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Ten Vietnamese Records Recognized in Asia
10/09/2012 16:29   GMT+7
Ten Vietnamese Records Recognized in Asia

At the 22nd meeting of Vietnamese record breakers in Ho Chi Minh City, the Vietnamese Record Book Centre announced the reorganization of a total of 33 new Vietnamese records and 10 Asian records.    
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Up Café
10/09/2012 09:28   GMT+7
Up Café

“Up Café” with an “upside down” space, located in a small alley on Nguyen Trong Tuyen Street, Phu Nhuan District, Ho Chi Minh City, is a quiet place to relax in a bustling city.    
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Dong Tam Snake Farm
07/06/2012 15:46   GMT+7
Dong Tam Snake Farm

Situated about 9km west of My Tho City, Dong Tam Snake Farm (also known as the Medicinal Plants Cultivation and Research Centre of Military Zone 9) in Binh Duc Commune, Chau Thanh District, Tien Giang Province is the largest centre for snake rearing and snakebite treatment in the Cuu Long River Delta. It has long been an interesting tourist site for domestic and foreign visitors.    
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Vietnam Sets New Guinness World Record for a Mind-Map Jigsaw Puzzle.
04/10/2011 15:48   GMT+7
Vietnam Sets New Guinness World Record for a Mind-Map Jigsaw Puzzle.

On September 25, 2011, the Ho Chi Minh University of Economics broke the Guinness World Record for the largest mind-map jigsaw puzzle at Phu Tho Gymnasium in District 11. The puzzle breaks the previous Guinness World Record of a 212,323 piece mind-map by Singapore in 2002 and a 600-square-metre mind-map puzzle by China in 2010.    
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A man sleepless for more than 35 years
24/06/2009   GMT+7
A man sleepless for more than 35 years

Stories about a Vietnamese man who has been sleepless for over 35 years have been widely published in the mass media. He is 65-year-old Thai Ngoc, now living in Que Trung Commune, Nong Son District in the central province of Quang Nam.    
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Vietnam’s longest bamboo bridge
13/05/2009   GMT+7
Vietnam’s longest bamboo bridge

The Truong Giang Bridge , nearly 500m long and 1.8m wide, crossing over the Truong Giang River , linking Duy Thanh and Duy Nghia Commune in Duy Xuyen District, Quang Nam Province in Central Vietnam , is the longest bamboo bridge in Vietnam .    
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Giant Calligraphy Book in Vietnam
26/11/2007   GMT+7
Giant Calligraphy Book in Vietnam

The largest Vietnamese calligraphy book outlining the three Declarations of Independence impresses any viewer because of the high quality calligraphy and its historical value. It is the second record by Trinh Tuan, the other being the 300m-long calligraphy masterpiece entitled “The Story of Kieu” in 2005.    
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The ‘Wizard’ of Musical Instruments
18/08/2006   GMT+7
The ‘Wizard’ of Musical Instruments

Although being an instrumentalist of traditional flute, wind instrument and dan bau (monochord), Mai Dinh Toi has been thrilling audiences for years with his wacky and innovative musical instruments fashioned out of everyday objects like bowls, bottles, neon lights, and even motorbikes.    
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Fisher-originated artists
24/02/2006   GMT+7
Fisher-originated artists

Nearly 20 “artists” on lanky bamboo legs of three to four metres in height entered the scene amidst the cheers and shouts of tens of thousands of spectators. They are the walk-on-stilt team of Quan Vinh Village, Nghia Thang Commune, Nghia Hung District, Nam Dinh Province.    
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Vietnam’s new records
23/12/2005   GMT+7
Vietnam’s new records

In August 2005, the Centre for Vietnam Guinness Book of Records, VIETBOOKS, publicized Vietnam’s newly-set records. Following are some of them.    
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