The Hanoitimes – The Hanoi Party Committee has just granted Announcement No. 1113-TB/TU on stating the conclusion of the meeting with typical delegates in preservation and promotion of Thang Long – Hanoi cultural heritages in 2017. Under the Announcement, towards the target of effectively implementing programs, projects which specify Program 04 of the Party Committee “Strengthening socio – cultural development, improving the quality of the Capital’s human resource and building elegant and civilized Hanoians for the 2016-2020 period” in association with Resolution of the Party Central Committee’s 9th plenum, all levels, sectors, agencies will synchronously deploy missions, solutions; receive recommendations and assistance of scientists, managers and people in charge of protecting relic sites, national treasures, traditional crafts and intangible cultural heritages, etc. Several key missions should be focused on, including: (1) Strengthening communication to raise the awareness of all levels, sectors and local people on their responsibilities for Ha Noi, the country and the future; popularizing the roles, positions, potentials and strength of cultural heritages, especially Thang Long – Ha Noi cultural heritages in the cause of building and developing the capital city. (2) Strictly implementing Law on Cultural Heritages, international conventions on cultural and natural heritages. Each authority level must figure out preferential policies and mechanisms for preservation of heritages; review and update the situation of relic sites. (3) All levels and sectors must pay special attention to restoring, preserving and popularizing human values of intangible cultural heritages to various domestic and international audiences. (4) Better implementing the… [Read full story]
The 1,000th anniversary of Thang Long-Hanoi is a significant event in the nation’s history, marking a millennium of struggle for national independence and freedom, promoting relations with international friends and increasing the capital city’s position, said Deputy Prime Minister Nguyen Sinh Hung. Mr Hung, who is also head of the national steering committee for the celebration of the 1,000th anniversary of Thang Long-Hanoi, made the statement at a meeting in Hanoi on October 28 to implement the Prime Minister’s decree on approving the draft project on activities to celebrate the event. The Deputy PM said that various activities will take…... [read more]
On January 5th, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and the City of Hanoi's People’s Committee signed an agreement to cooperate on activities to mark the 1000th anniversary of Thang Long – Hanoi. The activities will be part of the Year of Cultural Diplomacy 2009. On this occasion, Pham Sanh Chau, Head of the External Culture and UNESCO Department, and General Secretary of the Vietnam National Commission for UNESCO, discussed the main content of the agreement and planned cultural diplomatic works in the near future with a reporter. Modern diplomacy, as defined at the 25th Diplomatic Conference, is based upon three pillars,…... [read more]
As part of the 1,000th anniversary of Thang Long – Hanoi celebrations, at least three films about King Ly Thai To, responsible for moving the capital from Hoa Lu to Thang Long, now known as Hanoi, will be screened., Over the last thousand years, there have been many people and heroes who have contributed to the glory and the history of Hanoi. King Ly Thai To, however, is one of the first ones to spring to mind and is especially revered for making Hanoi the capital. As the 1,000th anniversary of Thang Long – Hanoi draws near, among the many events taking…... [read more]
In the framework of activities to commemorate the 1,000th Thang Long – Hanoi anniversary and respond to the movement “I love Hanoi”, the standing committee of the Hanoi Youth Union launched “Thang Long – Hanoi books reading month 2010” on September 10.Aiming to attract a lot of young people and teenagers to read Thang Long – Hanoi books, various activities will be organized between September 10 to October 10 such as introducing books about Thang Long – Hanoi; promote reading culture among young people and children; organizing places to read books to serve young people and children; and organizing exchanges…... [read more]
The online dialogue aims to further promote the meaning of the great festival of the 1,000th anniversary of Thang Long – Hanoi through reflecting a capital city of the present and proposing ideas to build a modern and prosperous Hanoi in the near future. On September 15th, the Communist Party of Vietnam Online Newspaper (CPV) organized an online dialogue: “Thang Long – Hanoi: the Present and the Future”. This is the second online dialogue hosted by CPV, following the first on October 18th, 2009 with the title: “1,000 years of Thang Long – Hanoi: traditional values.” The dialogue was…... [read more]
