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Young people join hands to restore traditional costumes

 A group of young people that share a love for Vietnamese traditional cultural values joined hands to set up a company to restore traditional costumes and rituals to spread their love to others. 

Walking through age-old shoemaking store in HCM City

 The shoe-making store of Trinh Ngoc was opened in Ho Chi Minh City in 1975, among the oldest of its kind still operating today.

First Hanoi Food Culture Festival to lure tourists

 The Hanoi Food Culture Festival 2018, the first of its kind, will take place in the capital city from October 5-10 with an aim of introducing Hanoi’s cuisine legacy to locals and tourists alike. 

Vietnamese designers head to London show

 Vietnamese designers are for the first time heading to a major exhibition in London next month.

Hue lights up historic flag tower

The central province of Thua Thien-Hue has lit up the historic flag tower Ky Dai in the citadel built by the Nguyen Dynasty (1802-1945), since February.

Queer film week spotlights sexuality diversity

 Hanoi International Queer Film Week 2018 (HIQFW), a series of film screenings and discussions projecting voices from the LGBTQ community, is taking place in Hanoi on August 12-17. 

Events in Hanoi & HCMC on August 13-19

A selection of noteworthy artistic and cultural events that will take place in Hanoi and Ho Chi Minh City this week.

“Hanoi needs a museum of collective houses”

 "Almost all ancient houses that contain sediments of many generations have gradually disappeared from Hanoians’ minds," lamented painter Nguyen The Son at the recent exhibition "Hanoi Architects and the city".

Hanoi diversifies measures to tackle pollution in craft villages

 Over the last couple of years, Hanoi has made much effort to ease the pollution at its craft villages through incentives of capital, land and technologies.

Duo exhibition of vn-a and Truong Que Chi

 A duo exhibition featuring Truong Que Chi and vn-a as joint collaboration of visual art and architecture will be held at The Factory Contemporary Arts Centre in District 2, HCMC from September 28 to November 18, 2018.

Hang Bac: the core street of the Old Quarter

 Hang Bac is a busy street which is considered the core of Hanoi`s Old Quarter.

Dum singing of the Muong

 The Muong are the fourth-largest of Vietnam’s 54 ethnic groups. The Muong people inhabit northern mountains, mainly in Hoa Binh and Thanh Hoa provinces, where they still maintain their unique culture, an important element of which is Dum singing.

Hanoi International Piano Festival begins

 The 2018 Hanoi International Piano Festival will begin a week of piano masterclasses, conferences and workshops at the National Academy of Music on August 11.

Dong Lac communal house – “a rest” between noisy “high tones”

 Dong Lac communal house at no.38A in Hang Dao street of Hanoi formerly worshipped the gods of Cao Son, Linh Lang, Bach Ma and offered silk yem under the Le dynasty in the 17th century. 

Creative Sessions 11 with Maika Elan

 Creative Sessions 11, scheduled to be held at The Factory Contemporary Arts Center in HCMC’s District 2 on August 22, 2018, will feature famous photographer Maika Elan as guest speaker.

Duong Lam Ancient Village: The land of two kings

 The village is about 50km away from the center of Hanoi capital, in the town of Son Tay. It is a famous tourist site of Hanoi in specifically, and Vietnam generally.

Lively Hanoi in the 1990s via French photographer's lens

 The following black and white photos of Hanoi were taken by a French photographer in 1991.

Embroidery Art Museum in Hue

 The XQ Embroidery Art Museum in Hue city attracts both tourists and artists. The museum offers visitors a chance to explore and experience traditional Vietnamese embroidery craft.

Corn festival of the Cong

The Corn Festival is a traditional celebration of the Cong people in Muong Te district, Lai Chau province. 

18 antiques returned to Vietnam

 Vietnamese Ambassador to Germany Doan Xuan Hung handed over 18 antiques from different cultural periods to the National Museum of Vietnamese History in Hanoi on August 9.