Cultural Activities in Vietnam

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February 7th 2008

Published: February 18th 2008

Culture is expressed by the fine arts but everything to me is culture. Hanoi is rich in culture. Looking at the list of major libraries in Hanoi I count 33. Museums are too many to count. The museum of Ethnology is probably the best. All of the museums are first class in my opinion. They have a museum for everything including a museum for women. Many of these particular venues I have alre... Read Full Entry

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Kent D. Converse

Governor

This is my 12 visit to Vietnam My current mission in Vietnam is going to the home villages of all my neices and nephews that have helped me in Vietnam In 2005 I biked from Hanoi to Saigon. Probably the greatest trip I ever experienced. I look forward to returning to Vietnam and enjoying the people and land of Vietnam. I will be staying with my former Rotary Exchange Student Trang and her husband Huan and daughter Sarah. I keep a bike at Trang's house and will be biking around Saigon on short trips. The cover photo is me biking the Red River Islands near Hanoi.... full info

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Art around the block

Maybe they would hire me as a model?

Art around the block

Superstore

Superstore has a Converse Store

Four floors of most things

Art around the block

One of many busy bookstores

Busy bookstore

Monument

Monument to honor Le Loi, 1365-1433 who became King Le Thai To. Probably the most popular figure in Vietnamese history. Almost every town has a Le Loi street.

Hanoi

Housed in the former French Ministry of Information. It is worth the entrance fee to just see this building.

Hanoi's Fine Arts Museum

Hanoi

In the long history of Vietnam the first fine arts known date back some 10,000 years ago represent human and animal faces on dong Noi cave's walls (province of Hoa Binh) are the first imprint known. Represented here is an early village scene.

Hanoi

Surface of Mieu Mon Bronze dtrum dating from 2300 years ago.

Hanoi's Fine Arts Museum

18th February 2008

Camilla Converse Haley
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Art in Hanoi
Interesting to see some of the art around Hanoi and know that you found some Converse tennis shoes there.

21st February 2008

Kate Hildebrand
Kate Hildebrand

Great pictures Kent! I loved that museum :)

4th March 2008

edgar quintero
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awesome pictures
i have to say that all those pictures are so awesome . the expression of that culture makes me think that people around the world might have differences , but at the end they just follow the thing in waht they believe . Thanks dad converse for showing me this...

13th February 2009

JC
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That building you don't know what it's for...
They're the offices of the The People's Daily - the official newspaper of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of Vietnam...just so you know :)

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