The traditional Lim Festival in Lim Town, Tien Du District, Bac Ninh Province, has been listed as a national intangible cultural heritage by the Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism. The festival takes place every year on the 13th day of the first lunar month as a way for residents in Bac Ninh to pay homage to their ancestors, maintain and promote cultural value of the community.
The Lim Festival was first held in Lim Village in the 18th century. From a village festival, it has been developed as an inter-village event for villagers to get together and foster their connectivity. The festival is also associated with the worship of gods of villages and prayer singing to pray for peace and prosperity.
A typical characteristic of the Lim Festival is the singing of Quan Ho, a genre of Vietnamese folk music that has been inscribed in the Representative List of the Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity.
The Lim Festival is likened as a “living museum” of the Quan Ho culture, of which the historical, religious and folk-art values have been preserved and promoted. The festival recognition is expected to raise the awareness of heritage conservation and develop tourism in Bac Ninh, Sai Gon Tiep Thi news site reported.
Vietnamese doctors save Polish tourist after rare aortic rupture
A 69-year-old Polish tourist was saved by Vietnamese doctors after suffering a life-threatening aortic rupture while vacationing in Vietnam, reported the Nguoi Lao Dong news site.
The man experienced severe chest and abdominal pain and was diagnosed with Stanford type B aortic dissection at a private hospital. He was transferred to Bach Mai Hospital in Hanoi, where scans revealed a 9-centimeter abdominal aortic aneurysm that had begun leaking.
During the operation, the aneurysm ruptured, but the surgical team managed to control the bleeding and replace the damaged artery with a synthetic graft. The anesthesiologist helped stabilize the patient’s blood pressure and ensured timely blood transfusion.
Within a day of surgery, the patient was successfully extubated and no longer needed ventilator support. Two days later, he was transferred to a standard hospital room. Overwhelmed with gratitude, he said, “It is like I have been given a new life. The Vietnamese doctors were outstanding.”
Young scientist well-known worldwide
Associate Professor-Dr. Tran Le Hung, 34, is a lecturer at the Engineering School Paris, Gustave Eiffel University, France. Pursuing scientific research on the railway sector, he is the author of 23 scientific publications, including 18 ones as main author, and five others as co-author.
Hung took part in a railway research team with the professors at the National School of Bridges and Roads, Paris, France; cooperating in studying metallurgy materials and application with the professors at the Pierre and Marie Curie University (Paris 6), France; cooperating in studying artificial intelligence (AI) and its applications in the railway sector with the professors at the University of Canberra, Australia.
Hung’s research and development on smart railroad ties for high-speed trains has been commercialized in Europe and France. He told thanhnien.vn that he is happy to apply his scientific research to the future north-south high-speed railway in Vietnam.
Hung is also in charge of the network of young Vietnamese intellectuals around the world, including in Europe, Russia, Oceania, and North America.
A doctor cum simultaneous interpreter in Hanoi
The photo depicting Pham Minh Giang, a doctor at the National Hospital of Obstetrics and Gynecology (NHOG) in Hanoi, working as a simultaneous interpreter in a booth at the 3rd Conference on Fetal Medicine held by the NHOG in Hanoi City in May this year went viral on social media these days.
Giang told dantri.com.vn that she has taken part in real-time interpreting at international conferences or seminars held by the NHOG for nearly 10 years. In 2015, learning about Giang’s good command of English, Dr. Vu Ba Quyet, then director of the NHOG, encouraged her to act as simultaneous interpreter for the hospital’s seminars or conferences. She acted as a booth interpreter for an Australian expert at a medical conference on prenatal diagnosis for the first time in 2015.
The young doctor said to be proficient in English, she had to study hard for a long time. She was once sent abroad to attend a fetal medicine course. Giang frequently posted articles concerning obstetrics on social media, which attracted millions of viewers. “I would like to present accurate medical knowledge to help everybody be able to protect their health,” she said.
