Twenty years in search of ‘Than Kinh Nhi Thap Canh’

Twenty years in search of ‘Than Kinh Nhi Thap Canh’

For over twenty years, artist Tran Huu Nhat has quietly traveled through rivers, temples, the citadel in Hue in his journey of recreating sketches of Than Kinh Nhi Thap Canh...
Nostalgic season

I remember those long-gone winter days which seemed just like yesterday. A bunch of us, living away from home, huddled together on the tiny bunk bed in the dormitory...

Nostalgic season
Delicious scabbard fish with green chilli

Scabbard fish give white, fatty and good-smelling flesh with few bones. My grandma’s dish looks simple and tastes a little bit salty, but to me, it is even better than Truong Hai Bach Doi Ngu or the special soup in Galchi Jorim.

Delicious scabbard fish with green chilli
Guol House inaugurated

The completion of the project has contributed to ensuring the conditions of community cultural activities, organizing traditional festivals to meet the preservation of tangible and intagible cultural values of the ethnic minorities...

Guol House inaugurated
Decoration at Dien Tho Palace

Belonging to the complex of architectural constructions in the Imperial City, Dien Tho served as residence for the 8 Dowager Empresses and the 4 Grand Dowager Empresses.

Decoration at Dien Tho Palace
Silk Books in the Nguyen Dynasty’s Era

Silk books were firstly used by the Nguyen Dynasty in 1846, under the reign of King Thieu Tri: “Cung tan tam giai (Third-ranked imperial Maids) and below are awarded silk books” (Kham Dinh Dai Nam Hoi Dien Su le, Vol. 6).

Silk Books in the Nguyen Dynasty’s Era
Story from the photos

Despite the enormous suffering, the Agent Orange victims have overcome the pain and disabilities to integrate into the community.

Story from the photos
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