Dinh Lang Viet

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Destroy heritages, we erase the past

VietNamNet Bridge – Just a few days after a national workshop to judge the country’s progress towards protecting cultural heritage, anger is brewing.

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Artists, ambassadors bringing back ao dai for men

Russian Ambassador Konstantin Vasilievich Vnukov will wear Vietnamese ao dai (traditional long robe) tailored from a 15m-long bolt of cloth at an event honouring the traditional costume.

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National 19th century relic falling apart

VietNamNet Bridge – A historic communal house (dinh in Vietnamese) in the northern province of Vinh Phuc is close to collapse because of dithering by local authorities.

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Group fights to preserve communal houses

VietNamNet Bridge – Centuries-old communal houses have gone underappreciated, but a group of history lovers wants to help popularise the structures’ cultural and aesthetic values.