Thousands of people gathered at Dong Ky Village, Bac Ninh Province, to participate in the local Firecracker Festival.

 Located just 50km to the Northwest of Hanoi, Duong Lam is one of the country’s best examples of an ancient village.

 With over 1,000 years of history, Hanoi has been Vietnam’s centre of Buddhism for centuries.

 The Con Son-Kiep Bac 2016 Spring Festival will officially open in the northern province of Hai Duong on February 23 (the 16th day of the first lunar month).

 VietNamNet Bridge – Pop star Ho Ngoc Ha, super-model Thanh Hang, singer and actress Angela Phuong Trinh and beauty queens Pham Huong, Hoang My, Ky Duyen and Thu Thao are praised as fashion icons in Vietnam last year.

 Vietnamese filmmakers will join their Southeast Asian colleagues in a documentary script-writing residence and a documentary co-production meeting in Phnom Penh.

 The Calligraphy Writing Festival 2016, which is being held at the Lake of Literature in Hanoi has attracted a large number of visitors including many youngsters.

 A host of traditional festivals have kicked off in different provinces on February 13 – the sixth day of the Lunar New Year.

 The Bul Rice Festival (Celebration of New Rice) is a long-standing festival held by the Jrai ethnic group in the Central Highlands province of Gia Lai each spring.

The scenery and raw beauty of the mountainous areas in Vietnam's northwest is vividly depicted in photos by Cao Anh Tuan, a bank manager with a passion for photography.

 The northern province of Bac Ninh received a certificate recognising tug of war festival of Huu Chap village as a national intangible cultural heritage during a ceremony on February 11.

 The International Kiteboarding Association (IKA) has chosen Ninh Chu Bay in the southern central province of Ninh Thuan to hold the KTA-Kiteboard Tour Asia-Championship 2016.

The State should have policies to send antiquities of the Nguyen Dynasty that are being held by the Vietnam National History Museum and the HCM City National History Museum back to the ancient capital city of Hue.

 The central city's Department of Culture, Sports and Tourism plans to open a book street to create a bigger space for avid readers.

According to Ms. Huynh Thi Anh Van, Director of the Museum of Hue Royal Antiquities, the Museum manages more than 13,000 artifacts, including many that have symbolic and spiritualvalue of the Nguyen Dynasty.

 VietNamNet Bridge – The most unique, old motorbikes in Vietnam are owned by Mr. Duong Minh Chinh, from the northern province of Bac Ninh.

 VietNamNet Bridge – It is a great regret that none of more than 100 seals of the Nguyen emperors arein Hue City today.

One of the measurements of development in Vietnam, as in any country, is the level of foreign direct investment (FDI) say economists, because it represents a long-term commitment by foreign companies to the economy.

Tet, the first festival in a lunar year, is of great importance to the Vietnamese and people in some other Asian countries.

Many young Vietnamese people dread Tet due to nosy parents and relatives or patronising neighbours asking intrusive questions about their careers or love lives.