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Foreign dancers compete in Hanoi’s international open dancesport championships

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The championships witnesses the participation of dancers from Vietnam and 12 countries and territories worldwide. They compete across four categories, including international open standard adult, international open Latin adult, open standard youth, and open Latin youth. A couple from the Czech Republic are among the first athletes to participate in the tournament. Dancers from the Republic of Korea put on a Latin performance at the competition. A performance put on by Vietnamese couple Hoang Duc Tuan and Do Phuong Uyen in the international open Latin adult category Dmitri Kolobov and Signe Busk of Denmark come first in the international open standard adult category. Japanese dancers Hiroaki Onishi and Sakina Onishi rank fifth in the international open Latin adult category. The post Foreign dancers compete in Hanoi’s international open dancesport championships appeared first on Vietexplorer.com . View more from VietEx

A national treasure of Hanoi women’s painting by To Ngoc Van

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Among To Ngoc Van’s 59 artworks preserved at the Vietnam National Fine Arts Museum, “Two Maidens and a Little Boy” made many viewers pause for a long time when visiting gallery No.9 on the second floor. Recognized as a national treasure in 2013, the painting is one of the typical works of the early stage of the artist’s career. Praising the beauty of Hanoi women The beauty of Hanoi women depicts in the famous painting “Two Maidens and a Little Boy” by Vietnamese painter To Ngoc Van  Born in 1944, “Two Maidens and a Little Boy” depicts a corner of life in Hanoi in the 1940s. By the porch, where the bamboo blind is rolled up high, and the confederate rose bush is full of pale pink flowers in the garden, two young girls sit next to a little boy and share confidence. The three characters are in a triangular composition within a vertical frame – a classical arrangement of Western painting. One girl in a warm-yellow Vietnamese  ao dai  sits on a bamboo cot holding a pink fl

Folk cake festival marks a sweet time to visit Can Tho

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Cook arrive early to prepare food on display  Around 100 booths have been erected to introduce traditional food from the southern region to both locals and tourists. The cakes get their colour from plants, as opposed to artificial substances. A wide range of activities also take place during the six-day festival, including a cooking contest. Organisers hope to popularise southern specialties to visitors.  The post Folk cake festival marks a sweet time to visit Can Tho appeared first on Vietexplorer.com . View more from VietExplorer: Sun Group properties wear blue for World Autism Awareness Day France’s baguette submitted for UNESCO heritage candidate Vietnamese beauty in top 10 ‘Best National Costume’ at Miss Grand 2020 Tour guides excited to get back into the field Vietnam addresses post-war UXO consequences Northwest beauty leaves visitors in awe Pink buffalo in Saigon Exploring Phu Quy Island Prov

Da Nang welcomes first 171 foreign passengers from Taipei

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The flight departs from Taipei (China) at 7:35 a.m. before landing in Da Nang at 9:25 a.m. on October 28. The resumption of direct flights from Taipei (China) to Da Nang represents a good signal for the central city’s tourism sector as it strives to increase the number of tourists in the future, according to the Da Nang Tourism Promotion Centre. Moving forward, the route is expected to help boost the number of foreign tourists visiting Da Nang, thereby recovering the tourism industry after two years of being heavily impacted by COVID-19. Representatives of numerous travel agencies and hotels crowd the airport in order to receive foreign tourists. The majority of tourists from Taipei (China) spend one week to fully discover Da Nang. The post Da Nang welcomes first 171 foreign passengers from Taipei appeared first on Vietexplorer.com . View more from VietExplorer: Vietnam exit FIFA Futsal World Cup with heads held high after na