Villagers complain heritage status offers little benefit

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Villagers complain heritage status offers little benefit

Following complaints by villagers in the heritage village of Duong Lam about increasingly cramped living conditions, local authorities held a meeting on May 15 to discuss the issue.

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Duong Lam villagers meet officials over restoration issue

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Duong Lam villagers meet officials over restoration issue

On May 15 villagers living in Duong Lam who have signed a petition asking the government to take back the village’s national relic title due to the problems it has caused met with Hanoi’s tourism department to find a solution to the situation.

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Hanoi villagers seek to return heritage title for freedom to fix homes

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Hanoi villagers seek to return heritage title for freedom to fix homes

A cart selling hats as souvenirs stands close to a signboard indicating the guide center for visitors to Duong Lam, Hanoi. Photo courtesy of Tuoi Tre

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Living like prehistoric men, Duong Lam villagers cry for help

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VietnamNet English 5 day(s) ago

Living like prehistoric men, Duong Lam villagers cry for help

VietNamNet Bridge - "It’s miserable! Help us, please!" is the cry of many people in the ancient village of Duong Lam, a national relic.

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Pa Co gong culture finds defiant protector

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VietNam News English 7 day(s) ago

Pa Co gong culture finds defiant protector

A Pa Co ethnic man in the central province of Quang Tri keeps in mind that the cultural beauty of his people should be preserved by the younger generation. Thanh Thuy reports

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Villagers ask gov’t to de-recognize national relic in Hanoi

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Villagers ask gov’t to de-recognize national relic in Hanoi

78 locals living in the ancient village of Duong Lam in Hanoi -- recognized as a national relic in 2005 -- recently signed a collective petition, asking the government to take back its heritage title since it intrudes too much in their lives.

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A village of poems in suburban Hanoi

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A village of poems in suburban Hanoi

VietNamNet Bridge – Chua village in Son Cong Commune, Ung Hoa District on the outskirts of Hanoi is known as a poem village because local people have a great passion for poems and reciting poems with many of them being poets and writers.

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The man who moved mountains to succeed

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The man who moved mountains to succeed

Faced with poverty and hunger after liberation in 1975, a Gie Trieng man levelled hills and mountains with his own bare hands to create a wet rice field legacy for his family and fellow villagers. Thao Ly and Trung Hieu report.

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Boat building in Long Hau

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Boat building in Long Hau

Long Hau Commune in Lai Vung District, Dong Thap Province is famous for building boats in the south’s watery area. Every year when flood season comes, the villagers are busy with orders from customers of neighbouring areas.

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Young leaders lift rural areas out of poverty

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Young leaders lift rural areas out of poverty

VietNamNet Bridge – Most people assume that People's Committee officials are experienced middle-aged men, so it is hard to believe that 30-year-old Nguyen Thi Thu Lan and 24-year-old Nguyen Thi Huong are deputy chairwomen of their communes in two disadvantaged northern provinces.

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Nam Dinh workers contribute to building Truong Sa

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Nam Dinh workers contribute to building Truong Sa

For over a decade, generations of workers in Binh Di village (northern Nam Dinh province) have taken part in construction projects on Truong Sa archipelago. Their contributions greatly help protect the homeland’s sovereignty over its sea and islands.

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The man who moved mountains to succeed

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VietNam News English 3 week(s) ago

The man who moved mountains to succeed

Faced with poverty and hunger after liberation in 1975, a Gie Trieng man levelled hills and mountains with his own bare hands to create a wet rice field legacy for his family and fellow villagers. Thao Ly and Trung Hieu report.

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Vietnam firm accused of using gangsters to attack evicted farmers

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Báo Thanh Niên English 3 week(s) ago

Police in the northern city of Hai Phong are investigating a local company accused of hiring gangsters to evict farmers from a land plot to make way for the construction of a new factory.

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The forest named after the General

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The forest named after the General

The General Giap forest was once a forbidden and sacred place of the Muong ethnic minority people in Nhot village, Gia Phu Commune, Phu Yen District, in the northwestern province of Son La, where General Vo Nguyen Giap once established a military base.

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Four specialties offered to Kings

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Four specialties offered to Kings

Xu Doai (the Western part) of Hanoi was once famous for its four specialties to offer to Kings in the old time. These specialties may not be available to the current time, but are still the pride of local villagers.

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