Ho Chi Minh City citizens and visitors experienced a “burning” night with rock music at a free show themed “The Convergence of Vitality” at Le Loi pedestrian street in District 1 on March 15, as part of the 2024 National Press Festival.
Over the past five years, ancient Vietnamese costumes have been making their way back into modern life and performing arts thanks to the efforts made by groups of young people.
A live entertainment show entitled “Legend of U-Va”, which was launched in U-Va Hamlet, Noong Luong Commune, Dien Bien District (in the province of the same name), on March 13, attracted great attention from locals and visitors.
One of the highlights of ‘Pho’ (Noodle Soup) Festival 2024 is the joint effort of 20 chefs and 30 waiters to cook a giant pot of delicious and flavourful ‘pho’.
The Four Seasons Concert, performed by artists from L'Orchestre de L'Opéra Royalde Versailles, will open the series of international art programme called "Musical Seasons 2024-2025".
The Vietnam Women's Union in coordination with the Vietnam Border Guard Command organised an art programme to commemorate heroes and martyrs at historical sites in Dien Bien Province on the occasion of the 70th anniversary of the Dien Bien Phu Victory (May 7, 1954 - May 7, 2024).
The photo exhibition, themed “Women with Dien Bien”, highlights the historical contributions of Vietnamese women from across the country to the Dien Bien Phu victory.
A Vietnam classical music festival (VCMF) will be held for the first time in the Central Highlands resort city of Da Lat – the UNESCO Creative Music City - from March 10-17.
The Hanoi Opera House Management Board on March 2 evening launched a night cultural tourism product named “Music Garden”, with which people can enjoy music and the theatre’s architectural beauty at night.
San Ho (Coral) Books in collaboration with Hong Ha Stationery Joint Stock Company and Zzz Review officially announced the organisation of the first Coral New Literary Works Award 2024 on February 26.
An event named “Live Green with Gen G Festival” was held in Ho Chi Minh City on February 24 to wrap up and mark the success of the second season of the “Live Green and Wellness with Gen G” campaign launched by Pananasonic towards a green, wellness and sustainable lifestyle for young generations, pioneering in solving the problem of global warming.
Hanoi Poetry Day took place at Van Mieu Quoc Tu Giam (the Temple of Literature) on February 23, contributing to a solemn and attractive opening to the series of events on Vietnam Poetry Day 2024, with the theme "Harmony of the Country".
A fashion show featuring Ao Dai and several other designs by young designers has brought a spring atmosphere to the Tam Chuc Pagoda tourist area in the northern province of Ha Nam.
The Tay Yen Tu (West Yen Tu) Spring Festival and the Culture - Tourism Week 2024 of northern Bac Giang Province officially opened at the West Yen Tu spiritual and ecological tourism complex, Son Dong district, on February 21.
On February 19 (the tenth day of the first lunar month), the 2024 Long Tong (going to the field) Festival officially opened in Bo Lu Village, Nam Mau Village, Ba Be District, in the northern mountainous province of Bac Kan.
The Yen Tu Spring Festival, one of the largest and longest festival in the north, kicks off in Uong Bi city of the northern province of Quang Ninh on February 19, or the 10th day of the first lunar month.
The processions, incense offerings ritual, dragon dance, and drum performance have created a solemn yet vibrant and joyful atmosphere in the new spring days at Thang Long Imperial Citadel in Hanoi.
Every year, on the 8th day of the first lunar month, the people of Phu Gia Village, Phu Thuong Ward, Tay Ho District, Hanoi, organise a festival to honour steamed sticky rice.
Four days after the festival began, the nearly 400-year-old Keo Pagoda, located in Duy Nhat Commune (Vu Thu District, Thai Binh Province), recorded a record number of visitors.
On February 17, tens of thousands of locals in the northern mountainous province of Tuyen Quang, as well as tourists, flocked to Chiem Hoa District, Tuyen Quang, to join the Long Tong (going to the field) festival, a unique and typical agricultural festival of the Tay ethnic minority group in the locality.
Every year, on the eighth day of the first lunar month, locals in Thi Cam Village, Xuan Phuong Ward, Nam Tu Liem District, Hanoi, joyfully organise their traditional rice cooking contest.
The traditional Doi Son Tich Dien (ploughing) Festival 2024 officially opened in Tien Son Commune, Duy Tien Provincial Town, Ha Nam Province, on February 16 (the seventh day of the first lunar month), attracting a large number of locals and visitors.
On the occasion of Tet (Lunar New Year) Festival and Vietnam Poetry Day, the National Archives Centre No.1 in Hanoi has launched an online exhibition featuring more than 200 unique royal literary documents from Nguyen Dynasty.
Bai Dinh Pagoda Festival officially kicked off in Gia Vien District in the northern province of Ninh Binh on February 15, the sixth day of the Lunar New Year.
The Tet Book Street Festival 2024 in Ho Chi Minh City attracted over 1 million visitors from February 7-14, up 11.1% year-on-year, according to the municipal Department of Information and Communications.
The Vietnam Writers' Association (VWA) will present 30,000 books to children in mountainous and far-flung areas in 2024, according to VWA President Nguyen Quang Thieu.
Although the Huong Pagoda Festival has not yet opened, more than 20,000 people flocked to Huong Pagoda (in Hanoi) on February 12 (the third day of the first lunar month) to pray for a peaceful new year.