Citadel artefacts displayed in Ho Chi Minh City
Citadel artefacts displayed in Ho Chi Minh City

A permanent exhibition of artefacts from the Thang Long-Hanoi Imperial Citadel opens on September 28 at the Museum of Ho Chi Minh City.

Citadel artefacts displayed in Ho Chi Minh City
Cao Dai Tay Ninh Church celebrates annual festival
Cao Dai Tay Ninh Church celebrates annual festival

The Cao Dai Tay Ninh Church in the southern province of Tay Ninh began its grand ritual “Hoi Yen Dieu Tri Cung”, one of the two most important festivals of Cao Dai dignitaries and followers, on September 27. 

Cao Dai Tay Ninh Church celebrates annual festival
Hanoi hosts Russian cultural festival
Hanoi hosts Russian cultural festival

The “Feel Russia” festival featuring important creative achievements in Russian culture opened in Hanoi on September 26.

Hanoi hosts Russian cultural festival
Overseas Vietnamese children enjoy Mid-Autumn festival
Overseas Vietnamese children enjoy Mid-Autumn festival

Vietnamese children in Singapore and Malaysia immersed themselves into the joyful Mid-Autumn festival, organised at the Vietnamese Embassies in these countries on September 26. 

Overseas Vietnamese children enjoy Mid-Autumn festival
Vietnamese-French director to sit on Tokyo International Film Festival jury
Vietnamese-French director to sit on Tokyo International Film Festival jury

Vietnamese-French film director Tran Anh Hung has been chosen as a juror of the Tokyo International Film Festival (TIFF), to be held next month.

Vietnamese-French director to sit on Tokyo International Film Festival jury
Many foreigners join "Color Me Run"  in Hanoi
Many foreigners join "Color Me Run" in Hanoi

(VOV) - On September 26, more than 10,000 young local people and foreigners gathered at Vinhomes Riverside Ecological Urban Area in Hanoi's Long Bien District to participate in Color Me Run – a Vietnam’s most amazing and colorful race.

Many foreigners join "Color Me Run"  in Hanoi
Traditional toys make a comeback
Traditional toys make a comeback

Mid-Autumn traditional toys are considered to be special as they not only bring joy to children but are also a cultural treasure imbued with national identity, furthermore they are associated with the stories of childhood of many generations throughout Vietnam.

Traditional toys make a comeback
Jubilant atmosphere of mid-autumn festival in Hanoi
Jubilant atmosphere of mid-autumn festival in Hanoi

(VOV) - The jubilant atmosphere of the full-moon festival prevails every corner especially in the Old Quarter of Hanoi. Colorful lanterns, masks and moon cakes are sold everywhere in the streets, making the children more eager for the festival.

Jubilant atmosphere of mid-autumn festival in Hanoi
Pak Narapat arrives in Vietnam
Pak Narapat arrives in Vietnam

(VOV) -Thai actor Pak Narapat has arrived in Ho Chi Minh City to join the cast of the Vietnamese movie Valentines.

Pak Narapat arrives in Vietnam
Pictures: Fairy Lantern Garden at Royal City
Pictures: Fairy Lantern Garden at Royal City

(VOV) -Residents from throughout the metropolitan area have been flocking to the Vincom Centre Mega Mall Royal City in Hanoi to take in the sights of a Fairy Garden magnificently decorated with colourful lanterns.

Pictures: Fairy Lantern Garden at Royal City
3,000 school kids prepare for Autumn Festival
3,000 school kids prepare for Autumn Festival

(VOV) - Vietnam’s largest Full Moon Festival is set to get underway on the evening of September 25 at Phan Thiet City in Binh Thuan province with an estimated 3,000 pupils from 32 local primary schools participating.

3,000 school kids prepare for Autumn Festival
Vietnam Fashion Week kicks off in Hanoi
Vietnam Fashion Week kicks off in Hanoi

(VOV) - Hanoi kicked off four days of catwalk shows and presentations on September 25 featuring the glamour of beautiful models strutting the catwalk in the collections of 17 designers from Vietnam, Malaysia and Italy.

Vietnam Fashion Week kicks off in Hanoi
Art performance towards native land's sea and islands
Art performance towards native land's sea and islands

(VOV) -An art exchange is set to get underway on October 4 to raise public awareness about the national borders, sea, and islands and call for sharing the difficulties of border and island residents and military forces stationing there.

Art performance towards native land's sea and islands
Vietnamese films selected for Luang Prabang film festival
Vietnamese films selected for Luang Prabang film festival

(VOV) - Two Vietnamese movies, namely “Chang Trai Nam Ay” (Dandelion) and “Dap Canh Giua KhongTrung” (Flapping in the Middle of Nowhere), will participate in the Luang Prabang film festival, set to run in Laos in December.

Vietnamese films selected for Luang Prabang film festival
Scholars debate role of French language
Scholars debate role of French language

Local scholars gathered on September 25 to discuss the role of French literature in Vietnam's culture and history during a roundtable discussion co-organised by the French Institute and Nha Nam Publishing House.

Scholars debate role of French language
Hoang Su Phi cultural week opens in Ha Giang
Hoang Su Phi cultural week opens in Ha Giang

The cultural and tourism week honouring the values of terraced paddy fields and the culture of ethnic groups in the northern mountainous province of Ha Giang kicked off in Hoang Su Phi district on September 24.

Hoang Su Phi cultural week opens in Ha Giang
Japanese artist's exhibition reflects human-nature relationship
Japanese artist's exhibition reflects human-nature relationship

The relationship between humans and nature, as well as establishment and destruction, are reflected in the art of Taihei Kimura.

Japanese artist's exhibition reflects human-nature relationship
Vietnamese model struts Milan catwalk
Vietnamese model struts Milan catwalk

(VOV) -Top 4 Vietnam's Next Top Model 2011 Thuy Trang gave an impressive performance at the Stella Jean show of ongoing 2016 Milan Fashion Week taking place from September 23-29.

Vietnamese model struts Milan catwalk
Hanoi to welcome Belgian beer fest
Hanoi to welcome Belgian beer fest

(VOV) -Beer lovers in the capital city will have the chance to savour nearly 50 different Belgian draft beers and a variety of traditional cuisines at a Belgian beer festival scheduled to take place at the American Club, 21 Hai Ba Trung street in October.

Hanoi to welcome Belgian beer fest
Tuyen Quang preserves “Then” singing
Tuyen Quang preserves “Then” singing

Over recent years, the northern mountainous province of Tuyen Quang has undertaken a number of measures with joint efforts from levels and sectors to protect and uphold the value of the local traditional art of Then singing.

Tuyen Quang preserves “Then” singing
Researcher spends all life to study Hanoi
Researcher spends all life to study Hanoi

Researcher Giang Quan, who has devoted his entire life to studying Hanoi, received the “Bui Xuan Phai – Love for Hanoi” award in the capital on September 23.

Researcher spends all life to study Hanoi
Vietnam – US ties fostered through food
Vietnam – US ties fostered through food

Vietnamese and American distinctive food and cooking methods are at the centre of a social gathering held in Ho Chi Minh City’s Vietheritage restaurant on September 22.

Vietnam – US ties fostered through food
Cultural characteristics of the Bo Y
Cultural characteristics of the Bo Y

(VOV) - The Bo Y have the smallest population of the 54 ethnic groups in Vietnam. About 3,000 Bo Y people live in a few hamlets in Quan Ba and Dong Van district in the northern border province of Ha Giang.

Cultural characteristics of the Bo Y
Miss Universe 2015 contestants applying make-up
Miss Universe 2015 contestants applying make-up

(VOV) - Make-up artists were instructing contestants of the Miss Universe 2015 beauty pageant on how to properly apply their make-up in a recent get-together.  

Miss Universe 2015 contestants applying make-up
US, Vietnam artists to perform together on dance tour
US, Vietnam artists to perform together on dance tour

Vietnamese and American artists will tour together to perform a dance project in Hanoi, northern province of Ha Long and HCM City on September 25 and 27.

US, Vietnam artists to perform together on dance tour
Concert marks Vietnam-Singapore friendship
Concert marks Vietnam-Singapore friendship

(VOV) - A Vietnam-Singapore friendship concert, co-performed by the Saigon Philharmonic Orchestra (SPO) and Singaporean artists, is slated to get underway in Ho Chi Minh City Academy of Music on September 25.

Concert marks Vietnam-Singapore friendship
Vietnamese director wins int’l film award
Vietnamese director wins int’l film award

(VOV) -A short film ‘David And Luisa’ directed by renowned Vietnamese filmmaker Bui Trung Hai has carried off the Silver Remi Award for a Dramatic Short Film at the 48th Houston International Film Festival in the US.

Vietnamese director wins int’l film award
Vietnamese culture interests Italians
Vietnamese culture interests Italians

Vietnam’s land, people and cultural identities have been featured during Vietnam Day in Venice, Italy, fascinating Italian friends and overseas Vietnamese (OV) in the country.

Vietnamese culture interests Italians
Ngoc Han shines at Minh Hanh’s collection in Japan
Ngoc Han shines at Minh Hanh’s collection in Japan

(VOV) -Miss Vietnam 2010 Ngoc Han has served as the leading model for a fashion show in Japan that exhibited the works of renowned Vietnamese fashion designer Minh Hanh.

Ngoc Han shines at Minh Hanh’s collection in Japan
Hanoi Days open in Moscow
Hanoi Days open in Moscow

(VOV) - The Hanoi Days programme was officially launched at Et Cetera Theatre in Moscow on September 21 under the framework of the signed agreements between the two capital cities to strengthen friendship ties.

Hanoi Days open in Moscow
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