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A host of activities are scheduled during the 2020 Vietnam Family Festival to be held at the Vietnam Exhibition Centre for Culture and Arts in Hanoi from June 26 – 28.

The final round of the traditional horse race on the Bac Ha Plain of the northern mountainous province of Lao Cai took place on May 31.

The Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism has strived for completion of a dossier on Oc Eo-Ba The relic to submit to UNESCO for recognition as a world cultural heritage site.

Tourism promotion campaigns have shown efficiency as they help Vietnam get one step closer to its set target of hosting 17.5-18 million international tourists and 85 million domestic visitors in 2019.

The fifth Cham Ethnic Culture Festival concluded in the south central province of Phu Yen on August 21.

Spiritual tourism destinations in the northern province of Tuyen Quang attracted numerous visitors coming to pray for health, and prosperity in the new year.

The Vietnam Summer Camp 2018 kicked off at the Temple of Hung Kings in Phu Tho on July 12, drawing 120 young overseas Vietnamese from 30 nations and territories, and a crowd of local youths.

The Dao Thanh Phan ethnic community in Dong Van commune, Binh Lieu district, the northern province of Quang Ninh, jubilantly celebrate their annual Ngay Kieng gio festival (meaning avoiding wind) on May 18.

Many people organise buffalo fighting festivals to gamble illegally, Deputy Minister of Culture, Sports and Tourism Trinh Thi Thuy said at a conference held in Hanoi this week.

Chairman of the Hanoi People’s Committee Nguyen Duc Chung received the newly-accredited Peruvian Ambassador to Vietnam, Augusto Morelli Salgado, on March 19.

For generations, Vietnamese have preserved a traditional New Year custom of collecting calligraphic words written in ancient Vietnamese-Chinese script. The practice reflects their respect for knowledge and learning.

An exhibition on Ho Chi Minh was opened in Paris, France, on November 13, highlighting the late President of Vietnam as a great man of peace and culture.

Party General Secretary Nguyen Phu Trong arrived in Hanoi on August 26, concluding his Indonesia and Myanmar tour.

Homestay tourism in Lam Binh district, Tuyen Quang proviince, has drawn domestic and international holiday-makers to the imposing landscape and cultural tradition of ethnic minorities in the locality.

The Tran Temple Festival opened at the national special historical complex of the Tran Kings’ shrines and tombs in Hung Ha district, Thai Binh province, on February 9.

Nguyen Hue flower street was opened in Ho Chi Minh City on January 25 in celebration of the traditional Lunar New Year 2017.

About 180 outstanding children from Vietnam, Laos and Cambodia have gathered at an international exchange progamme entitled “Vong tay ban be” (Friend’s arms) .

Traditional rituals and a line-up of cultural activities are included in the Kinh Duong Vuong festival, which opened at the historical Kinh Duong Vuong-Lac Long Quan-Au Co temple in Bac Ninh province.

With two weeks remaining until the Lunar New Year (Tet) Festival, Nhat Tan village on the edge of Hanoi's West Lake is blooming with a variety of flora, especially peach flowers.

A large number of religions in Vietnam have coexisted peacefully since the country was established on September 2, 1945, according to religious officials.