Cultural activities celebrate National Day - Vietnam Travel Guide - Vietnam Travel Tips

Hanoi's Ancient Royal Citadel relic site was opened to visitors on August 29, 2005 as part of activities to celebrate the country's 60th National Day. This was the third time the ancient citadel relic site has opened its gates to welcome visitors. The event was accompanied by an exhibition of antique ceramic artifacts. On display are 130 antique ceramic items of the Ly - Tran period (the 11th-14th century), the Le Dynasty (the 15th-18th century), and the Nguyen Dynasty (the 19th-20th century). The exhibition also features objects that are introduced to the public for the first time, including a collection of jewellery created in the 11th-12th century. Also on August 29, an exhibition of books and newspapers published during the first years of the Democratic Republic of Vietnam opened at the Hanoi National Library. The exhibition displays more than 300 documents in the Vietnamese and other languages, and 1,000 articles selected from various newspapers published in 1945 and 1946. There are shows of writings of late President Ho Chi Minh, memoirs of late Party General Secretary Truong Chinh, late Prime Minister Pham Van Dong and General Vo Nguyen Giap on the August Revolution, the Indochinese Communist Party's strategic documents issued during the August Revolution. (VNA)