Thousands of locals and tourism flocked to Phan Thiet city, in the south central province of Binh Thuan on September 1 to join the ‘Nghinh Ong xuat du’ ritual, a key part of the biennial Nghinh Ong (Whale Worship) festival.
The Central Highlands province of Gia Lai will host the 2018 Gong Cultural Festival. The event aims to promote the unity of local ethnic communities in preserving the cultural space of Gong.
Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc has instructed the People’s Committee of the Central Highlands province of Gia Lai to work with the Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism (MCST) and relevant agencies to organise the 2018 Gong Cultural Festival.
Dao ethnic people in Suoi Quyen commune, Van Chan district in the northern mountainous province of Yen Bai have been exerting all-out efforts to preserve bell dancing.
Vietnamese Buddhist monks, nuns and followers gathered at Phat Tich Pagoda in the Lao capital city of Vientiane on May 29 to mark the 2,562nd birth anniversary of Lord Buddha.
A series of activities to launch Hoa Lu Festival and mark the 1,050th anniversary of the establishment of Dai Co Viet, the first feudal state of Vietnam, began in Ninh Binh on April 24.
The Pho Hien Folk Cultural Festival opened in the northern province of Hung Yen on April 21.
The teacher training college of the northern mountainous province of Dien Bien on April 16 hosted a celebration of the traditional New Year Festival of Laos – Bunpimay – for Lao students in the province.
Tay Bac University, a public higher education institution in the northern mountainous province of Son La, held a celebration of Bunpimay Festival for its Lao students on April 13.
A series of cultural and entertainment activities and art performance shows will be organised in Ho Chi Minh City to commemorate the death anniversary of Hung Kings in 2018.
The 2018 sea festival of Sam Son city of the north central coastal province of Thanh Hoa will take place on April 21, heard a press conference held in the city on April 12.
Ambassador Duong Chi Dung, head of Vietnam's Permanent Mission to the UN, WTO and other international organisations in Geneva, Switzerland, on April 11 led a delegation to visit and extend greetings to their Lao counterparts on Bunpimay Festival, the traditional New Year of Laos.
More than 500 Lao students, who are studying in Vietnam’s central province of Thua Thien – Hue, were brought together on April 8 to celebrate Laos’ traditional New Year festival of Bunpimay.
A welcome ceremony was held for Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc and his spouse in Auckland city, New Zealand, on March 13 afternoon (local time).
Tran Thuong Temple’s food-distributing festival in Ha Nam and Tran Kings temple’s seal opening ceremony in Nam Dinh took place on March 1, the 14th day of the first lunar month.
A range of spring festivals are taking place in the north of Vietnam as locals wish for a year full of happiness, health and prosperity.
A festival honouring the worship of Tan Vien (the God of the Mountain) has been officially listed as one of Vietnam’s national intangible cultural heritage.
President Tran Dai Quang offered incense and released birds at a spring ceremony held at the Thang Long Imperial Citadel’s Kinh Thien Palace on February 24 (the ninth day of the first lunar month).
