NDO – Over recent years, more and more young artisans, cultural researchers and painters have adopted innovative and traditional culture-based initiatives to create interesting products that attract public interest and taste. A ‘to he’ stall of artisan Dang Van Hau (L) attracts much interest from foreign visitors to the the pedestrian space around Hoan Kiem Lake (Photo: giaoduc.net.vn) Blending...

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Phu Yen (VNA) – Deputy Prime Minister Vu Duc Dam presented a certificate recognising Nhan Tower in the central coastal province of Phu Yen as a national special relic site to local authorities during the opening of a festival of ethnic Cham culture on August 19. The fifth Culture, Sports and Tourism Festival of the Cham people is kicked...

Hanoi (VNA) – Numerous activities are set to take place across Hanoi to celebrate the 65th anniversary of the Liberation Day of the capital city (October 10). Victory troops entered the capital city on the Liberation Day (File photo: VNA) Film screenings, exhibitions and art performances will be held in the city on the occasion, along with the...

Son La (VNA) – Traditional cultural values of ethnic communities in the northwestern region are being introduced at a festival which opened in Son La city of Son La province on August 18. Artists from ethnic groups of Son La province perform bamboo dancing at the festival (Photo: VNA) The culture, sports and tourism festival attracts more than 1,000...

NDO – Prof, People’s Artist Tran Bang, who has worked as a director of Cheo (Vietnamese traditional opera) for more than 50 years, granted an interview with a Nhan Dan (People) Newspaper reporter, sharing about the direction for the development traditional stage in the context that young audiences are no longer interested in because they have many choices for...

HCM City (VNS/VNA) - Hong Kong’s 13-year-old pianist Peter Leung returns to Vietnam to perform at the Peter Leung – A Piano Prodigy concert on August 17 at the Soul Live Project Complex in Ho Chi Minh City. Peter Leung (Source: vov.vn) He had performed Vietnam with his teacher Lang Lang last year. The youngster will take the audience...

Hanoi (VNS/VNA) - Vietnamese film makers have won a number of prizes at a European film festival. From right to left, producers Tran Thi Bich Ngoc, Duong Dieu Linh and Le Quynh Anh are pictured with Locarno Film Festival awards (Photo courtesy of SEAFIC) Culi Never Cries, the debut drama by Pham Ngoc Lan, won two prizes in the...

Hanoi (VNA) - An art performance honouring filial piety and Buddhist philosophy will take place at the Hanoi Opera House on August 16. An art performance honouring filial piety and Buddhist philosophy will take place at the Hanoi Opera House on August 16. (Photo: VNA) The event will celebrate the Vu Lan Festival, a Buddhist event that emerged long...

For the Tay and Nung ethnic communities in Lang Son province, the 15th day of the seventh lunar month – an important festival of Vietnamese people in general – is also the festival of the maternal side, called “Pay tai”, which is one of the two most important traditional festivals in a year, aside from the Lunar New Year....