Tet hoa mao ga (Cockscomb flower festival) is one of the most important celebrations of the Cong ethnic group in the northern province of Dien Bien. It has existed for generations and reflected the distinctive cultural identity of the local people.
Miss Universe Vietnam 2019 Nguyen Tran Khanh Van attended the recent opening ceremony of the 7th Ho Chi Minh City Ao Dai Festival, showing off charming designs of the traditional costume of Vietnamese women.
Vietnam’s Newday Media JSC has recently won a gold prize in the Communications or PR Campaign of the Year - Travel & Tourism category of the 17th Stevie Awards for its organisation of the Muong Lo Culture & Tourism Festival 2019.
The traditional craft of making salted and fermented ba khia (three-striped crab) has reflected part of an effort conquering the nature of generations of people in the southern land.
A draft project on “Promoting value and building Hue folk singing into a unique cultural tourism product in 2020-2025” has been proposed by the Department of Culture and Sports in the central province of Thua Thien-Hue.
Ho Chi Minh City plans to turn Can Gio District into an ecological urban area as part of efforts to urbanise it and improve the quality of life for locals.
The first national kite festival was held in the northern province of Nam Dinh on July 5, attracting the participation of nearly 60 kite clubs from 40 cities and provinces nationwide.
The People’s Committee of Lien Chieu district in central Da Nang city held a ceremony on July 4 to receive a certificate recognizing Nam O fish sauce making as a national intangible cultural heritage.
The traditional ba khia (three-striped crab) sauce making in the southern province of Ca Mau has been officially recognised as the National Intangible Cultural Heritage.
Besides beautiful beaches and the famous Son Tra Peninsula, the central city of Da Nang also has a 400-year-old traditional craft of making fish sauce at Nam O village.
The northern province of Bac Ninh has completed a dossier seeking UNESCO’s inclusion of the making of Dong Ho folk paintings in the list of intangible cultural heritage in need of urgent safeguarding.
The northern province of Bac Ninh has completed a dossier seeking UNESCO’s inclusion of the making of Dong Ho folk paintings in the list of intangible cultural heritage in need of urgent safeguarding.
The worship of Tay Thien National Mother in Tam Dao district, northern Vinh Phuc province, has been recognised as a national intangible cultural heritage.
Zeng weaving (a kind of brocade) is a standout craft of Ta Oi ethnic minority community in A Luoi mountainous district, the central province of Thua Thien-Hue province. The craft has been preserved through many generations with women playing a significant role in teaching their daughters to weave “Zeng” patterns.
Vietnam has added 11 more cultural icons to the list of national intangible cultural heritage, according to the Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism.
With the introduction of modern musical forms, the folk music of ethnic Khmer in the southern region has encountered multiple problems retaining its popular status.
Dong Ho village in Song Ho commune of Thuan Thanh district, the northern province of Bac Ninh, is known as the cradle of one of the most famous folk painting genres of Vietnam.
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