The COMMUNITY of 54 ETHNIC GROUPS in VIETNAM – Section 1
Vietnam is a multi-ethnic country. According to the Government’s official announcement, Vietnam has 54 ethnic groups among which the Vietnamese (Kinh) is the majority.
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HISTORY
The VAN LANG Kingdom (2879 BC – 258 BC, 2621 years)
Văn Lang, the first vietnamese kingdom, must have occupied a territory much more confined than that of the Xích Quỷ.
ANNAM TECHNIQUE
INTRODUCTION By Professor in History PHAN HUY LE – President of the Historical Association of Vietnam – Section 2
PHAN HUY LÊ (Thach Chau, Loc Ha district, Ha Tinh province, 23 February 1934 – 23 June 2018) was a Vietnamese historian and professor of history at the Hanoi National University.
MARTIAL ARTS
NOTES
Poet TAN DA’s PLAN to spent at TET time with a unique remaining piastre
So when Tet was approaching, our poet didn’t have any cent left, and as he was a great “drunkard”, he would be in trouble for lack of wine. Newsman Diep Van Ky understood his collaborator’s difficulty, so he gave him an “extra New Year’s gift” of 5 piastres.
CULTURE
Viet-Nam, Civilization and Culture – THE TINSMITHS, COINS CASTERS, GOLDSMITHS and SILVERSMITHS, TINMEN, BRONZE-FOUNDERS, LOCKSMITHS
Hits: 1081By PIERRE HUARD1(Honour Member of the École Française d’Extrême-Orient)and MAURICE DURAND2(Member of the École Française d’Extrême-Orient3)Revised 3rd edition 1998,
The THREE-BAG OGRE – The “Hitch Hike Passenger”
The Three-Bag Ogre had stopped for a while on the land of Saigon seemingly to gather the good seeds compared to pearls that were then put into three bags – symbolizing “three big bamboo grain baskets ” – the Three-Bag Ogre had used these seed paddy to sow on immense fields in the Six Provinces of the Southern area.
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LUNAR NEW YEAR as an Annual UN HOLIDAY for the first time from 2024
Hits: 877 On August 10, the ambassadors and heads of delegations of Brunei, Cambodia, China, Indonesia, Laos, Malaysia,
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A History of SPRINGTIME MAGAZINE in COCHINCHINA – Part 1
Number of veteran newsmen in the 30’s and 40’s have assuredly believed that Mr. DIỆP VĂN KỶ himself was the man who first had taken the initiative in publishing the first springtime magazine, following his adherence to the Press circle – namely the “Đông Pháp” thời báo (French Indochina time magazine) of town-councillor NGUYỄN KIM ĐÍNH in 1927.
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In search of the genealogical records of the TWO ILLUSORY PERSONAGES – LÝ TOÉT & XÃ XỆ
Hits: 604 Lý Toét and Xã Xệ are a pair of inseparable personages. They have similar characters but are
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Vietnamese people’s KITE game
Hits: 1790 In days past, the kite game constitutes a genuine contest, and the prizes awarded to the winners
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Trionychidae softshell turtle
The Trionychidae are a taxonomic family of a number of turtle genera, commonly known as softshell turtles. This family was erected by Leopold Fitzinger in 1826.
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Viet-Nam, Civilization and Culture – THE TINSMITHS, COINS CASTERS, GOLDSMITHS and SILVERSMITHS, TINMEN, BRONZE-FOUNDERS, LOCKSMITHS
Hits: 1081By PIERRE HUARD1(Honour Member of the École Française d’Extrême-Orient)and MAURICE DURAND2(Member of the École Française d’Extrême-Orient3)Revised 3rd edition 1998,
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Viet-Nam, Civilization and Culture – THE CRAFTSMEN
Beside those devoting themselves to alimentation and clothing techniques, the craftsmen maybe divided as follows : Craftsmen working on metals, Ceramist craftsmen, Craftsmen working on wood, …
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The 6th International Conference on VIETNAMESE STUDIES – Section 2
Hits: 814… continued for Section 1 – updating … Topics of focus of the conference Topics focused on the
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The 6th International Conference on VIETNAMESE STUDIES – Section 1
The 6th International Conference on Vietnamese Studies will be held on August 16th – 17th 2021 at …
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