A programme was held at the Paris Congress Centre in Lorient City, Morbihan Region, France, on February 11 (the second day of the first lunar month), attracting the participation of about 1,000 people.
An event called “Spring of Love” was organised by the General Union of Vietnamese in Brussels (UGVB) on February 11 (the second day of the first lunar month) on the occasion of the arrival of the Year of the Dragon, offering an opportunity for overseas Vietnamese in the country to get together and honour their common root.
More than 1,000 French citizens participated in exploring traditional Vietnamese games, calligraphy and cuisine on the Vietnamese Lunar New Year. The event, titled "Tet Thang Long" was organised at the National Conference Centre in Lorient city of Morbihan province, Bretagne region of France on February 11 — the second day of Lunar New Year 2024.
Cuban experts and doctors at Dong Hoi Vietnam-Cuba friendship hospital in the central province of Quang Binh and international students at Thai Nguyen University in the northern province of the same name have been celebrating the ongoing Lunar New Year Festival (called Tet in Vietnamese) – the longest and biggest traditional festival in Vietnam.
The Grupo R Multimedio newspaper of Uruguay on February 10 published an article introducing the traditional charms of Tet – Vietnam’s Lunar New Year festival, the most important of its kind in the country in a year.
“When in Vietnam, do as the Vietnamese do” — that saying is true for many foreigners who are working in the cultural sector in Vietnam. They have served as a “bridge” connecting Vietnam with other foreign countries, and have gradually immersed themselves in the traditional life and customs of the Vietnam people during Tet (Lunar New Year).
Assorted cultural events in various fields of perfoming arts, cuisine, exhibitions, fashion, and publishing, were held in Vietnam by foreign organisations and artists last year, contributing to tightening cultural links between Vietnam and the world.
The Department of Culture and Sports of Binh Dinh province and the Indian Embassy in Ho Chi Minh City jointly held an art exchange programme on January 21.
In 2023, the series of events “Vietnam Day Abroad” took place in the three continents of Europe, Asia and Africa (France, Japan and South Africa). They were exciting and memorable festivals for the international public and the Vietnamese community abroad.
A cultural festival entitled ‘Homeland Spring – Vietnamese Tet Festival Amagasaki 2024’ will be held in Amagasaki City in Japan from February 3 to 4 as an activity to celebrate Tet — the biggest annual activity of Vietnamese people worldwide.
An international art exchange programme themed “Welcome New Year 2024” was hled at Ho Guom Theatre in Hanoi on January 16, contributing to cultivating and strengthening the friendship between Vietnam and foreign countries around the world.
The Vietnamese Embassy in Argentina on December 22 organised an event to promote Vietnamese culture and cuisine, wrapping up a series of activities commemorating the 50th anniversary of the establishment of diplomatic relations between Vietnam and Argentina.
A photo exhibition featuring the culture and arts of ASEAN member countries opened in the central province of Thua Thien-Hue on December 21 on the occasion of the 56th founding anniversary of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) and the 8th anniversary of the ASEAN Community.
Through the first World Performing Arts Festival 2023, which was held in Phan Thiet City, in the south-central coastal province of Binh Thuan from December 8-10, Director Le Quy Duong has the ambition to make Vietnam a destination for world festivals.
The Switzerland-Vietnam Friendship Association (SVFA) in coordination with the Vietnamese community in Switzerland held Solidarity Day 2023 in Zurich on December 3 to strengthen solidarity and mutual support between people of the two countries for peace and friendship among nations in the world.
Vietnam’s Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism and Cambodia’s Ministry of Culture and Fine Arts on December 3 kicked off the Cambodia Culture Week in Vietnam 2023 in the Mekong Delta province of Soc Trang.
The Vietnam - Russia Cultural Exchange Programme was held at APEC Park in the central city of Da Nang on November 26, attracting nearly 500 delegates, people , and Russian friends who are living, working , and studying in the city and neighbouring localities.
Vietnamese artists have received the Francophone Economic Forum (FFA) awards for their works at the exhibition of arts and handicrafts of the Francophone community held in Paris from November 24-26.
The first Korea Game Week 2023 took place in the central city of Da Nang from November 24-25, introducing the latest gaming technologies from the Republic of Korea (RoK) and its culture to people in the central region.
The Vietnam-UK Friendship Association in Hanoi held a friendship dance festival on November 25 to mark the 50th anniversary of the countries’ diplomatic relations.
Vietnam joined representatives from 22 other Asian countries and territories in a culture exchange highlighting the cultural diversity of Asia at the Hong Kong Cultural Centre in the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region (China) on November 12.
An array of traditional cultural activities during the Lunar New Year (Tet) holiday will be featured at the fifth Homeland Spring to be held at Tenjinchuo Park, Japan's Fukuoka prefecture on January 20-21, Vietnamese Consul General in Fukuoka Vu Chi Mai has said.
With their feeling of admiration for a generation of young Vietnamese who sacrificed their lives for the national independence, freedom, and unification of the country during the anti-US war, leaders of the Department of Theatre and Performance Studies at Bangladesh’s Dhaka University decided to adapt the play ‘Huyen Thoai Tuoi Thanh Xuan’ (Legend of Youth) by Vietnamese director Le Quy Duong on the Bangladeshi stage.