The Italian Embassy in Hanoi will organise the Italian Design Day, themed ‘future city’, and a seminar on cultural preservation on March 22, according to Italian Ambassador Antonio Alessandro. 

 A carnival themed “Con duong tho cam” (Brocade road) took place in Gia Nghia town, the Central Highlands province of Dak Nong on January 16. 

 As Tet (lunar New Year) festival is approaching, those who love traditional values can easily enjoy bright-coloured Kim Hoang folk paintings and lively applications of the traditional genre of painting in contemporary life. 

A painting exhibition, themed “the Year of the Pig”, featuring 60 works by 33 contemporary painters, is taking place in Hanoi from January 15 to 23.

 Friendly, fun-loving and optimistic pigs are chosen as the sacred animals of Nguyen Hue Flower Street 2019. According to Vietnamese Horoscope calendar, 2019 is the Year of the Pig.

A festival featuring the traditional New Year celebration of the H’Mong ethnic group was held at the Hanoi University of Culture on January 13.

 The HCMC Ballet will revive its contemporary dance work Café Saigon in the Saigon Opera House on January 19. 

 Twenty-five outstanding entries to the annual press photo contest titled “Khoang Khac Vang” (Golden Moment) were honoured at an awards ceremony in Hanoi on January 14.

 The quintessence of Vietnamese traditional crafts will be honoured during the Hue Traditional Craft Festival, which is scheduled to open in Hue city, in the central province of Thua Thien-Hue on April 26.

 Young women from across the country are encouraged to join the first national Miss World Vietnam 2019 competition.   

 The flower growers in Nhat Tan flower village located in Hanoi provide meticulous care to close to 100 That Thon peach trees.

Vietnamese designer Cong Tri will introduce his latest fashion collection during New York Fashion Week in the US, set to be held on February 11. 

 Nhat Ha surpassed other contestants to be crowned winner of The Tiffany Vietnam in the grand final held in Ho Chi Minh City on January 11.

A cherry blossom festival took place in Pa Khoang commune, Dien Bien district, the northwestern province of Dien Bien on January 11 – 13, 2019.

40 km from Hai Duong province Cao An Phu Relics Site is an attractive historical and religious tourist destination.

Xoan-singing clubs in the ancestral land of Phu Tho have become busier welcoming both domestic and foreign tourists after the folk genre of music was added to the UNESCO List of the Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity in late 2017. 

 Well-known Vietnamese pianist Dang Thai Son will perform with the Korean Symphony Orchestra at a concert in the Hanoi Opera House on January 14’s night.

 Property developer Alpha King Real Estate Development on Friday opened its sales centre and cultural hub in HCM City’s District 1.

 A three-hour gala featuring cai luong (reformed opera) was held on Nguyen Hue Pedestrian Street in Ho Chi Minh City on January 13.

 A stone wind instrument initially believed to date back about a thousand years ago was recently discovered on the Bui Hui grassland of Ba To district, the central province of Quang Ngai.