The Tich Dien (ploughing) festival in Doi Son commune, the Red River Delta province of Ha Nam, which prays for a bumper harvest, kicked off on February 22.

 The Acoustic Saturday with Benjamin James, an English vocalist, will be held from 9.30pm until late on February 24 at the Snuffbox Speakeasy bar in District 1, HCM City.

The Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism and local authorities have pledged to join forces to boost the management and organisation of cultural festivities across the country, with the aim to prevent commercialisation and distortion of history. 

The annual love duet singing festival will be organised on February 27 and 28 in Lim town, Noi Due and Lien Bao commune of Tien Du district in the northern province of Bac Ninh.

The festive season in Vietnam has begun with many traditional festivals open on the first days of the Lunar New Year, including Huong Pagoda Festival, Bai Dinh Pagoda Festival, and Giong Festival.

A host of traditional spring festivals have kicked off in different cities and provinces across the country.

 The Bai Dinh Pagoda Festival officially opened in Gia Vien district in the northern province of Ninh Binh on February 21, with the attendance of Deputy Prime Minister Vu Duc Dam.

 Memorable Years of The Dog in Vietnam's history

Book streets and fairs held in cities and towns across Vietnam during the seven-day Lunar New Year holiday from February 14 to 20 earned a total income of $282,000.

Despite the drizzly weather, thousands of pilgrims and tourists flocked to Huong Pagoda in My Duc district, Hanoi, on the first day of its Festival on February 21.

 Events in Hanoi & HCMC on February 19-25 

 The second Bulgaria Rose and Friends Festival will be held in Hanoi next month with 1,000 rose trees imported from Bulgaria to be displayed.

 A young man in Can Tho City has made a living for himself by using rice to make paintings and decorate handbags.

Patrons of art and culture may have more options to enjoy them with the release of some significant products, including a music album and an interactive book. 

The đàn nhị, a bowed two-string instrument, is a multi-purpose fiddle in the vast treasury of Vietnamese traditional music.

 If rice is Vietnam’s staple crop, xoi (steamed sticky rice) is the nation’s choice dish, as much as the famous pho (rice noodle soup), if not more so. 

Tran Phuong My is fast establishing a reputation as an emerging international designer with luxury designs that are elegant, modern and feminine.  

 The annual love duet singing festival will be organised on February 27 and 28 in Lim Town, Nội Duệ and Liên Bão Commune, Tiên Du District in the northern province of Bắc Ninh.

 A famous novel by the late author Doàn Gioi, winner of the State Awards for Literature and Arts in 2001, has been adapted into a movie and will be filmed this summer.  

 Retired police officer Dang Minh Tam is passionate about preserving the artefacts of ethnic groups in the Tay Nguyen (Central Highlands) region.