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Cao Dinh Huy, chairman of the People’s Committee of Tuy Hoa City in Phu Yen, announced on Saturday that the city was awarded the 2023 Asian Townscape Award at a ceremony in Busan, South Korea on Friday. Out of the nine projects from five different countries, including Japan, China, South Korea, Sri Lanka, and Vietnam, Nghinh Phong Tower Square is the only representative from Southeast Asia to receive the award, according to the Tuy Hoa administration. The tower square is located in the heart of the coastal park in Tuy Hoa, and it was inspired by the local tourist site Ganh Da Dia, also known as the Reef of Plates, as well as the legend of Lac Long Quan and Au Co, the ancestors of the current Vietnamese people. The tower includes two columns that are 35 and 30 meters high, representing Lac Long Quan and Au Co. Below each tower, there are 50 stacked stone blocks, symbolizing the story of 50 children following their mother Au Co to the sea and 50 others following their father Lac Long...

“Chao Tieng Viet” (Hello Vietnamese) book series in Belgium public libraries What has the Vietnam Education Publishing House implemented to spread and preserve Vietnamese in the world? In its 66 years of establishment and development, the Vietnam Education Publishing House has compiled and published numerous books to improve knowledge and appreciation for the Vietnamese language, literature, and culture. This includes sets of books designed to teach Vietnamese to overseas Vietnamese as well as the “Chao Tieng Viet” (Hello Vietnamese) series compiled by Nguyen Thuy Anh. These publications have reached communities in countries such as Germany, Austria, Hungary, Slovakia, Belgium, and Luxembourg, and have even been honored as gifts from Party and State leaders to the Vietnamese communities in certain countries. In Belgium, the “Chao Tieng Viet” series has been made available in public libraries for people to borrow and use. In Qatar, classes based on the series have been regularly ...