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Pho (noodle soup), one of the traditional dishes of Vietnam, was introduced to Australian friends in a Vietnam culture festival in Canberra on March 4.

International reporters who are in Hanoi to report on the DPRK-USA Hanoi Summit Vietnam, expressed their desire to learn more about Vietnam’s culture and people.

More than 300 Vietnamese in Belgium gathered in the capital city of Brussels on February 10 to celebrate the Tet (Lunar New Year) festival.

Have you ever been to a traditional Vietnamese wedding and happened to see a couple of small cakes wrapped in an attractive layer of green leaves? Well, everything has its own story and with the wedding season vibe in the air, today’s story is about PhuThe cake – one of the symbolic specialties of Vietnamese wedding culture.

Vietnamese people are becoming more open to getting tattoos, , which was regarded as a taboo in Vietnam for decades.

A “Mam Ngu Qua” or five-fruit tray is indispensable for each Vietnamese family as among the numerous offerings that are required to decorate ancestral altars during the traditional Lunar New Year (Tet) festival.

Xoan-singing clubs in the ancestral land of Phu Tho have become busier welcoming both domestic and foreign tourists after the folk genre of music was added to the UNESCO List of the Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity in late 2017.

Ancestor worship, an ancient Vietnamese tradition, is a ritual practice paying tribute to deceased family members and reminding people of their roots.

Two TV shows promoting Vietnamese culture will be shown during the Tet (Lunar New Year) holiday on Vietnam Journey, the television channel under Radio the Voice of Vietnam (VOV).

The Spring Festival 2019 will take place at the Vietnam Exhibition Centre for Culture and Arts, No.2 Hoa Lu street, Hanoi from January 25-28, honouring the traditional culture of Vietnam.

Vietnamese water puppetry will represent the national performing arts at the International Theatre Festival of Kerala (ITFoK), which will be held from January 20 to 26 in India.

The Embassy of Vietnam in the United States attended the seventh Winternational Embassy Showcase on December 6 to promote Vietnamese culture, traditional handicrafts, and cuisine to local visitors.

Vietnamese students from 15 universities in Moscow, Russia, gathered at the Moscow Civil Engineering Institute (MISI) on December 6 to introduce and promote Vietnamese culture to international friends.

The Vietnamese Embassy in South Africa held a Vietnamese Culture and Cuisine Day in Johannesburg on December 5 to introduce Vietnamese tourism, landscapes and cuisine.

The 2018 Tay Nguyen Gong Culture Festival wrapped up with a colourful closing ceremony held in Pleiku city, the Central Highlands (Tay Nguyen) province of Gia Lai, on the night of December 2.

A Vietnamese culture day was held in Damietta province of Egypt by the Vietnamese Embassy in Egypt and the province’s authorities on November 15.

A national culture, sports and tourism festival opened in Ninh Binh city, the northern province of Ninh Binh, on October 28.

The Vietnamese Culture and Tourism Week opened in Buenos Aires, Argentina on October 25 on the occasion of the 45th anniversary of the founding of Vietnam-Argentina diplomatic relations (October 25, 1973-2018).

The National School of Languages, Linguistics and Translation under the National Autonomous University of Mexico (UNAM) and the Vietnamese Embassy in Mexico held a Day of Vietnamese Language and Cuisine and screened films to introduce Vietnamese culture to lecturers and students on October 5.

Two Vietnamese movies were screened in Ottawa and Montreal as part of activities during Vietnamese Culture Week in Canada from September 11-17.