With an ability to sing in five ethnic minority languages, artist Cao Minh Hien wants to preserve the rhythms as a way to keep their traditional culture alive through generations.

 A photo exhibition featuring works on Vietnam by Spanish photographers opened on February 11 in Madrid, Spain. 

 Vietnamese poetry and music hit the airwaves in the US on February 11, with the programme “Lanterns hanging on the wind” broadcast on several university radio stations.

 A festival dedicated to Mother Au Co – the legendary mother of Vietnam – opened in Hien Luong commune of Ha Hoa district, the northern province of Phu Tho, on February 11 (or the seventh day of the first month of the Year of the Pig).

 58 year-old Andrea Teufel is a German specialist in restoring antiques. Over the past 15 years, she has been working to restore paintings in the world heritage site in the central province of Thua Thien Hue.

 The Mong people are an important part of the community of 54 ethnic groups in Vietnam, with a population of about one million people.

Vietnamese beauty H’Hen Nie has been listed among the Top 8 of the Miss Grand Slam 2018 beauty competition as announced by Globalbeauties.

 An estimated 50,000 pilgrims flocked to Huong or Perfume pagoda in Hanoi on February 10, the first day of Vietnam’s longest festival. To reach the main pagoda, visitors must take a one-hour boat trip on the Yen stream.

Vietnamese people often purchase items and dishes that they believe will bring them good luck and avoid bad omens on the first few days of the New Year.

Tich Dien (Ploughing) Festival was held in Doi Son commune, Duy Tien district in Ha Nam province on February 10, marking the traditional beginning of the rice growing season in Vietnam.

Yao leaf soup is an essential dish of Ede ethnic people during Tet (Lunar New Year) holiday.

A festival took place in Mai Chau district, Hoa Binh province on Feb. 10 or the sixth day of the Lunar New Year festival. The traditional event is held by the Mong ethnic community every year to pray for a bumper crop.

From the afternoon of the 7th day of the first lunar month, which falls on February 11 this year, people flock to the northern province of Nam Dinh for a unique market.

 Phan Thi Kim Phuc, known as the “napalm girl” in an iconic photo taken during wartime in Vietnam in 1972, on February 11 received Germany’s Dresden Peace Prize for her work for peace.

What makes her feel close is that both Russia and Vietnam have folk songs. The language has a similar meaning in meaning.

 Quan Ho love duet singing has been recognised by UNESCO as an intangible cultural heritage. Bac Ninh province has made efforts to preserve the art to implement commitments to UNESCO on conservation and development of Quan Ho.

 The traditional Tich dien (ploughing) festival was held in Doi Son commune of Duy Tien district, the northern province of Ha Nam, on February 11 to pray for bumper harvests and prosperity for all.

 Local villagers and visitors took part in a traditional ball scrambling festival which commenced in Thuy Linh village, Linh Nam ward, Hoang Mai district, Hanoi, on February 9.

Have you ever attended a pig race like the one held regularly in Cần Thơ City? 

 Tết Nguyên Đán (Traditional Lunar New Year) is the biggest among traditional festivals for the Vietnamese people. Today, many ancient customs are still practised in the former royal capital.