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. 

 Kilns in Dia Linh Village, in the central Thua Thien-Hue Province are burning these days so that the last batches of Vietnamese kitchen god statues can be baked before the end of the year.

At a ceremony on the evening of January 12, Today’s Woman magazine (Phu Nu Ngay Nay) named Nam Em their choice for the most inspiring and admired Vietnamese woman of 2016.

 The 2017 Vietnamese Film Day will be organised in the Republic of Korea (RoK) for the first time, as part of activities to celebrate the 25th anniversary of diplomatic relations between Vietnam and the RoK.

 Anger broke out on social networks when it was discovered that an iconic building in the former imperial capital city of Hue had been changed completely while being restored.

An art exhibition, featuring 60 latest pottery works and paintings with the theme of roosters, is opened to the audience in the capital city of Hanoi on January 13 to welcome the Lunar New Year 2017, Vietnamplus reports.

Popular United Kingdom-based Vietnamese model and entrepreneur Jessica Minh Anh has unveiled that she will host the J Winter Fashion Show 2017 on January 26 over the Seine River in Paris.

 The Hanoi Culture Space will host a roundtable discussion with painter and antique collector Nguyen Manh Duc on January 13.

 The manga book Dia Nguc Mon (Gateway to Underworld) by the HCM City-based artist Can Tieu Hy, has been announced as one of the winners at the 10th Japan International Manga Awards.

 Nine projects will be implemented in 2017 to conserve and restore relics in the Complex of Hue Monuments, the central province of Thua Thien-Hue, according to the Hue Monuments Conservation Centre.

 The Temple of Literature in Hanoi has recently looked brighter with new white walls, which was done in an attempt to clean and preserve the centuries-old relic.

Singers Ha Ho, Son Tung MTP, Noo PhuocThinh, Toc Tien and Chi Phu look gorgeous in Ao Dai to welcome traditional Lunar New Year or Tet.

Luxury resorts, hotels and cruise ships are leading choices of Hollywood stars, billionaires and State leaders when they spend holidays in Vietnam.

 The Hang Da Galleria in Hanoi is holding a thematic exhibition of 60 paintings on January 13 celebrating 2017, the Year of the Rooster, whose crowing signals the break of day, chasing away evil.

 Jump Arena, Vietnam’s first indoor trampoline park, is set to open its doors to the public.