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Hanoi’s millennium-old bell named national treasure
Updated: 14:21, 30/06/2020
A bronze bell dating back to the 10th century at Nhat Tao Communal House in Dong Ngac ward, Hanoi’s Bac Tu Liem district, was recently recognised as a national treasure.
The bell is a unique antique and the only of its kind dating back to the Ngo Dynasty (10th century) that has been found in Vietnam so far.
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The bell is a unique antique and the only of its kind dating back to the Ngo Dynasty (10th century) that has been found in Vietnam so far. |
Weighing 6kg, it is 32cm in height, 19cm in diameter in its mouth and has a 7cm-tall canon.
Words inscribed on the bell are one of the earliest script evidences of the period of autonomy in Vietnam’s history, helping with studying the country’s society at that time.
Meanwhile, its decorations reflect the quintessence of carving and bronze casting techniques of the time.
(BGO) - The People’s Committee of Luc
Ngan district in northern province of Bac Giang has issued the plan on
implementation of the measures to support lychee production, harvest,
processing and consumption in 2020.
(BGO) – The
Chairman of Bac Giang provincial People’s Committee (PPC) has issued the
Correspondence to urge the relevant departments and agencies to implement
various measures to boost the lychee consumption in 2020 season.
Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Pham Binh Minh proposed four main measures to fight the Covid-19 pandemic while addressing the Ministerial Video-Conference of the Alliance for Multilateralism on Covid-19 on April 16.
(BGO) – The Steering
Committee for Covid-19 Prevention and Control in Bac Giang province (Steering
Committee) on April 13 issued urgent correspondence to order the People’s
Committee in the districts and city to promptly review the Bac Giang’s
residents and relevant case working at EQC-SI in SamSung Display Company, Yen
Phong Industrial Park (Bac Ninh) who related to patient 262 so as to isolate
and take sample for SARS-CoV-2 testing.
The ASEAN Coordinating Council (ACC) held its 25th meeting in the form of a video conference on April 9 under the chair of the council’s chairman - Vietnamese Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Pham Binh Minh.
Source: NDO/VNA
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