With the conclusion of the 65th Miss Universe pageant, Vietnam sealed a spot on the Missosology Timeless Beauty Top 20.

President Tran Dai Quang attended the annual Tich Dien (ploughing) festival in Doi Son commune, Ha Nam on February 3, which praises for a bumper rice harvest in 2017 – the Year of the Rooster.

 Nem Thuong Village’s traditional pig slaughtering festival in Bac Ninh Province, is still being held in private despite the huge public outcry.

 Young men in Thuy Linh village, Hoang Mai district, Ha Noi competed in the locality’s traditional ‘lucky ball’ scrambling festival on February 2 (the sixth day of the first lunar month).

 Young Vietnamese actress/director/producer Ngo Thanh Van has revealed that she is joining the cast of Hollywood blockbuster ‘Bright’ directed by David Ayer.

It is said that the first lunar month in Vietnam is for celebrations. A myriad of cultural, historical and religious events are held after the Lunar New Year (Tet) holiday.

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

  A group of dance therpay artists from the Stephen Petronio Company will perform at the Hanoi Opera House and host workshops for disabled children in the famework of DanceMotion USA on February 12 and 14.

Hundreds of people flocked to Gia Vien, a village on the outskirts of Hue, early this morning to cheer the swinging chair game, called đu tiên in the Vietnamese language.

 The German Resonanz Ensemble will present their Urban String concert in Ha Noi on February 13 as part of their Asian tour.

There are few sights as magnificent as the 100-year-old apricot trees with their branches full of blossom at the village of Phuoc Dinh in Vinh Long Province during Tet.

Many retailers are dancing enthusiastically in the streets of Ho Chi Minh City as restaurants and stores reopen for business on the sixth day of the Lunar New Year following the long Tet holiday.

 In the Bahnar ethnic group’s community in Glar commune, Dac Hoa district, Gia Lai province, the trades of sculpting, forging and carpentry are considered as men’s jobs while wine making and brocade weaving are the typical trades of women.

 The festival of Huong Pagoda, one of the biggest traditional festivals in Vietnam, kicked off in Huong Son commune of My Duc district, Hanoi, on February 2 (the sixth day of the Lunar New Year).

 Major traditional festivals in Vietnam this month

In the Vietnamese entertainment market, which experienced many ups and downs in 2016, numerous outstanding young artists, with their ambition and creative capacity, have left an initial impression on arts lovers.

“No fighting cocks are as good as those from Cao Lanh.” The saying sings the praises of the once illutious fighting cocks in Cao Lanh city, the southern province of Dong Thap. 

 A competition of khen, a popular wind instrument of the ethnic people, and a flower festival will be held at Fansipan Legend in Sa Pa Town, Lao Cai Province, soon.

 Whenever describing the Kinh Bac area, we always mentionthe two world heritage sites and hundreds of relic sites, beauty spots, and traditional craft villages. 

 In the following report, let’s join us to take a look at the fire dancing festival of Pa Then ethnic people in the northern mountainous province of Ha Giang.