Events in Hanoi & HCMC on March 5-11 

 Vietnamese and Italian designers and architects will gather in Hanoi to celebrate Italian Design Day.

 A clay mould in the form of a Bodhi leaf, dating back 700 years, has been unearthed among other valuable antiques at an excavation site in the central province of Ha Tinh.

 Traditional textiles patterns of Hmong ethnic people in Sa Long commune, Muong Cha district, the northwestern province of Dien Bien, have been recognised as national intangible cultural heritage.

Spiritual tourism has become an indispensable part in spiritual life for many people. 

 Japanese prefer to work at well-known giants since they prefer a stable life. So do intellectuals and businessmen to the country. However, the story is a bit different with Nguyen Tuan Anh. 

 For generations, Vietnamese have preserved a traditional New Year custom of collecting calligraphic words written in ancient Vietnamese-Chinese script. 

 Daria Mishukova, who began studying Vietnamese in 1995, is now living in Vietnam, providing input into a business and leisure website. Daria said her job brings her closer to Vietnamese culture and she has fallen in love with it.

Nguyen Bao Trung is the first Vietnamese to win the World Beatbox Camp in 2017. From a novice beatboxer who learned about the art himself, Trung now develops sounds and has participated in a number of international beatbox competitions. 

Vietnamese representative Huong Giang and other transgender contestants look graceful in their portraits at Miss International Queen 2018.

Vietnamese representative Huong Giang looked stunning in the national costume competition at the international transgender pageant Miss International Queen 2018 in Thailand on March 2.

 In the field of Viet Nam’s reliefs, Tran Nguyen Dan is a well-known name. His devotion and tireless creative abilities have earned him significant success and renown in domestic fine arts.

Hat ba trao (“firmly grasping the paddle” singing), is an original type of folk art and festival ritual. It is also one of the national intangible cultural heritages recognised by the Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism in February 2016.  

 Kinh Mon is a famed region in the northern province of Hai Duong, which hosts various beautiful landscapes including a special national complex of An Phu Relics Site, Kinh Chu Grotto and Nham Duong Excavation Site.

 A festival commemorating the legendary Hung Kings’ teaching of rice cultivation to people was held in Minh Nong ward of Viet Tri city in the northern midland province of Phu Tho on March 2 (the 15th day of the first lunar month).

 More than 3,000 female artists and women in Ao dai (Vietnamese traditional dress) will parade on HCM City’s Nguyen Hue Street in District 1 as part of the annual Ao Dai Festival opening today. 

The pig procession festival held in La Phu, Hoai Duc district, Hanoi on the evening of February 28, generated a lot of attention and attracted thousands of local people and visitors.

Vietnamese fashionistas Chau Bui, Decao, Nga Nguyen, Thao Tien, Kelbin Lei are now in Paris and Milan for the two world-famous fashion weeks.

 Famous Vietnamese singer Noo Phuoc Thinh will thrill foreign audiences at the Hong Kong Asian - Pop Music Festival 2018 on March 23.

 Tran Thuong Temple’s food-distributing festival in northern Ha Nam province and Tran Kings temple’s seal opening ceremony in the other northern province of Nam Dinh took place on March 1, the 14th day of the first lunar month.