Street Festival Day in Hanoi

PRO HANOI – STREET FESTIVAL will take place in Dong Da Park on July 21.

This is a free program organised by Converse for young people ages 14 to 35 to show their talent through various forms of art, such as skating, break dance, basketball, and graffiti.

There will be a rock gala with the participation of four music bands, namely ITeu, Go Lim, Re-Cycle and 18 +.

Visitors to the festival will have the chance to play different games for fun and fitting rewards.

18th century citadel to be restored in central region

The Hoang De Citadel in the central province of Binh Dinh will be restored in a manner that retains its historic and cultural values, the provincial cultural authority has announced.

Located on a 900 square metre site in An Nhon township, the citadel was built by King Thai Duc in the late 18th century on a foundation dating from the Champa Kingdom. Several stone walls and granite-tiled roads remain from the citadel.

The citadel is the only architecture from the Tay Son dynasty remaining that has further potential for archaeological exploration.
A two-month preliminary excavation has been implemented by archaeologists from the Vietnam Archeology Institute in co-operation with provincial authorities.

City student makes green handbook for housewives

VND640,000 (US$30) is the minimum savings if a house wife cuts down on energy and recycle waste, according to a handbook of green tips prepared by Dang Huynh Mai Anh, a student at the Ho Chi Minh City Foreign Trade University.

This project has helped Mai Anh become one of eight students nationwide to become Bayer environmental ambassadors this year.

The 16-page handbook is printed in colors with catchy designs and vivid illustrations. It features tips on cutting down on electricity, gas and water use simply by changing daily habits, recycling PET bottles and newspapers, and minimizing food waste. The advantages of recycling and what it takes to do so, as well as the exact amount of savings it brings are also listed in the book.

To create the handbook Mai An, together with her friends, carried out surveys with housewives to find out their needs and how to present the content in the book. She collected the tips from different sources and applied them in her household before introducing them to everyone.

The first edition was published in early July, and 5000 more books of the second edition will be released soon, along with more additions and results from further surveys. The handbooks are distributed to the housewives at some residential areas and super markets in the city’s Phu Nhuan district. It is also available online in the form of an ebook so that everyone can download it.

Besides revising the book’s content, Mai Anh also created and is managing a page called “Green housework” on the social network Facebook where people who care about living green can come and share their tips to cut down energy costs and to save the environment.

Hanoi through the lens

Song (Live) photo exhibition opened at 9 a.m. today at Viet Art Center at 42 Yet Kieu Street in Hanoi.

It features 100 artworks of daily moments of Hanoi people and the city’s culture with a different perspective from 67 students of the Chase Hanoi group.

Furthermore, the exhibition also displays and sells artworks by other members of the group. Chase Hanoi is an art project established and managed by Vietnamese students. The event runs until Friday.

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