Hue Festival, an int’l art feast, opens tonight
The 2014 Hue Festival, which opens tonight, Apr 12, and runs until Apr 20, promises to give tourists a host of compelling art, cultural and fashion performances from Vietnam and 36 other countries.
Do modern changes benefit traditional Vietnam festivals?
Controversy regarding the “light feast” at the Founder Lac Long Quan Temple Festival in Hanoi is the latest example of a clash between the need to preserve and re-create traditional festivals as they originally were, and the desire to incorporate elements of contemporary art
Falling prey to mosquitoes for science’s sake
Staff and volunteers at the Central Epidemic Hygiene Institute have acted as victims of the mosquitoes’ blood sucking frenzy over the past few years to breed dengue-free mosquitoes.