The series aims to bring local history and culture, as well as images of scenic sites, to a wider online audience.
Oct 30, 2026
The Philippines tied with Brunei, ranking second among Southeast Asian countries in the average number of sleep hours lost annually due to warmer-than-optimal nighttime temperatures, the latest Lancet Countdown report shows.
When Ocean Park launched its Halloween celebrations in 2001, pumpkins, witches and vampires helped turn a visit to the theme park into a seasonal fright night. Twenty-five years later, haunted houses drawing on Hong Kong ghost stories share this year’s programme with family activities, live performances and a dark-fantasy collaboration with a pop star. The history of Halloween at Ocean Park is not simply a timeline of increasingly bigger productions and more elaborate effects. It is also a story...
Hong Kong’s M+ museum, New York’s Museum of Modern Art (MoMA) and the Centre Pompidou in Paris signed an agreement on October 30 to establish a three-way cultural alliance, aiming to redefine how visual culture is collected, exhibited and shared globally. The framework agreement, signed at M+ in the West Kowloon Cultural District, departs from conventional short-term blockbuster touring exhibitions and fee-based satellite franchises. With no money changing hands, the institutions will focus on...
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The Michelin Guide Philippines 2027 has recognized 31 restaurants with the Bib Gourmand Award, a distinction given to restaurants with “exceptional food at great value.”
Young craftspeople in central Việt Nam are combining ancestral skills with contemporary design and sustainable hospitality to keep local heritage alive.
The HCM City Book Street Book celebrates Southern Việt Nam's folk beliefs, spiritual heritage, and cultural traditions passed down through generations during the Book and Night Culture Festival.
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In 1933, Jeanne Toussaint was appointed creative director of Cartier, and the wildly influential designer set about cementing the noble panther’s role as the indelible emblem of the storied Parisian jeweller that it remains to this day. Two years later, in Hong Kong, legendary entrepreneur Aw Boon Haw finished the construction of Haw Par Mansion, now known as Villa Haw Par, the magnificent East-meets-West edifice in Tai Hang that is also a showcase for the allure of big cats, complete with the...
UNESCO is ready to work with Quảng Ninh in priority areas such as education, culture, heritage management and promotion, science – technology, innovation, and digital transformation, which are also among the organisation’s strategic priorities in Việt Nam.
According to the article, beyond the food itself, the experience also offers an insight into local life. Small family-run eateries, plastic stools on pavements and residents having breakfast before heading to work provide an authentic glimpse into the daily routines of Hanoians.
HCM City is increasingly using digital technology to preserve cultural heritage, supported by Resolution No. 80 on the development of Vietnamese culture.