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The outdoor bar Saigon Outcast will host the Thao Dien Flea Market which will highlight the bohemian lifestyle on March 7.

The Hanoi People's Committee has announced a plan to award titles of 'People's Artisan' and 'Meritorious Artisan' in the field of intangible cultural heritage for the third time in 2021.

It's a bright sunny day in Ho Village in the northern province of Bac Ninh, and locals awake to the sound of machines printing votive money for the dead as they set about their daily routines.

In the Red River Delta province of Ha Nam, there are 164 traditional trade villages which have developed over the years thanks to the preservation efforts of artisans and skilled workers.

As many as 600 artisans and artists from Thai ethnic groups of Son La, Lai chau, Yen Bai, Thanh Hoa and Dien Bien provinces are expected to join the second Thai ethnic cultural festival in Dien Bien from October 18 to 20.

Folk toys are lost among the digital products of modern life. However, there are still people who preserve the craft of making traditional toys, keeping the beauty of Mid-Autumn season of the old days

The fifth culture silk and brocade festival is scheduled to take place on August 7-9 in the Hoi An silk village of the central province of Quang Nam.

Coats Phong Phu, a joint venture of UK-based Coats Group plc and Phong Phu Corporation, recently provided yarn worth over 1 billion VND (43,900 USD) for “zeng” weaving establishments in the central province of Thua Thien-Hue, aiming to preserve and develop the local traditional weaving.

The culture, sports, and tourism festival for ethnic minority communities in the Vietnam-Laos border area, central region, and Central Highlands regions will be held in the central province of Thua Thien-Hue from May 17-19 under the theme “Solidarity, friendship, and development”.

The eighth Hue Traditional Craft Festival, scheduled to take place from April 26 to May 5, will see the participation of 70 foreign artisans, according to Chairman of the People’s Committee of Hue ancient capital city Nguyen Van Thanh.

Hundreds of artisans, artists, and village elders from many regions across the country gathered in Hanoi in a special programme aiming to promote the cultural identities of ethnic communities.

More than 350 artisans and 62 craft production facilities and villages, both domestic and international, have registered to participate in the Hue Traditional Craft Festival, which is scheduled to take place from April 26 till May 2, the festival’s organiser said.

The President has issued Decision 356/QD-CTN bestowing the State title of People’s Artisan to 62 performers of folk arts to honour their outstanding contribution to preserving and developing the country’s intangible cultural heritage.

Students of ethnic minority backgrounds or those attending ethnic minority boarding schools will wear traditional costumes two days per week and during festivals, under a project approved by the Ministry of Culture, Sports, and Tourism.

Truong Thi Gach, 82, of the Cham ethnic group, is from a very long line of ceramic artisans. Her great-great grandmother made pottery, and now, her own great-granddaughter works in one of the oldest pottery villages in Southeast Asia, located 10km from the central coastal city of Phan Rang in Ninh Thuan province.

The Quang Nam Culture, Sports and Tourism Department has just set up a Quang Region Cuisine Museum to honour local noodle dishes.

Artisans from Vietnam and Indonesia have shared experience during the ‘Cultural Exchange through Batik and Brocade Weaving’ held in Buon Ma Thuot city, the Central Highlands province of Dak Lak.

More than 1,000 artisans from five Central Highlands provinces will perform at the 2018 Gong Cultural Festival scheduled to take place from November 30 to December 2 in Gia Lai province.

Additional 14 people in the northern province of Phu Tho have been presented with the “Xoan singing artisan” title in recognition of their contributions to preserving and promoting the value of the UNESCO-recognised intangible cultural heritage.

The south central province of Phu Yen held a ceremony on November 23 to receive a certificate of national intangible cultural heritage for the growing-up ceremony of the Ede ethnic minority people.