A special art programme was held in Ho Chi Minh City on June 5 to mark the 132nd birthday of President Ho Chi Minh (May 19, 1890-2022) and 111 years since the late leader left the country to seek the way for national salvation (June 5, 1911-2022). A performance at the event (Photo: VNA) The programme, themed “Proud to...

The Vietnam Festival 2022, the 14th of its kind, opened at Yoyogi Park in Tokyo on June 4 with Japan’s former Prime Minister Yasuo Fukuda and Parliamentary Vice-Minister for Foreign Affairs Miyake Shingo in attendance. The Vietnam Festival 2022, the 14th of its kind, opens at Yoyogi Park in Tokyo on June 4. (Photo: VNA) In his welcoming...

The Vietnam National Academy of Music (VNAM) is organising a music summer camp in mid-June to bring academic music closer to the public, especially young people. Illustrative image. (Photo: thethaovanhoa.vn) Bui Cong Duy, deputy director of VNAM, said the event will gather more than 200 students across the country. The Vietnam National Academy of Music Youth Orchestra (VNAMYO)...

Doan Ngo Festival, commonly called “Tet giet sau bo” (pest-killing festival), on the fifth day of the fifth lunar month is one of the many traditional customs of Vietnamese people, and it falls on June 3 this year. Traditional fruits and dishes offered to ancestors on Doan Ngo Festival (Source: afamily.vn) “Doan” means the beginning while “Ngo” is the...

The 10-volume reprinted “Dai Nam thuc luc” (Chronicle of Dai Nam – an old name of Vietnam) that provides a panorama of Vietnam’s economy in the 19th century debuted on June 2. At the ceremony to release the book (Photo: VNA) The book, issued by the History Institute under the Vietnam Academy of Social Sciences (VASS), was first...

An ancient ritual was reproduced on June 1 at Thang Long Imperial Citadel in Hanoi as part of the celebration of the Doan Ngo Festival (which take place on the fifth day of the fifth lunar month), Nhan dan newspaper reported. Traditional celebration of Doan Ngo Festival replicated at Thang Long Imperial Citadel in Hanoi. (Photo: nhandan.vn) During the...

The National Press Awards 2021 will honour 115 works, the judging panel announced on June 1. Le Quoc Minh, Editor-in-Chief of Nhan Dan newspaper, Chairman of the Vietnam Journalist Association (VJA) and Chairman of the National Press Awards Council. (Photo: VNA) There will be 10 A prizes, 22 B prizes, 48 C prizes and 35 consolation prizes. They are...

A Japanese cultural event is being held at the Vietnam Women’s Museum in downtown Hanoi for kids to mark International Children’s Day (June 1) and the start of the summer vacation. A series of activities are held as part of the Japanese cultural event at the Vietnam Women’s Museum. (Photo: VNA) “Welcome the summer with Japanese culture” is also...

The Vietnam News Agency's The Thao & Van Hoa (Sports & Culture) daily have announced the five winners of the De Men (Cricket) awards. The award-winning books (Photo: courtesy of The Thao Van Hoa daily) The awards ceremony was held to celebrate the International Children's Day (June 1) in Hanoi. The winning works are: Co Ban La Co Ban...

Ballet dancers from the Vietnam National Opera and Ballet (VNOB) will premier a full ballet that tells a tragic, legendary love story. Leading dancers Thu Hang and Phan Luong (behind) at the ballet rehearsal. (Photo coutersy of VNOB) The ballet, entitled Ham Le Minh Chau, is the My Chau-Trong Thuy love story from the reign of An Duong Vuong,...