are two of seven grand fine art projects executed by him. The other projects are 'Come from Vietnam', 'Africa - The black legend', 'Arctic Circle - The white legend', 'Another world' and 'The A project'. All these projects are lifetime ventures, he said. … [Read more...] about Vietnamese photographer captures grandeur of Himalayan proportions

The evil mandarin still keeps to his betrayal scheme. “Is this circus? Is this “cai luong? But I hear rap and see contemporary dance”, viewers ask themselves as the mandarin and his footmen dance to a rap verse with lyrics: “My destiny is becoming the king”. He cooks up a story that Chu Dong Tu and Tien Dung have turned their backs on the parents. The King and Queen are convinced and order the General to arrest them. Taking advantage of Chu Dong Tu’s loophole, the mandarin takes away the magic stick and arrests them.  … [Read more...] about “The Magic Stick” – first-ever combination of circus and traditional music