Vietnam hopes restoring old relics will bring Hanoi back to yesteryear
The ongoing restoration of cultural and historical relics in Hanoi’s Old Quarter is expected to help the capital recover its time-honored inner value
Youths win competition with project to renovate backpackers’ quarter
A group of local young architects recently won a Denmark-sponsored competition with their project “Smiling Stop,” which aims to make the backpackers’ quarter in District 1 a friendlier destination by making the best of its space.
Hopeless search as Philippine quake death toll hits 151
The 7.1-magnitude earthquake smashed the central island of Bohol on Tuesday morning, ripping apart bridges, tearing down centuries-old churches and triggering landslides that engulfed entire homes.
HCMC serious about tackling foreign language shop signs
The Ho Chi Minh City Department of Culture, Sports and Tourism on August 6 held a meeting with authorities from eight districts to step up control over the alarmingly common shop signs that feature only foreign languages, or signs where Vietnamese is not the focus.
Trouble outweighs pride at age-old quarter
The clash between relic preservation and locals’ living needs is getting more serious. The latest example is that those in Dong Van old quarter in Ha Giang province have lived in dilapidated age-old houses for years.