Posha Inu Towers, seven kilometers northeast of Phan Thiet City and located on Ong Hoang Hill, attracted over 2,500 international tourists to visit and enjoy Cham ethnic artistic performances during the Tet holiday.
Nestled in central Binh Thuan Province’s Thuan Nam Town, Ta Cu Mountain is renowned for its lush forests and wild beauty. In addition, the popular tourist attraction boasts the longest reclining Buddha statue in all of Southeast Asia – perched atop the mountain.
Located on Tran Quang Khai street, Hung Long ward, Phan Thiet city, Phat Quang pagoda was built in the early 18th century when the first Vietnamese entered the land of Phan Thiet city in Binh Thuan province and is the oldest pagoda in this city by the sea.
Co Thach Pagoda, or Hang Pagoda, located 105 kilometers north of Phan Thiet city in the central coastal province of Binh Thuan, is well-known for its elegant architecture and its perfect location.
An old pagoda has passed the tests of time, surviving fires and harsh weather. Located on Phu Quy Island, Linh Quang Pagoda, the oldest pagoda in the central province of Binh Thuan, has been through thick and thin.
There was no doubt that Thay was a popular, skillful magician, but what was really magical about the couple was their compassion and unswerving devotion to those in need.
The once-mighty Champa civilisation disappeared centuries ago, but it continues to make its mark on local life. A Lan takes a look at how it’s shaping contemporary culture
In Ho Chi Minh City, there is a residential house that has become home to more than 250 weapons from the bronze age. One day in 1993, Nguyen Van Pham came across a beautiful piece of metal in a basket of some shrimpers in the southern Dong Nai Province.
The remains of 11 martyrs have been discovered in the Ma Lam township of Ham Thuan Bac District, in the central province of Binh Thuan since Sunday. According to Ngo Thanh Long, from Ham Thuan Bac District’s Bureau for Home Affairs, Labour, Invalids and Social Affairs, in the areas where the remains were found some 30 Vietnamese soldiers were killed on March 22, 1969.
The central province of Binh Thuan has discovered a 9th century relic of the Cham people, said Nguyen Xuan Ly, director of the province’s museum. The stone item features the Linga and Yoni fertility symbols. The 35cm square base is 7 cm high and is made of dark green stone. Farmers in Ham Thuan Nam District’s Muong Man Commune found the stone artefact while planting dragon fruit trees.
A visit to Van Thuy Tu offers a chance to learn about the tradition of worshipping whales, respectfully called by the local fishermen as Ca Ong (Lord Whale). Built in 1762, Van Thuy Tu is the oldest temple for whales in Binh Thuan Province, around 200 km from Ho Chi Minh City.
The central coast province of Binh Thuan has seen many changes since the end of the American war 30 years ago, and is quickly becoming a model province in the new Viet Nam.President of the provincial People’s Committee Huynh Tan Thanh said that last year the province obtained a record economic growth rate of 13 per cent, narrowing the gap with its neighbouring south-eastern provinces.
The remains of several Cham pottery kilns have been unearthed at an excavation site in the central province of Binh Thuan’s Ham Thuan Bac District. Archaeologists at the site say the kilns, all built in the late 11th and early 12th centuries, are the oldest yet discovered in central Viet Nam, and were probably used for centuries by several Cham generations.
Vietnamese archaeologists recently unearthed several ancient stone and clay artefacts at an excavation site in Da Cai, located in the Duc Linh District of the central coastal province of Binh Thuan.
Some fishermen in the Ham Tan and Ham Thuan Nam districts have discovered about 3,000kg of ancient coins and a cannon in a shipwreck off the coast of Binh Thuan Province in the south.
The HCM City-based Museum of History plans to sell to the southern province of Binh Thuan 12 of the 24 cannons from the Nguyen Dynasty unearthed in Binh Thuan in 2005. According to the museum’s director, Tran Thi Thuy Phuong, after many negotiations, the museum bought the 24 cannons for VND240 million (US$15,000) in September 2006.
The Vietnam Guinness Book Centre (Vietbooks) held a ceremony on January 2 to announce ten newly-recognised records of Vietnamese Buddhism, mostly relating to the culture.
The Vietnam Buddhist Guiness Programme on November 6 recognised more records, bringing the total of records it has collected so far to 30. The programme, co-sponsored by the VietBooks and the Giac Ngo (Enlightenment) newspaper, aimed at collecting 100 Buddhism-related records by 2010.
President Ho Chi Minh long ago recognised the significance of developing education and training talents for national construction and development. He said, “Reconstruction requires talent. Although talents are yet to be many in the country, we know how to select, distribute and use them in a clever manner, talents will grow ever more.â€
The Prince's Castle is a general area consisting of a group of hills, the beach, the Cham towers, a pagoda, a famous poet's tomb (Nguyen Thong), and specifically the ruins of a large French estate. The hills are situated in the Phu Hai district of Phan Thiet and offer the best view of the city, rivers, mountains and beach within the valley. The temple hill is across the street from the city's main cemetery (a virtual necropolis), where the poet's tomb is located.
A farmer has discovered a 10,000-year-old musical instrument called the dan da (lithophone) in the central province of Binh Thuan. The instrument, comprising eight stone slabs, was unearthed in late July by Nguyen Van Thanh who lives in Ham My District of Ham Thuan Nam Commune.
