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The film “Mua do” (Red Rain), a film about the 81-day battle to defend the Quang Tri Ancient Citadel, has won the Golden Lotus Award for the category of the feature film at the awards ceremony for the 24th Viet Nam Film Festival held in Ho Chi Minh City on November 25.

A gong festival featuring the participation of several Southeast Asian countries will take place in Lam Dong Province from December 18, 2025 to January 2, 2026. A number of new records will be set at this large-scale event.

The Great Solidarity of Ethnic Groups – Vietnamese Cultural Heritage Week 2025, under the theme “Preserving and promoting the cultural identity of the Muong ethnic group in the new era”, is taking place at the Viet Nam National Village for Ethnic Culture and Tourism in Ha Noi, from November 21 to 24.

Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs Le Thi Thu Hang chaired a ceremony in Ha Noi, on November 17, to hand over the licence allowing Japan’s Nihon Denpa News (NDN) to reopen its resident office in Viet Nam.

After her first solo exhibition in Ha Noi in 2024 with the theme “Watercolour Portraits – Reflection through Mirrors”, artist Nguyen Thu Ha is continuing her journey by presenting artworks to audiences in Ho Chi Minh City.

To help foster a stronger reading culture and support more effective foreign-language learning among Vietnamese users, Waka, one of Viet Nam’s leading e-book platforms, has officially launched its new feature: Parallel Reading–Translation for English-language books.

Valuable documents and artefacts related to President Ho Chi Minh were donated to the Ho Chi Minh Museum in Ha Noi during a ceremony held on November 6 on the occasion of the museum's 55th founding anniversary (November 25, 1970 – 2025).

Ha Noi Opera House organised a press conference on November 5 to announce its special art project titled “115 Years of the Opera House Telling Stories—Heritage Illuminated through Light and Technology.”

The Ca Mau Provincial People’s Committee held a press conference on November 5 to officially announce a series of large-scale events - the 2nd Ca Mau Crab Festival and the “Hello Ca Mau” programme.

A Russian edition of the book “Special Forces and Commandos of Saigon – Elite and Daring” by writer Nguyen Quang Chanh was officially launched at the Military Library in Ha Noi on November 5.

The Department of Culture, Sports and Tourism of Can Tho City, in coordination with the Management Board of Kh’Leang Pagoda in Soc Trang Ward, organised the Moon Offering Ceremony of the Khmer people of Soc Trang, on November 4.

Patriotic emulation is one of the great, consistent ideas within Ho Chi Minh’s ideology — an idea of profound theoretical and practical value and a powerful driving force behind every victory of the Vietnamese revolution.

The 2025 Ha Noi Ao Dai Tourism Festival is scheduled to take place from November 7 - 9 at Ha Noi Museum, Pham Hung Street, Tu Liem Ward, Ha Noi and Hoan Kiem Lake area, aiming to promote and spread the beauty of Vietnamese Ao Dai.

A film week celebrating the 24th Viet Nam Film Festival will take place nationwide from November 15 to 20, featuring a line-up of beloved films such as ‘Dao, Pho and Piano’, ‘Red Rain’, and ‘Yellow Flowers on the Green Grass’.

The “Heritage Convergence” programme, a highlight of the Thang Long – Ha Noi Festival 2025, officially opened at the Temple of Literature on November 1.

At the 43rd Session of the General Conference of the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organisation (UNESCO), held in Samarkand, the Republic of Uzbekistan on October 31, the organisation adopted a Resolution to honour and take part in commemorating the 300th birth anniversary of the cultural luminary Le Quy Don. The historic moment took place at 17:08 (Uzbekistan time), equivalent to 19:08 (Viet Nam time).

According to Thang Long Art Gallery, works by contemporary Vietnamese painters are being showcased at the 28th edition of “Asian Art in London”.

The Vietnam Fine Arts Museum officially introduced its new cultural tourism product, “Museum Night”, to the public, on October 31.

Selected from nearly 1,000 entries submitted to the photo contest “Green Moments – Green Actions – Green Future”, 50 outstanding works on the theme of the environment are being showcased at the Cultural, Information and Sports Centre of Hoan Kiem Ward, Ha Noi.

After nearly six decades of establishment and development, the Viet Nam National Fine Arts Museum, home to more than 20,000 artefacts, including nine recognised as National Treasures, is entering a new era of transformation through the adoption of technology and digital innovation.