Nearly one million visitors came to pay tribute to Hung Kings and other ancestors who founded the country at the Hung Kings Temple Relic Site in the northern province of Phu Tho during the 2018 Lunar New Year (Tet) holiday.
The Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism has selectetd the top ten cultural, sport and tourism events in 2017 based on the result of voting by over 150 journalists nationwide.
The top 10 domestic events of 2017 as selected by the State-run Vietnam News Agency.
Vietnam boasts a wide range of intangible cultural heritages recognised by UNESCO.
The annual Phet Ball Festival in the northern province of Phu Tho is slated to take place on February 26 – 28, or the 11st – 13th day of the first lunar month.
Fire prevention police across Vietnam have issued warnings on the use of fire, electricity and petrol during the Tet (Lunar New Year) holiday.
Nearly 1,000 “clean” agricultural and other speciality products and consumers goods are on display at the Green Market–Tet Consumer Products fair, which takes place in HCM City’s District 11.
Various activities have been held in many localities to help the needy enjoy a warm traditional Lunar New Year (Tet), the most important festival in a year of Vietnamese people.
The annual Spring Calligraphy Festival will be held at the Literature Lake, a part of the Van Mieu (Temple of Literature) on February 9-25.
Vice President of the Central Committee of the Vietnam Fatherland Front (VFF) Truong Thi Ngoc Anh on February 2 presented 30 Tet gifts and 30 million VND (1,317 USD) in cash to impoverished households in Tam Nong district and Thanh Thuy district in the northern province of Phu Tho.
Xoan Singing of the northern province of Phu Tho received a UNESCO certificate of an intangible cultural heritage of humanity at a ceremony at Lai Len Shrine, Viet Tri city, Phu Tho on February 3.
There is no busier time than Tet for Thuy Tram village in the northern province of Phu Tho as the year comes to an end. It is a time of high demand for the village’s famous produce, golden carp.
The annual pilgrimage festival honouring the Vietnamese people’s ancestors, the Hung Kings, will be held in the northern province of Phu Tho between April 21 and 25.
National Assembly Chairwoman Nguyen Thi Kim Ngan lauded the Party Committee of the Military Zone 2 High Command for fulfilling its assigned tasks during a working session in Phu Tho on January 28.
Xoan Singing of northern Phu Tho province will receive the official recognition as an intangible cultural heritage of humanity from UNESCO in a ceremony at Lai Len Shrine, Viet Tri city, Phu Tho on February 3.
The high-profile trial of Trinh Xuan Thanh, former Chairman of the PetroVietnam Construction Joint Stock Corporation (PVC), and his accomplices, ended on January 22 after two weeks of sitting.
The jury on January 22 imposed strict penalties on Trinh Xuan Thanh, former Chairman of PetroVietnam Construction JS Corporation (PVC), and his accomplices for their wrongdoings at the corporation.
The northern province of Phu Tho has outlined plans to bolster exports in 2018 by focusing on trade promotion and building trademarks for local staples, said Director of the provincial Department of Industry and Trade Nguyen Manh Hung.
