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6572; ii, iii, v (cultural) Óc Eo–Ba Thê archaeological site has about 40 cultural relics of religious, burial and residence sites which have been discovered from the early 1940s to the end of the 20th century, proving the existence of a culture associated with Funan from the beginning of AD until the 7th century. It was the main ...
Vietnam's ethnic mosaic results from the peopling process in which various peoples came and settled the territory, leading to the modern state of Vietnam by many stages, often separated by thousands of years over a duration of tens of thousands of years. Vietnam's entire history, thus, is an embroidery of polyethnicity. [17]
Nha Trang Oceanography Institute, the largest of its kind in Indochina where thousands of oceanic life samples, exhibits are on display. It is home to the largest oceanic library in Vietnam. Chánh Tọa Church (or Mountain Church) Long Son Pagoda, and its statue of Gautama Buddha. Tong Lam Lo Son Pagoda, and its statue of Amitabha Buddha.
Vietnam has had a diverse range of cultural poetry throughout its history. [11] Historically, Vietnamese poetry consists of three language traditions. Each poetry was written exclusively in Classical Chinese and later incorporated Sino-Vietnamese vocabulary. It was also often centered around the themes and traditions of Buddhism and Confucianism.
The successive ancient cultures are the Soi Nhụ culture around 18,000–7,000 BC, the Cái Bèo culture 7,000–5,000 BC [6] and the Hạ Long culture 5,000–3,500 years ago. [7] Hạ Long Bay also marked some important events in Vietnamese history , with many artifacts found in Bài Thơ mountain, Đầu Gỗ cave, and Bãi Cháy.
In 2007, about 50 people died when the Cần Thơ Bridge collapsed, causing Vietnam's worst engineering disaster. [10] In 2011, Cần Thơ International Airport opened. [ 11 ] The city is nicknamed the " Western Metropolis" ( Tây Đô / 西都 ), and is located 169 kilometres (105 miles) from Hồ Chí Minh City .
There are also some outstanding works of Vietnamese-French architecture such as Khải Định Tomb, Palace of An Định, Cửa Bắc Church, and the Vietnam National Museum of History. From 1954 to 1975 when Vietnam was divided into two by the Geneva Accords: architects in South Vietnam adapted the International Style to fit the country's ...
Vietnamese National Heroes (Vietnamese: Anh hùng dân tộc Việt Nam) is a term used by the Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism to designate fourteen prominent figures in the history of Vietnam. These figures would have statues of them built in their home regions, regions where they had significant marks, regions where there are ...