New collections of traditional long dresses created by renowned designers will be put on display during the eighth annual Ao Dai Festival which is slated to take place in March and April in Ho Chi Minh City.
The National Music Festival 2022 will start next month in the Central Highlands province of Dak Lak, the Vietnam Musicians’ Association (VMA) has announced.
A whale worshiping ritual has been continuously preserved by local residents of Canh Duong fishing village in the central province of Quang Binh for the past 400 years.
A programme to entertain tourists with several genres of traditional music like tai tu, vong co and cai luong has been launched in Can Tho City.
‘Po Koong’ (wedding), an important ceremony of the Bahnar people, has recently been introduced to visitors at the Vietnam National Village for Ethnic Culture and Tourism in Hanoi within the framework of ‘Colours of spring across the country’ in 2022.
A photo capturing a flower street vendor by Vietnamese photographer Nguyen Phuc Thanh was among winners of the National Awards at the Sony World Photography Awards 2022.
During his childhood, Nhan Dan people’s journalist Uong Thai Bieu, used to listen to his grandmother singing folk songs while she was working on the loom. After years living far from his hometown, the dear image of his beloved grandmother has still been alive in his memory.
From the passion for the ao dai, Nguyen Giang Thanh, a Hue girl, and her associates founded VietCharm, with the aims to promote and spread Hue ao dai in Australia.
An art programme entitled “Forever Echoing the Spirit of Tay Son” was held in Ho Chi Minh City on February 5 (the fifth day of the Lunar New Year), to mark the 233 rd anniversary of the Ngoc Hoi-Dong Da victory, over the Chinese Qing invaders.
Worshipping “Ong Cong, Ong Tao” (Land Genie and Kitchen Gods) is a long-standing custom of great significance as it symbolises the farewell to all bad things of the old year to help people relaxedly enter a new year of peace and happiness.
A programme is taking place in Duong Lam ancient village in Son Tay town, Hanoi, reproducing the traditional rituals, activities and customs during Tet (Lunar New Year) Festival.
Deputy Prime Minister Vu Duc Dam recently signed a decision to recognise five relic sites as special national ones.