A music night will be held at the French Culture Centre in Hanoi (L’Espace) on January 20, with a highlight on the music repertoires of Hanoi and Hue cities.

When the Lunar New Year festival (Tet) comes around, crowds of people eagerly ‘hunt’ for the most picturesque settings in Hanoi for beautiful photos during Tet.

 Hanoi will hold firework displays at 30 locations to celebrate the Lunar New Year.

Le Thi Khoi is carrying out her start-up project to produce booksfor children from recycled materials. Khoi’s co-workers are three disabled persons.

 A cherry blossom festival will return to Tuyen Lam Lake in Da Lat city of the Central Highlands province of Lam Dong from January 26-28.

Xo Dang-Xo Teng ethnic people in Tu Mrong district, the Central Highlands province of Kon Tum, celebrate many traditional festivals throughout a year, including water pipe building festival.

 A sixteen-stringed zither (dan tranh) art performance will be held at the Ho Chi Minh City Labor Culture Palace on January 27.

 Painter Nguyen Thu Thuy had a talk on January 15 with members of the Friends of Vietnam Heritage (FVH) about the renovated Mirror House in central Hanoi’s Thong Nhat Park and her other ceramics projects.

 Saigon natives and visitors had the chance to sample a wide variety of delicious dishes at the 12th Taste of the World festival, which took place at Le Van Tam Park in Ho Chi Minh City from January 11-14.

 Vietnamese singer Dinh Hien Anh will serve as a judge for the finale night of Miss & Mrs India International 2017.

 Thousands of prunus cerasoides cherry trees in the Central Highlands city of Da Lat are in full bloom with pinkish white blossoms, creating a magnetic attraction to the locals and visitors.

VietNamNet Bridge - Many streets in Hanoi Old Quarter are covered with graffiti. Let's see the following pictures taken by VietNamNet reporters.

 Events in Hanoi & HCMC on January 15-21 

Thanh Ha villagers living on the banks of the Thu Bon River in the city of Hoi An, Quang Nam province have kept their traditional practice of making pottery by hand.

 French restaurant Jardin des Sens, a joint venture between SonKim Land and Pourcel Château Group, opened on January 12 in a heritage villa in HCM City’s District 3.

 However, the presence of counterfeit products under the name of Dai Bai copper has damaged the craft village’s reputation and local people’s livelihood. Therefore, protection of the brand of Dai Bai copper has been heeded more than ever.

 The success of HCM City’s Book Street has spurred interest in setting up similar pedestrianised areas in other cities, but experts say that careful consideration should be made before opening new book streets.

 Over the past 3 years, the group “Dong Kinh co nhac”, which means “Ancient music of Tonkin”, has spared no effort mixing Vietnamese traditional music with modern music to revive and promote national music in the modern context.

 “Em Hoa” by designer Cong Tri and "Life in Color" by designer Do Manh Cuong were two of the many impressive collections to inspire fashion lovers in 2017.

 A Vietnamese chef who has a special love for local food has shared his wish to develop local traditional dishes to a higher standard so they win the appreciation of more gastronomes.