The Black Thai ethnic minority group in Tram Tau district in northern mountainous Yen Bai province not only has captivating dances but also traditional costumes imbued with the unique beauty and bearing special artistic as well as historical values. The costumes have been preserved and passed down through the generations.
SEA Games 31’s vovinam competitions are taking place at the Soc Son Gymnasium on the outskirts of Hanoi from May 18-22, offering the host a good chance to promote its traditional martial art.
The fifth Vietnam-Cambodia Defence Policy Dialogue at the deputy ministerial level was held at the Hoa Lu International Border Gate's border station in the southern province of Binh Phuoc on May 14.
Late Vietnamese painter Le Pho (1907-2001) has achieved a new record with the sale of Figures in a Garden, a three-panel painting that was originally displayed at a 1973 exhibition in Palm Beach.
Secretary of the Hanoi Party Committee Dinh Tien Dung and Cambodia’s Phnom Penh governor Khuong Sreng promised to jointly seek new orientations to promote practical ooperation between the two cities in various fields during talks on April 27 in Phnom Penh.
A painting entitled ‘Mère et enfant’ (Mother and child) by Vietnamese-French painter Le Thi Luu has been sold for 529,200 EUR (some 562,000 USD) in an online auction by Sotheby’s.
The International Qwankido Federation, a member of the Vietnam Vovinam (traditional martial arts) Federation (VVF), hosted the first ever world championship for teenagers in Padova city in the Veneto region of Italy from April 23 – 24.
Students at Binh Minh School, the first Vietnamese-language school in Switzerland, have introduced Vietnamese traditional costumes and culture to their Swiss friends during a parade in Zurich.
A delegation of the Vietnam Buddhist Sangha (VBS) led by head of its culture committee Most Venerable Thich Tho Lac is making a monthlong working visit to Europe from April 12, as part of its activities to popularise Vietnam’s Buddhist cultural identity to Vietnamese communities abroad.
Buor hamlet in Tam Thang commune, Cư Jút district, in Dak Nong province is one of the oldest of the Ede ethnic people in the Central Highlands. But the hamlet is at risk of becoming a shadow of its former self as the number of traditional long houses continues to dwindle.
An exhibition featuring Ao Dai (Vietnamese traditional long dress) made of silk and hemp fabric by famous designers and well-known tailors of Quang Ninh province opened at the Quang Ninh Museum in Quang Ninh's Ha Long city on April 16.
Lao and Cambodian students at Da Nang University’s branch in Kon Tum province celebrated their countries’ traditional New Year festival during an event held on April 14.
Ho Chi Minh City hosted a gathering with Lao and Cambodian students on April 13 to celebrate their traditional New Year festivals – Bunpimay (Laos) and Choul Chnam Thmey (Cambodia).
A delegation of Vietnamese representative agencies in France, led by Ambassador Dinh Toan Thang and his spouse, on April 12 visited and congratulated the Embassy of Laos in Paris on the occasion of Bunpimay Festival (traditional New Year of Laos) which will take place from April 14 – 16.
Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh had separate phone talks with his Lao and Cambodian counterparts, extending his best wishes to them and the two peoples on the occasion of Laos’ Bun Pi May and Cambodia’s Chol Chnam Thmay new year festivals.
The project 'Road to Hung Kings’ Kingdom' in VR (virtual reality) has kicked off to spread the UNESCO-recognised practice of worshipping Hung Kings Day and Vietnamese traditional culture in general.
Bunpimay, Songkran, Chol Chhnam Thmay, and Thingyang - the traditional new year festivals of Laos, Thailand, Cambodia and Myanmar, were celebrated at a ceremony in Pho Minh Pagoda in Ho Chi Minh City on April 11.
Some 400 Lao students studying in the central province of Thua Thien-Hue gathered on April 10 night to celebrate Bunpimay, the traditional New Year Festival of Laos.
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