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Goat to curry divine favour for Vietnam

 VietNamNet Bridge – Vietnamese people are celebrating the new year as the Year of the Goat, the eighth zodiac animal in the lunar calendar.

Ministry of Culture looks to serve foreign audience

VietNamNet Bridge – Enhancing cultural exchanges between Vietnamese and foreigners is one of several activities to be implemented by the Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism,

Ministry orders removal of foreign-style stone lions

 VietNamNet Bridge – The Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism held a workshop to review a regulation handed down five months ago that bans foreign-style symbols, sculptures and worship objects unsuitable for Vietnamese culture.

Local art smashes auction record

VietNamNet Bridge – Days after noted Vietnamese artist Le Pho's View from the Hilltop set a new auction record, art collector Nguyen Minh still has a lingering feeling of regret.

Ministry blocks cable-car plan for giant cave

 HCM City hosts Japan Festival 2014; Hanoi to host Persian carpet exhibition; Hanoi hosts photo exhibition “I Love My City”; Ancient labour tools discovered in Son La; Germany sponsors exhibition on Vietnamese culture

Hanoi images through architect-turned-designer’s eye

 VietNamNet Bridge – He loves travel, having spent years going places around the world, and Hanoi is just a city among many destinations the Spanish architect has visited.

Dutch poet Dick Gebuys: “Vietnam is second home country”

 VietNamNet Bridge – A collection of poems about Vietnam, named ‘Giong Nhu Ban Vua Cham Vao’ (It just looks like you touch things now), written by Dutch poet Dick Gebuys has been published.

Expert discusses VN sacred objects

 VietNamNet Bridge – The Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism recently issued a decision to ban carvings of guard animals from public places, including pagodas and temples, if they do not conform to Vietnamese culture.

Experts discuss promotion of VN culture on the international stage

 VietNamNet Bridge – Experts in the field of art and cultural management have gathered at a workshop in Ninh Binh to discuss ways to promote Vietnamese culture abroad.

Tuong stage faces shortage of performers

 VietNamNet Bridge – While the contemporary arts scene has expanded rapidly in recent years, traditional art forms like tuong (classical drama) are being ignored, cultural experts of HCM City have said.

Authorities seek to control viral internet series

 VietNamNet Bridge – The Vietnamese Cinematography Department is considering how to handle possible violations in the film “Apartment 69″ which has gone viral and stirred up controversy over its content.

Famous designer and the first ao dai museum in VN

VietNamNet Bridge – After 12 years of preparations, Viet Nam's first museum dedicated to the ao dai (traditional Vietnamese women's dress) has opened in HCM City's District 9. The brain-child of painter and ao dai designer Si Hoang,  

Teaching Vietnamese music in Germany

 VietNamNet Bridge – Over the last 10 years, Tran Phuong Hoa, a Vietnamese teacher, has instilled a lasting love of traditional music in generations of Vietnamese origin in Germany.

Crowds flock to Hai Duong to watch the water puppets dance

VietNamNet Bridge – Hai Duong, a province in the heart of the Hong (Red) River Delta, is a famous tourist destination for water puppetry, a unique and traditional artistic display in Viet Nam.  

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 Exhibition showcases painter's evolution; Promoting Vietnamese culture in Germany; Iranian films to be screened in March; Room to Read hosts book corner at City hotel; Ten bilingual folktales help teach English

Village gate: A symbol of Vietnamese culture

VietNamNet Bridge – It is no exaggeration to say that Vietnam is a country of villages; the country and villages are inextricably intertwined. Everything about the Vietnamese people, both in the past and at present, has its origin from the village.

Mekong Artists to ring three times in southern hub

 VietNamNet Bridge – Mekong Artists Corp has announced the launch of a weekly cai luong (reformed opera) show starting next month at Ho Chi Minh City's Institute for Cultural Exchange with France, or IDECAF.

Int'l schools make light of educating Vietnamese culture

 VietNamNet Bridge – In Vietnamese parents’ thoughts, “international schools” means international high education quality. However, the truth is quite otherwise.

Archaeologists warn of VN culture drain without support

 VietNamNet Bridge – The Government's support for archeological work is inadequate at present, posing the danger of the nation losing precious vestiges of its cultural heritage, experts say.

Saigon’s ancient markets

VietNamNet Bridge – In the 300 years since its establishment, Ho Chi Minh City has become a center of business, science, technology, culture, arts and entertainment, but still retains its quintessential traditional features.