A ceremony was held in the northern mountainous province of Dien Bien on April 13 to grant the certificate of “national intangible cultural heritage” to the water splashing festival of the Lao ethnic minority group.

 A traditional Vietnamese long dress contest will be organised in Prague, Czech Republic, in mid June.

Seventy Vietnamese contestants, selected in preliminary rounds in Vietnam, Poland, the US and Australia, competed at the Miss Sea Vietnam Global 2018’s semi-final in Kien Giang province on April 5.

 The Embassy and Consulate General of Australia in Vietnam will host the third Taste of Australia programme in April.

 The 2018 International Piano Festival will be held at the Vietnam National Academy of Music in Hanoi from August 11 – 18.

 A royal ritual Le Te Xa Tac (Worshipping the Genies of Rice and Soil) was held in the central province of Thua Thien-Hue on March 27 to pray for bumper crops and prosperity, attracting a large crowd of tourists and local people.

 Vietnamese readers will receive free access to the e-book funds of the Boris Yeltsin Presidential Library and LitRes e-book store of Russia.

 Nearly 500 students will compete at the 15th Hanoi Open Mathematics Competition (HOMC) from March 26 to 30, with foreign contestants joining for the first time.

 Whenever spring comes around, flower lovers wish to buy a yellow ochna flower tree to pray for a new year full of peace and luckiness and it is better if the yellow ochna flower tree stands on the holy Yen Tu Mountain.

 A cultural event has been held at the Temple of Literature to popularise the ao dai (traditional long robe) for men.

Scientists have found nearly 12,000 Vietnamese marine creature species, including animals and plants, through studying the country’s marine biological resources, reported the Vietnam News Agency.

More than 150 photos will be on display at an exhibition themed “Truong Sa Vitality – the Colour of Youth”, which will be held in Hanoi, Hung Yen and Lam Dong from March 9 to April 22.

Former heavyweight boxing champion of the world Mike Tyson has joined the cast of Girls 2 directed by Hong Kong director Barbara Wong Chun Chun, a film which has most of the scenes filmed in Vietnam.

A mass performance in celebration of the Ao dai (Vietnamese traditional long dress) was held along Nguyen Hue Pedestrian Street on March 4, attracting 3,000 people from different ages and careers.

 The Typhoon Committee (TC) convened its 50th session in Hanoi on February 28.

 Asian Kids Fashion Week 2018, scheduled to take place in Ho Chi Minh City on March 4, attracts the participation of 9 designers from Malaysia, Thailand, India, Indonesia, Hong Kong, Japan, and Vietnam.

 Cau Ngu Festival – unique cultural feature of coastal areas

 If rice is a staple of Vietnamese daily meals, then Gio (Vietnamese sausage) is considered the staple of special occasions, such as Tet (the Lunar New Year), wedding parties and ancestors’ death anniversary.

 One of the oldest traditions that define the Lunar New Year in Hanoi is the city’s markets where people not only shop for flowers and goods but also bask in the cheerful atmosphere. 

 The Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism said it has added three cultural heritages of Hanoi to the national intangible cultural heritage list.