Vietnamese athletes are taking part in various tournaments in efforts to seek more tickets to the Paris 2024 Summer Olympics that will take place from July 26 to August 11, according to the Sports Authority of Vietnam (SAV).
Once being the national centre of woodblock printing, spanning from the 15th to the 19th centuries, Thanh Lieu village in Hai Duong city in the province of the same name has preserved thousands of sets of scriptures and seals.
Five-coloured sticky rice represents the basic colours of white, purple, black, yellow, and red, carrying significance in the eyes of the Thai ethnic people and known as the “five elements theory”. Each colour symbolises a desire and aspiration of the Thai people in Muong Lo, the second-largest rice field in Vietnam’s Northwest region.
Obento – a restaurant in Johannesburg, South Africa on March 2 held an event named “Taste of Vietnam” to introduce popular Vietnamese food to local diners.
The Department of Culture, Sports and Tourism in the northern border province of Lang Son has recently organised an art exchange programme with the participation of local artists and those from Pingxiang county in China's Guangxi.
The Vietnamese Consulate General in Perth in coordination with the Australian Vietnamese Family Association (AVFA) and artists and artisans from Ho Chi Minh City organised an event in Palmerston city on March 2 to promote Vietnamese culture in the Tet (Lunar New Year) festival.
Fans of Disney creations will have a chance to see their favourite characters on stage at an exclusive musical performance to be presented in Hanoi next week.
The ordinary yet peaceful lifestyle of Nung ethnic people has been preserved well in Bac Hoa hamlet, Tan Son commune, Luc Ngan district, Bac Giang province.
With the purpose of providing more knowledge about opera history to the public and artists in Vietnam, Italian music professor Gianni Kriscak and two Vietnamese lecturers and artists Nguyen Thi Hien (Hien Nguyen Soprano) and Trinh Thi Oanh introduced a book series named "History of Italian Opera" in the Vietnamese language.
The Vietnam Women's Union (VWU) on February 29 launched the annual Vietnam Ao Dai Week 2024 and organised an art performance programme to promote the value of the traditional costume in life, culture, and society.