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A ten-day annual antique market has just opened in Hanoi’s Old Quarter, along Hang Ma, Hang Can, Hang Luoc, Hang Dong, and Hang Ruoi streets.
A ceremony to set up a cây nêu (New Year’s tree) on the 23rd of the last lunar month (January 20) will kick off a series of activities discovering Vietnamese traditional Tet (Lunar New Year festival) at the Viet Nam Museum of Ethnology.
French photographer Rehahn last week opened a Precious Heritage Gallery Museum in the UNESCO-recognized ancient town of Hoi An in the central coast province of Quang Nam.
The National Committee of the Vietnam Union of Literature and Arts Associations held an awards ceremony in Hanoi on January 17 to honour 66 outstanding literature and art works in 2016.
British stand-up comedian Gina Yashere will give performances in Hanoi and Ho Chi Minh City on January 18 and 20 respectively.
Legendary mixed artists Sandra and Bad Boys Blue will headline a live concert featuring their hits from the 70-s-90-s this coming March 11 at 8pm at the Hanoi National Convention Centre.
The traditional art of lacquerware in the southern province of Binh Duong’s Tuong Binh Hiep ward has been accredited as a national intangible heritage.
Sai Gon Pho (Saigon Streets), a pop-up book on HCM City’s major landmarks, was released on January 15.
The Nha Trang – Khanh Hoa sea festival 2017, the eighth of its kind, will take place in the south central province of Khanh Hoa on June 10-13, with nearly 50 social, cultural and sport activities.
Hanoi is upgrading Doan Mon (Main Gate) at the Thang Long Imperial Citadel as part of periodical maintenance.
As many as 77 penmen will join the 2017 Calligraphy Writing Festival at the Literature Lake at Temple of Literature, Hanoi from January 21 to February 11.
Painter Thanh Chuong's 60 paintings of roosters to celebrate the Lunar New Year of the Rooster will be displayed at the Domino Art Fair at Hanoi Creative City and HCM City Fine Arts Museum.
A 3D virtual military museum has been opened on Con Dao Island by the Viet Nam Military History Museum and the Political Department of Military Zone No 7.
Vietnam's Le Hang has made it into the top 4 favourites, according to a poll taken by the Miss Universe Poll Fanpage, a pageant hub for current news and updates from the competition.
More than 30 penmen gathered on Pham Ngoc Thach and Nguyen Thi Minh Khai streets in Ho Chi Minh City on January 15 to write calligraphy to welcome the upcoming Lunar New Year (Tet) festival.
The central province of Thua Thien – Hue on January 16 received a certificate recognising the “Zeng” weaving in A Luoi district as part of the national intangible cultural heritage, the second of its kind in the locality.
The final round of Break the Floor, a contest to search for the best hip-hop dancers in Asia, will take place at Lan Anh Music Center in HCMC’s District 10 on February 25.
The Ibaraki Day, Lantern, West Town and Hapu Village Festivals are just a few of the plethora of new year celebrations Hanoians can partake in over the TET holidays to ring in the New Lunar Year.
Vietnam’s Quan Ho folk singing was recognized by UNESCO as an intangible cultural heritage of mankind in 2009.
Road trip comedy Chạy Đi Rồi Tính (Lost In Sai Gon) is the first movie to entertain Vietnamese movie buffs on the occasion of Tet (Lunar New Year), one of the two busiest seasons for the Vietnamese film industry.