The first-ever World Performing Arts Festival will be staged in the central coastal city of Da Nang from July 1-7, providing a good opportunity to promote the Vietnamese stage arts.

Around 32 calligraphers is gathering at the annual calligraphy street that was kicked off at the Youth’s Cultural House on February 2.

 Events in Hanoi & HCMC from Feb. 5 to 11

Folk games common to the childhoods of many generations have made a return to the newly pedestrianised Phung Hung Street in Hanoi.

Several localities have opposed to the Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism's decision to only give permission to the Do Son Buffalo Fighting Festival.

 The “Emperor” – the famous work by great Polish writer Ryszard Kapuscinski, has officially made its debut in Vietnam.

 This is the first time these tourists witnessed the Tet celebrations of a typical Hanoian family in the past. The dishes, ornamental trees and calligraphy, all impress them.

 Forty one classical and avant-garde calligraphy works featuring the traditional Lunar New Year (Tet) are being showcased at the Vietnam Fine Arts Museum in Hanoi.

 The annual Spring Calligraphy Festival will be held at the Literature Lake, a part of the Van Mieu (Temple of Literature) on February 9-25.

The 10th Hue Festival will take place from April 27 to May 2, according to Chairman of the People’s Committee of the central province of Thua Thien-Hue Nguyen Van Cao.

A space for exhibitions and activities for Tet will be open from February 2 to 8 at the Vietnam Exhibition Center of Culture and Arts, 2 Hoa Lu, Hai Ba Trung district, Hanoi.

Ha Thu, who was among the top 16 finalists of Miss Earth 2017, was honoured in the Women of the Year awards hosted by Phu Nu Ngay Nay (Women Today) magazine in Ho Chi Minh City on February 4.

 Ho Chi Minh City is preparing a variety of major cultural and entertainment activities at many places in the city center during the Lunar New Year (Tet) holiday, which begins on February 16 this year.

A fair featuring the fast-coming Lunar New Year (Tet) festival was held in Ecopark urban area, the northern province of Hung Yen from February 2-4, drawing crowds of visitors and residents.

The Xang Khan festival of Thai ethnic group in the central province of Nghe An has been recognised as a national intangible cultural heritage element.

 The fourth national lion dragon dance championship kick-started in Le Huu Phuoc Park, Ninh Kieu district, the Mekong Delta City of Can Tho on February 3.

 Xoan Singing of the northern province of Phu Tho received a UNESCO certificate of an intangible cultural heritage of humanity at a ceremony at Lai Len Shrine, Viet Tri city, Phu Tho on February 3.

 Religious festivals are sometimes marred by improper manners such as attendees throwing money to god’s palanquin during the parade and fighting for offerings on the altars.

 Chinese artist Chen Yi is displaying his watercolour paintings depicting Vietnamese landscapes and people at the HCM City Fine Arts Museum.

Phung Quang Oanh left Hanoi for HCM City in 2007, bringing along his puppets and a strong desire to introduce water puppetry – one of the most popular northern cultural feature –to southern residents.