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A sập is a low ornate platform that is often made out of wood. Some sập are decorated with lacquering technique known as khảm xà cừ (chữ Nôm: 坎𤥭璖). [1] The platform has four stumped legs that support the main structure of the sập. The furniture is used as a place to sit or lay down. [2]
The dougong (Chinese: 斗拱; pinyin: dǒugǒng; lit. cap [and] block; Vietnamese: Đấu củng) is an important part of Chinese architecture, is rarely or not found in Vietnamese architecture starting from the Lý dynasty where Vietnamese architecture began to develop and innovate away from Chinese traditional architecture.
On June 17, 1969, Thái Ninh was merged with Thụy Anh to become Thái Thụy rural district (huyện Thái Thụy), which consisted of 47 communes.. On June 25, 1986, three communes Thụy Lương, Thụy Hà and Thụy Hải were urged by the Government of Vietnam to donate their land to establish Diêm Điền township (thị trấn Diêm Điền).
Chính Nam gate (more familiar as cửa Nhà Đồ (Nha Do gate), because nearby there is Vo Kho - a warehouse for storing weapons, established during Emperor Gia Long period). Quảng Đức gate; Thể Nhơn gate (more familiar as cửa Ngăn (Blocked gate), because in the past, there was a high wall blocking the emperor's path to the ...
Vietnam has submitted films for the Academy Award for Best International Feature Film since 1993. The award, previously named the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film, [a] is presented annually by the U.S. Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (AMPAS) to a feature-length motion picture produced outside the United States that contains primarily non-English dialogue. [2]
Prior to Typhoon Yagi forming and making landfall in Vietnam, domestic media reported unusual weather patterns in August 2024. Speaking to the Natural Resources and Environment newspaper, Mai Văn Khiêm, Director of the National Center for Hydro-Meteorological Forecasting, stated that the country's average temperature reached 28.3 °C (82.9 °F), the highest in recorded history. [1]
Harvest in Tịnh Biên, An Giang. An Giang occupies a position in the upper reaches of the Mekong Delta.The Hậu Giang and Tiền Giang branches of the Mekong River are the dominant geographical features of the province.
Vietnam, [e] [f] officially the Socialist Republic of Vietnam, [g] [h] is a country at the eastern edge of mainland Southeast Asia, with an area of about 331,000 square kilometres (128,000 sq mi) and a population of over 100 million, making it the world's fifteenth-most populous country.