The Goethe Institute is running its Spring Cinema season with one popular German film screened every Wednesday, starting February 15 in Hanoi and Ho Chi Minh City.

 Pagodas can be seen across Vietnam. They not only play an important role in Vietnamese spiritual life, but are also a unique tourism product for the country. Let’s join us for a tour of renowned pagodas in the country.

 Vietnam Traditional Festivals (Part 2)

 Vietnamese pop singer Son Tung M-TP has once again become record breaker with his new hit Noi nay co anh (I Am Here).

 The fifth cherry blossom festival is slated for March 11 – 15 in Ha Long City in the northern province of Quang Ninh, according to the municipal People’s Committee. 

Red Dao ethnic people in Lai Chau boast a special festival during which sneaking into a home to steal things from it is not considered a crime. 

 The H’re grow wet rice and other crops on terraced fields. Their religious practices are associated with rice.

 Devon Nguyen will be the first Vietnamese fashion designer to participate in the Paris Fashion Week Spring/Summer 2018 to be taken place from February 28-March 8.

 A southern traditional cake festival will take place in the Mekong Delta city of Can Tho from April 6 to 9.

 The Music Training and Development Center under the HCM City Conservatory of Music will host the HCM City Piano Competition 2017 for local and international amateur and professional contestants aged between 6 and 24 from June 14-18.

 Vietnamese representative Nguyen Tien Dat entered Top 6 of Mister International 2017 on the final night in Bangkok, Thailand on February 13.

 Tay Ninh province has more than 3,000 Cham people who practice Islam. Their mosques are also cultural centers promoting solidarity among the Cham villages.

 Established artist Pham Khac Quang is showing his latest paintings which were created using a relief printing technique at an exhibition launched recently in Hanoi’s Goethe Institute. 

 Two Vietnamese mothers in France have established a group called “The Vietnamese Kite” to teach Vietnamese children about their fatherland and preserve Vietnamese culture.

 Residents in Trinh Xa village, Yen Ninh commune, Yen Dinh district, Thanh Hoa central province flock to a spring festival to make traditoinal cakes to offer to their tutelary god.

 Eight members of the G8 Group, who are also members of the Vietnam Fine Art Association and the HCMC Fine Art Association will have a joint exhibition from February 24 to March 2 at the Museum of Fine Arts of Vietnam in Hanoi.

 Colourful lanterns have long been a symbol of the ancient town of Hoi An, QuangNam province. In the evening, the whole town is lit up with lanterns of all shapes and sizes.

 A rock concert featuring local and Thailand band will be held in  Hanoi Creative Cityon on February 26.

 Vietnamese people in the Red River Delta believe in going to the market to pray for luck.

 When spring comes, people flock to Dao Thuc village on the outskirts of Hanoi to watch comical water puppet performances.