Vietnamese representative Nguyen Thanh Ha has been crowned the winner of the 2023 Miss Eco International beauty pageant at a glittering final ceremony in Cairo. Nguyen Thanh Ha of Vietnam crowned winner of the 2023 Miss Eco International on March 3 in Cairo. (Photo: Courtesy of Miss Eco International) This is the highest result of Vietnam in this contest,...

The Ho Chi Minh City Women’s Union held a gathering at Nguyen Hue pedestrian street, District 1 in the heart of the city, on March 5 on the occasion of the 113th anniversary of International Women’s Day (March 8) and the 1983rd anniversary of Hai Ba Trung (Trung Sisters) Uprising. At the event (Photo: VNA) At the event,...

The Ho Chi Minh City People's Committee held the opening ceremony of the 9th Ho Chi Minh City Ao Dai Festival 2023, with the theme "I love Vietnamese Ao Dai", at the Nguyen Hue pedestrian street in District 1 on March 3. An ao dai show as part of the 9th HCM City Ao Dai Festival (Photo: VNA)...

The Vietnamese Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism has decided to approve a project on preserving and upholding the value of folk literature of ethnic minorities till 2030. Illustrative image (Photo: VNA) The project aims to raise public awareness of the effort, especially among ethnic minorities while popularising folk literature works on the mass media and via regular...

A ceremony marking the death anniversary of Hung Kings - the legendary founders of the nation, and the Culture and Tourism Week of Ancestral Land will be held from April 20-29 in the northern midland province of Phu Tho with various activities. At the Hung King temple (Photo: VNA) Traditional rituals will be conducted at the temples dedicated to...

The People’s Committee of central Da Nang city on March 1 received a certificate recognising 78 “ma nhai” steles on its Ngu Hanh Son Mountain as part of documentary heritage under the Memory of the World Committee for Asia and the Pacific (MOWCAP). At the hand-over ceremony (Photo: VNA) The steles feature writings in a variety of genres...

Vietnamese iced coffee has been named as one of the best coffee in the world by TasteAtlas, an international food magazine. Vietnamese iced coffee is rated 4.6 out of 5 stars by culinary experts. (www.tasteatlas.com) Vietnamese iced coffee is rated 4.6 out of 5 stars by culinary experts, equivalent to Ristretto of Italy. According to TasteAtlas, Vietnamese iced...

A photo exhibition marking the 80th anniversary of the Party's Outline of Vietnamese Culture was held at the International Convention Centre in Hanoi on February 27. Officials cut ribbon to open the photo exhibition (Photo: VNA) Speaking at the opening ceremony, Deputy Minister of Culture, Sports and Tourism Ta Quang Dong said that with 80 photos displayed, the...

The northern province of Bac Ninh has held a ceremony to receive the Prime Minister’s decision recognising a Dong Son culture bronze jar preserved at a local museum as a national treasure. The bronze jar on display at the Nam Hong royal museum in Bac Ninh's Tu Son city. (Photo: VNA) The jar – a typical product of Dong...

In the spring of 2023, People's Artist Mo Thi Kit (Binh Gia town, Binh Gia district) turns 102 years old with over 80 years of practicing then belief. Although she is aged, she still performs 4 then ceremonies every year, including the Spring ceremony " (also known as “Cáo lẩu mùa xuân”, “Bứt lẩu bươn chiêng”, “Lẩu bjóc”). “Spring...