To ensure visitors’ safety and to stop the spread of Covid-19, the Thăng Long-Hà Nội Heritage Conservation Centre would like to announce that Thăng Long Imperial Citadel Heritage Site and Cổ Loa Relic Site will be closed to visitors from 14 March 2020. The re-opening of the two sites will …
Read More »Announcement: Reception of visitors resumed at Thăng Long Imperial Citadel and Cổ Loa sites
Thăng Long- Hà Nội Heritage Conservation Centre would like to announce that after a temporary cessation of public service to implement preventive measures against the Novel Coronavirus disease, the Imperial Citadel of Thăng Long and the Cổ Loa sites will be open again to the sightseeing public from 8 a.m, …
Read More »ANNOUNCEMENT: Regarding the temporary public closure of Thăng Long Imperial Citadel and Cổ Loa sites due to acute respiratory disease caused by Novel Coronavirus
To implement Directive 06/ CT- TTg dated 31 January 2020 by the Prime Ministers, Official Telegram 396/CĐ- BVHTTDL of the Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism, and Dispatch 358/UBND- KGVX of Hanoi People’s Committee on heightened measures to prevent the acute respiratory disease in festival activities at cultural and historical …
Read More »Leaders of the Party, Central Government and Hanoi offering incense and planting trees at Thăng Long Imperial Citadel
On the morning of 28 January 2020 (the fourth day of the Year of the Golden Rat), leaders of the Party, Central Government and Hanoi offered incense, planted trees and exchanged new-year wishes with the public at Thăng Long Imperial Citadel. In attendance at the ceremony were Mr. Trần Quốc …
Read More »Special check-in spot for children at Thăng Long Imperial Citadel
In the early days of the Year of the Rat 2020, the Imperial Citadel of Thăng Long reserves ample space for children to play around and take photos, such as the thematic decoration area titled “Pen Strokes of Spring” with pinwheels, couplets, wind chimes, conical hat, etc. Especially noteworthy is …
Read More »Vietnamese Tết Programme at Thăng Long Imperial Citadel Celebrating the Party and the Year of the Rat 2020
On the occasion of the Year of the Rat 2020 and the 90th anniversary of the Communist Party of Vietnam, the Thăng Long – Hà Nội Heritage Conservation Centre works with relevant agencies and crafts to organize multiple traditional cultural and exhibition activities at the Thăng Long Imperial Citadel heritage …
Read More »“Ring out the old and ring in the new” ceremonies at Thăng Long Imperial Citadel
On the morning of the 23rd day of the 12th lunar month this year, the Thăng Long – Hà Nội Heritage Conservation Centre conducted the “ring out the old and ring in the new” ceremonies, representing some traditional rituals in the palaces of yore, such as calendar-giving, ablution of votive …
Read More »Experiencing Vietnamese Lunar New Year (Tết) at Thăng Long Imperial Citadel, together with kids from Ngôi Sao School
In the cultural life of the Vietnamese people, Chinese characters have been commonly used in various types of documents, including contracts, letter, poetry, literature, or calligraphy artworks for decoration of houses and official halls. Pairs of couplets written on red paper are highly diverse in styles and humanitarian in values, …
Read More »The Vietnamese New Year Programm under the theme “Pen Strokes of Spring” appeals strongly to children.
This morning 16 January 2020, nearly 500 schoolchildren Grades 1 and 2 of the Inter-level School Hanoi Stars (Ngôi Sao Hà Nội) took part in the Vietnamese Lunar New Year Programme at Thăng Long Imperial Citadel. The children eagerly joined the activities and games held on the heritage site, for …
Read More »Exhibition ‘The Citadel of Hà Nội – Glimpses of an epoch
To celebrate the 15th anniversary of the Cultural Heritage Day of Vietnam (23/11/2004-23/11/2019), the Thăng Long – Hà Nội Heritage Conservation Centre works with the National Archive Centre 1 affiliated with the Ministry of Home Affairs to organize an exhibition titled ‘The Citadel of Hà Nội – Glimpses of an …
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