Ho Chi Minh City has added District 7 and Binh Tan District as new locations for Lunar New Year fireworks displays, taking to 11 the total number throughout the city.

Replicas of famous traditional Hang Trong folk paintings – a genre of traditional Vietnamese woodcuts by Hanoi artisans – are on display at an exhibition taking place right in its birthplace in Hang Trong ward, Hoan Kiem district, Hanoi.

VOV.VN - The Vietnam Museum of Ethnology on the outskirts of Hanoi is set to hold its annual Tet celebrations to mark the start of the Lunar New Year, from February 2 to 18, that will feature art performances, food, and folk games, with the participation of representatives of ethnic groups from across the country.

VOV.VN - Le Hoang Phuong, fourth runner-up at Miss Grand International 2023, has been named on the list of the leading 50 candidates for Miss Grand Slam 2023, as announced by Global Beauties.

Nearly 12,000 video entries featuring Vietnamese cultural values were sent to the “Vietnamese quintessence” contest within eight weeks since it was launched in November 2023 by the Ho Chi Minh Communist Youth Union Central Committee, attracting nearly 36 million views.

Ceramic sculptures depicting different postures of dragon – one of the four sacred animals in Vietnamese culture, are on display at an on-going exhibition in Hanoi.

VOV.VN - Norwegian Ambassador to Vietnam Hilde Solbakken and her family enjoyed a traditional Lunar New Year festival (Tet), the most important annual festival of the Vietnamese people in a year, in Duong Lam ancient village in Hanoi's outlying district of Son Tay.

VOV.VN - A statue of Maitreya Buddha weighing 5,112 metric tonnes, the largest of its kind in the world, has been officially placed on top of Ba Den Mountain, a famous travel destination in the south-western province of Tay Ninh.

Da Lat strawberry last month was recognised among the top ten specialties of Vietnam in 2023 by Asia Book of Records.

The annual Phu My Hung Spring Flower Festival this year will take place from the 24th day of the Lunar December to the 4th day of the Lunar New Year (February 3 - February 13, 2024) at the Crescent Lake area in Phu My Hung New City Centre in District 7 of HCM City.