For most Vietnamese, Tet (Lunar New Year festival) has actually begun with the “Ong Cong - Ong Tao” (Land Genie and Kitchen Gods) ceremony on the 23rd of the last month of the lunar year, which falls on January 20 this year.
A wide range of cultural activities are taking place in the Old Quarter and the Imperial Citadel of Thang Long in Hanoi to welcome the Year of the Rooster.
The consideration of projects relating to areas with exceptional values like Son Doong Cave must especially take into account impacts on the local environment, culture and society.
A documentary series entitled Sac Mau Nhat Ban (Colours of Japan) which showcases the best of Japanese gastronomy will be aired on Vietnamese television from February 3.
The Thang Long - Hanoi Heritage Conservation Centre plans to open a new excavation area, north of Doan Mon relic site, to visitors from January 20 to February 28.
The traditional art of lacquerware in the southern province of Binh Duong’s Tuong Binh Hiep ward has been accredited as a national intangible heritage.
The Nha Trang – Khanh Hoa sea festival 2017, the eighth of its kind, will take place in the south central province of Khanh Hoa on June 10-13, with nearly 50 social, cultural and sport activities.
The Management Board of the Hoa Lo Prison relic site on January 17 received valuable items from the family of US war veteran Walter Eugene Wilber for the second time.
As many as 77 penmen will join the 2017 Calligraphy Writing Festival at the Literature Lake at Temple of Literature, Hanoi from January 21 to February 11.
Culture - Sports
Culture - Sports
