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A wide range of craft products are being placed on display at the ongoing “One Commune One Product” (OCOP) fair, which opened in Hanoi on November 17.

The National Ca Tru (ceremonial singing) Festival wrapped up in the central province of Ha Tinh on November 5.

The artisans of My Nghiep brocade weaving village in Ninh Thuan province are attempting to restore lost weaving patterns once used as trademarks for ethnic Cham.

From April 19-22, the Culture and Tourism Village of Vietnamese Ethnic Groups will host various activities marking Vietnam’s Ethnic Culture Day (April 4).

A ceremony to honour 47 intangible cultural heritage artisans was held in the northern province of Bac Ninh on February 25.

A spring festival highlighting ethnic culture in the Central Highlands province of Gia Lai took place at the provincial museum on February 23 with the participation of over 100 artisans.

Phung Quang Oanh left Hanoi for HCM City in 2007, bringing along his puppets and a strong desire to introduce water puppetry – one of the most popular northern cultural feature –to southern residents.

An exhibition on mosaic ceramic paintings of leaders attending APEC Economic Leaders’ Meeting 2017 opened at the Vietnam Fine Arts Museum in Hanoi on November 18.

The value of gong culture, a distinctive feature of the Central Highlands region and a Masterpiece of the Oral and Intangible Heritages of Humanity by UNESCO since 2005, was highlighted at a festival held in the Central Highlands province of Gia Lai on November 16.

The first national festival of Dao ethnic culture will take place in the northern mountainous province of Tuyen Quang on September 29 and 30.

A cultural programme will be held at the Vietnam National Village for Ethnic Culture and Tourism in Hanoi throughout September to celebrate the country’s 72nd National Day (September 2).

Workshop on Thai ethnic hand embroidery, an heirloom technique mastered by Thai ethnic artisans in Quy Chau disrtict, the central province of Nghe An, will be held on July 1.

Brocade weaving is a Lao ethnic people's tradition in Nua Ngam commune, Dien Bien district, Dien Bien province. But, it is at risk of falling into oblivion, raising concerns among local artisans.

A fair featuring clean and safe food opened on May 22 at the Vietnam Trade Promotion Centre for Agriculture in Cau Giay district, Hanoi.

A southern food flea market is to be opened in Mekong Delta Can Tho city, aiming to promote the country’s Mekong Delta culinary specialities as well as to attract domestic and international visitors to the region, according to the municipal culture and tourism department.

A traditional craft festival opened in Hue city, the central province of Thua Thien – Hue on April 30, with the participation of 327 artisans from 40 villages.

President Tran Dai Quang met 112 chiefs of villages and communes, artisans and prestigious people from ethnic minority groups in 15 northern mountainous provinces in Hanoi on April 20.

Artisans in the Tay Nguyen (Central Highlands) are asking for financial support from local authorities to preserve ethnic Jarai epics, oral folk literature that is now known by the elderly only.

Twenty Vietnamese flower artisans are displaying original floral installation works at a new exhibition in Hanoi to celebrate Valentine’s Day.

The International Kite Festival took place in Vung Tau city, the coastal province of Ba Ria – Vung Tau.