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"Autumn Story" combines art - poetry – music – painting

 "Autumn Story" - a program combining different types of Art, Poetry – Music – Painting - will take place in Hanoi on September 10.

Mid-autumn photo show opens in Old Quarter

 Popular photographer Le Bich will display his 10 collections featuring artisans making traditional toys and food for the Mid-Autumn Festival starting September 9 in downtown Hanoi. 

Buffalo fights continue to be held in Hanoi's district despite ban

 Even though the buffalo fighting festival in Hanoi's Phuc Tho District was banned over concerns of cruelty to animals, the buffalo fights were still held over the National Day holiday this year.

Festival to promote essence of Hanoi’s traditional craft villages

 The ‘Hanoi – Essence of Traditional Crafts’ festival will be held at Thang Long Royal Citadel on September 29.

Lantern street in HCM City

Storeowners on Cho Lon Street, also known as lantern street, in District 5 of Ho Chi Minh City are busily preparing to welcome hundreds of visitors and shoppers during the upcoming Mid-Autumn Festival.

VN secondary students display art in London

Artworks by students from six secondary schools in Hanoi's are showing for the first time at an international exhibition titled Rivers of the World in Vietnam’s capital and London.

Museum showcases national treasure of traditional medicine

 A museum specialising in traditional medicine was opened recently in the southern province of Binh Duong, 30km from Ho Chi Minh City. 

Bringing theater plays back to life

 Starting from late August 2016, more high-quality theater plays are performed at the 100-year-old Hanoi Opera House, Vietnamplus reports.

A veteran harmonica player in destitute

 Few people know that harmonica player Tong Son who has played this musical instrument across the country for over 50 years is leading a difficult life at his home in HCMC.

Hue plans museum street

Hue’s authorities are working on a project to build more museums and art centres on Le Loi Street for tourists. The street is intended to eventually have a dense network of museums in the future.

Book street for Hanoi

 19/12 Street in Hoan Kiem district will become Hanoi’s first book street in December.

Traditional Hanoi music on show

 The monthly music show Music Story of the Old Quarter organsied by the Centre of the Old Quarter’s Culture Exchange will return on September 9.

Mid-autumn festivalto be held in Hanoi’s Old Quarter

 The 2016 Mid-Autumn Festival in Hanoi’s Old Quarter will be held from September 2 to 15, 2016 (from the second day to the fifteenth day of the eighth lunar month).

“Yen’s Life” to be screened at 5th ASEAN film festival

A Vietnamese film entitled Yen’s Life directed by Dinh Tuan Vu will be screened during the fifth ASEAN film festival in the Prague, the Czech Republic. 

10th Hue Festival slated for April 2018

 The 10th Hue Festival, held by the central province of Thua Thien-Hue, will take place in April 2018, the provincial People’s Committee announced on September 1.

Bunny lantern sets Vietnamese record

 Vietnam’s Book of Records, Vietkings, has recognised the Bunny-Enjoying-Moonlight lantern on the square of Vincom Mega Mall Times City as the biggest of its kind in Vietnam.

Vietnamese films screened on Indian national TV

 Vietnamese movies are being screened on India’s national TV channel Doordarshan, for the first time, from September 1-4.

Vietnam Comics Day 2016 to be held in Hanoi

The annual Vietnam Comics Day will be held by the Comicola community in Hanoi on September 11 to celebrate the comic authors in Vietnam and create a platform for comic lovers.

Discover the remaining gate of Thang Long Citadel

VietNamNet Bridge - Located in Dong Xuan ward, Hoan Kiem district, Hanoi, O Quan Chuong is the only remaining gate of the ancient Thang Long citadel.

Mid-Autumn Festival 2016 – The Culture of Bac Lieu

 The Mid-autumn festival is coming to the Vietnam Museum of Ethnology with the program to explore the culture of Bac Lieu province.