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Ball scrambling festival in pictures

 Local villagers and visitors took part in a traditional ball scrambling festival which commenced in Thuy Linh village, Linh Nam ward, Hoang Mai district, Hanoi, on February 9.

Pig races in the delta top tourist attraction

Have you ever attended a pig race like the one held regularly in Cần Thơ City? 

Tết customs in the Nguyen royal court

 Tết Nguyên Đán (Traditional Lunar New Year) is the biggest among traditional festivals for the Vietnamese people. Today, many ancient customs are still practised in the former royal capital.

Young singers preserve folk music with new performing styles

 Although they are increasingly popular, singers of traditional music are still working hard to achieve their dreams to preserve and develop the national art form.

Banh gio, softest rice dough dumpling

 Banh gio (rice dough dumpling with minced pork and wood ear mushrooms inside) is favoured as a breakfast dish and as an after-school supper dish for children.  

Bonsai captures vitality of nature

 Bonsai tree planting has become a growing industry in Vietnam. The interest in this art is huge among people with a natural affinity for bonsai trees.

Festival kicks off at Vietnam’s largest pagoda

 The opening ceremony of the 2019 Bai Dinh Pagoda festival was held in Gia Sinh commune, Gia Vien district, the northern province of Ninh Binh on February 10 or the 6th day of the lunar new year.

Ban Flower Festival 2019 to be held in Dien Bien in March

 The Ban Flower Festival 2019 – the popular spring flower festival of the north and northwestern region, will take place from March 6-18 in Dien Bien province.

"Banh Chung" - The soul of Vietnamese New Year

 "Banh Chung" is a traditional cake of Vietnamese people during Tet (Lunar New Year) holidays. For the Vietnamese, making Banh Chung is an ideal way to express gratitude to their ancestors and homeland.

Agricultural rituals and wedding customs of the Bo Y ethnic people

 The Bo Y have the smallest population of the 54 ethnic groups in Vietnam and live in the northern border province of Ha Giang. 

Venue for foreign bookworms in Hanoi

‘Bookworm’ at 44 Chau Long street, Ba Dinh district, Hanoi, is now home to more than 30,000 book titles in foreign languages.

Phu The cake: An eternal symbol of the love of husbands and wives in Vietnamese culture

 Well, everything has its own story and with the wedding season vibe in the air, today’s story is about Phu The cake – one of the symbolic specialties of Vietnamese wedding culture.

Firecracker procession festival kicks off in Bac Ninh

 The Dong Ky firecracker procession festival - one of the 15 national intangible cultural heritages recognised in 2016, opened in Tu Son district in the northern province of Bac Ninh on February 8, attracting thousands of locals and visitors.

Chef brings best of Korean cuisine to Vietnam

 Lee Won-Il is a South Korean chef and television personality. His cooking classes are always welcomed by Vietnamese people, especially youngsters.

Bac Giang hosts Culture Tourism Week

 The northern province of Bac Giang will host a Culture - Tourism Week from February 14 to 20 with a theme ‘Discover Sacred Land in Tay Yen Tu’.

Ginger jam makes Tet warm

 The ginger ‘jam’ made in Kim Long Ward, Hue City, in the central province of Thua Thien-Hue, stands out for its authenticity and absence of additives. The specialty is muchly consumed during Lunar New Year (Tet) festival.

Hanoi: Various activities invite visitors to Spring Book Street

 A wide range of activities are being held in a Lunar New Year (Tet) celebrating programme that kicked off on the December 19 Book Street in Hanoi on February 7.

Artisan Mai Hanh – Hanoi's Queen of silk flowers

 Silk flowers are a very popular decorative item in Vietnamese houses and offices. There is a Hanoian artisan who has spent most of her life making silk flowers. She is People’s Artisan Nguyen Mai Hanh.

Wild vegetable specialties in the northwest region

 The Northwest is a mountainous region with not only a poetic landscape, but is also home to 20 ethnic minorities and diverse cultural interests. Its topography is divided into many layers, so its climatic conditions vary by area.

Pao Dung – traditional singing of Vietnam’s Dao ethnic minority

 Pao Dung is the traditional singing of the Dao ethnic minority people living in northern Vietnam.