Vietnamese people have long taken pride in their banh mi, a dish named as one of the best street foods in the world by CNN (American Cable News Network), and listed in the Oxford English dictionary as ‘a Vietnamese snack consisting of a baguette (traditionally baked with both rice and wheat flour) filled with a variety of ingredients, typically including meat, pickled vegetables and chili…
A Ca Tru (ceremonial singing) performance programme was organised on November 21 in Tu Ky district, Hai Duong province, by the provincial Department of Culture, Sports and Tourism.
Tourists can now enjoy ca tru (ceremonial singing) as part of the Chay River - Dark Cave tour in the central province of Quang Binh.
The Ha Noi Department of Culture and Sports has launched an Atlas featuring the city’s 1,793 intangible cultural heritage forms following an intangible heritage inventory and preservation master plan carried out since 2013.
A somersault performance by artists from the Viet Nam Circus Federation kicked off the 2016 International Circus Festival in Hue City, the central province of Thua Thien-Hue on May 28.
Over 40 royal and ordinary folk paintings and traditional handicrafts from the Republic of Korea (RoK) are being exhibited from May 18 to June 17 at the RoK Culture Centre, 49 Nguyen Du, Ha Noi to celebrate the 10th anniversary of the centre’s establishment.
Viet Nam’s largest poetry book entitled “Hoa Lu Thi Tap” received the World Records Union’s (Worldkings) certificate for the World’s Unique Epic at a ceremony held in Ha Noi on May 5.
A number of art performances by both domestic and foreign artists were organised at different stages of the ongoing Hue Festival in the central province of Thua Thien-Hue on May 1, making strong impressions on locals and visitors.
An annual festival commemorating General Le Chan, who is believed to be the founder of Hai Phong, was held on March 16 (the fifth day of the second lunar month).
(TITC) – In the framework of the press trip hosted by Viet Nam National Administration of Tourism (VNAT) for German journalists visiting Viet Nam from 10 - 15 December 2015, Deputy Director General of VNAT, Mr. Ngo Hoai Chung had a meeting with the delegation on December 13, in Ha Noi.
On October 22, Ha Noi’s Department of Culture and Sports organized a dialogue of “Ca tru” singing.
Viet Nam’s nature and daily life coupled with tangible and intangible culture will be featured at the fourth Viet Nam Heritage Photo Awards through the lens of photography aficionados, as heard at a ceremony to launch the event held in Ho Chi Minh City on August 12.