Hanoi market bustling for pest-killing festival
Hanoi market bustling for pest-killing festival

VOV.VN - The early morning of June 10 saw residents of Hanoi rush to local markets to buy popular items for the Đoan Ngọ Festival, commonly called “Tết giết sâu bọ” (pest-killing festival), which is held on the fifth day of the fifth lunar month.

Hanoi market bustling for pest-killing festival
Spectacular fireworks display of Vietnam at DIFF 2024
Spectacular fireworks display of Vietnam at DIFF 2024

VOV.VN - The 2024 Da Nang International Fireworks Festival (DIFF 2024) themed “Made in Unity – Radiant on Five Continents” was launched in Da Nang city, central Vietnam on June 8 evening. Let’s watch Vietnam’s spectacular fireworks display over the Han River at the opening ceremony.

Spectacular fireworks display of Vietnam at DIFF 2024
Hue illuminated in dazzling debut of International Arts Festival Week
Hue illuminated in dazzling debut of International Arts Festival Week

VOV.VN - The Hue International Arts Festival Week 2024 opened for the first time at Kien Trung Palace of the Hue imperial citadel on June 7 evening, featuring spectacular and impressive performances by both domestic and foreign art troupes.

Hue illuminated in dazzling debut of International Arts Festival Week
Hue ready for International Arts Festival Week 2024
Hue ready for International Arts Festival Week 2024

VOV.VN - The central province of Thua Thien-Hue has been putting the finishing touches to the Hue International Arts Festival Week 2024 due to run from June 7 to 12.

Hue ready for International Arts Festival Week 2024
Da Nang gearing up for International Fireworks Festival 2024
Da Nang gearing up for International Fireworks Festival 2024

VOV.VN - Workers are putting the finishing touches to the Da Nang International Fireworks Festival 2024 (DIFF 2024) due to officially open on June 8 in Da Nang city, central Vietnam.

Da Nang gearing up for International Fireworks Festival 2024
Westlife The Hits Tour 2024 enthralls Hanoi audiences
Westlife The Hits Tour 2024 enthralls Hanoi audiences

VOV.VN - Thousands of Westlife fans packed out the My Dinh Indoor Athletics Arena in Hanoi on June 4, chanting the names of their heroes from the Irish boy band and singing along with their idols at a concert held as part of Westlife The Hits Tour 2024.

Westlife The Hits Tour 2024 enthralls Hanoi audiences
Top places in Hanoi and Ho Chi Minh City to enjoy Children’s Day celebrations
Top places in Hanoi and Ho Chi Minh City to enjoy Children’s Day celebrations

VOV.VN - Parents in Hanoi and Ho Chi Minh City will have a wide range of entertainment activities to select from to treat their kids on the International Children’s Day on June 1.

Top places in Hanoi and Ho Chi Minh City to enjoy Children’s Day celebrations
Special wine of Bahnar ethnic people in Gia Lai
Special wine of Bahnar ethnic people in Gia Lai

VOV.VN - “Rượu cần”, a type of rice wine drank from a jar through straws, is an indispensable drink that can be enjoyed at festivals of the Bahnar ethnic people in the Central Highland province of Gia Lai.

Special wine of Bahnar ethnic people in Gia Lai
Perfect summer getaway to fishing villages in Binh Dinh
Perfect summer getaway to fishing villages in Binh Dinh

VOV.VN - Nhon Hai, Nhon Ly, Bai Xep, and Hai Minh are the top places for tourists to discover the daily lives of local people in fishing villages in the southcentral province of Binh Dinh and to enjoy themselves amid a peaceful atmosphere.

Perfect summer getaway to fishing villages in Binh Dinh
Discovering lotus tea making art of Hanoians
Discovering lotus tea making art of Hanoians

VOV.VN - Lotus tea is widely viewed as being one of the best Vietnamese teas and can be considered as a unique gift from Hanoi, with experiencing the traditional lotus tea making art in Tay Ho district being a popular suggestion for travelers during their trip to the capital.

Discovering lotus tea making art of Hanoians
Green rice field and golden harvesting season in Central Highlands
Green rice field and golden harvesting season in Central Highlands

VOV.VN - Choah Village rice field in the Central Highland province of Dak Nong is a special rice area, because this field has been created from both volcanic eruptions and alluvial deposits over centuries.

Green rice field and golden harvesting season in Central Highlands
Vietnamese Ao Dai collection makes US debut
Vietnamese Ao Dai collection makes US debut

VOV.VN - Vietnamese designer Do Trinh Hoai Nam recently launched his traditional long dress collection at the Vietnam Ao Dai festival held in San Jose (California, USA), with the aim of introducing the country’s culture to international friends.

Vietnamese Ao Dai collection makes US debut
Buddhists solemnly celebrate Lord Buddha’s 2568th birthday in Hanoi
Buddhists solemnly celebrate Lord Buddha’s 2568th birthday in Hanoi

VOV.VN - The Vietnam Buddhist Sangha solemnly held a ritual on May 21 at Quan Su Pagoda in Hanoi to observe the 2568th birth anniversary of Lord Buddha.

Buddhists solemnly celebrate Lord Buddha’s 2568th birthday in Hanoi
Unique village mud ball wrestling festival prays for bumper crops
Unique village mud ball wrestling festival prays for bumper crops

VOV.VN - Thousands of local residents and tourists converged on Van village of Viet Yen district in northern Bac Giang province on May 20 to explore a traditional mud ball wrestling festival which takes place every four years to pray for favourable weather and bumper crops.

Unique village mud ball wrestling festival prays for bumper crops
Four beauties to represent Vietnam at international pageants 2024
Four beauties to represent Vietnam at international pageants 2024

VOV.VN - So far four Vietnamese beauties have been officially chosen to vie for titles at global beauty contests this year.

Four beauties to represent Vietnam at international pageants 2024
Thousands of lanterns float in canal celebrating Lord Buddha’s birthday
Thousands of lanterns float in canal celebrating Lord Buddha’s birthday

VOV.VN - Thousands of people gathered together at Phap Hoa Pagoda in Ho Chi Minh City on May 19 in the largest lantern releasing ceremony in order to pray for peace on the occasion of Lord Buddha’s 2568th birthday.

Thousands of lanterns float in canal celebrating Lord Buddha’s birthday
Reenactment of forest thanksgiving festival of Co Tu ethnic people
Reenactment of forest thanksgiving festival of Co Tu ethnic people

VOV.VN - Tac Ka Coong Festival is a celebration held by Co Tu ethnic people in order to offer thanks to the gods of mountains, forests, rivers, and streams within the village in order to bestow upon their descendants a life of warmth, happiness, prosperity, bountiful harvests, and good health.

Reenactment of forest thanksgiving festival of Co Tu ethnic people
Second baguette festival gathers 50-year long standing brands
Second baguette festival gathers 50-year long standing brands

VOV.VN - The second Vietnamese Banh Mi (baguette) festival opened on May 17 in Ho Chi Minh City, showcasing many 50-year long standing brands from across the country.

Second baguette festival gathers 50-year long standing brands
Leaders pay tribute to President Ho Chi Minh on his birthday
Leaders pay tribute to President Ho Chi Minh on his birthday

VOV.VN - A delegation of the Party, State, National Assembly, Government, and Vietnam Fatherland Front leaders paid floral tribute to President Ho Chi Minh on May 18 at his mausoleum in Hanoi to commemorate the late President’s 134th birth on May 19, 1890.

Leaders pay tribute to President Ho Chi Minh on his birthday
Thousands visit Ho Chi Minh Mausoleum on his birthday
Thousands visit Ho Chi Minh Mausoleum on his birthday

VOV.VN - The Ho Chi Minh Mausoleum in Hanoi welcomed thousands of guests as both international visitors and Vietnamese people from across the country paid their respect ahead of the 134th anniversary of his birth on May 19.

Thousands visit Ho Chi Minh Mausoleum on his birthday
Party Central Committee’s ninth plenum wraps up
Party Central Committee’s ninth plenum wraps up

VOV.VN - The 13th Party Central Committee concluded its ninth plenum on 18, with all of its agenda completed after three working days.

Party Central Committee’s ninth plenum wraps up
Second Dong Thap lotus festival opens
Second Dong Thap lotus festival opens

VOV.VN - A lotus festival, the second its kind, opened on May 16 in the Mekong Delta province of Dong Thap with the aim of introducing hundreds of One Commune One Product (OCOP) products and delicacies made from the lotus plant.

Second Dong Thap lotus festival opens
Buddhists join parade in HCM City to mark Buddha’s Birthday
Buddhists join parade in HCM City to mark Buddha’s Birthday

VOV.VN - Worshippers, monks, and nuns across Ho Chi Minh City took part in a parade carrying a statue of Buddha on May 15 to mark the occasion of the Buddha’s Birthday.

Buddhists join parade in HCM City to mark Buddha’s Birthday
Ninth plenum of 13th Party Central Committee opens in Hanoi
Ninth plenum of 13th Party Central Committee opens in Hanoi

VOV.VN - General Secretary of the Communist Party of Vietnam (CPV) Central Committee Nguyen Phu Trong chaired the ninth plenum of the 13th Party Central Committee, with the event opening on May 16 in Hanoi and scheduled to last until May 18.

Ninth plenum of 13th Party Central Committee opens in Hanoi
Ao Dai fashion show promotes Vietnamese culture in Australia
Ao Dai fashion show promotes Vietnamese culture in Australia

VOV.VN - Ao Dai (the traditional Vietnamese long dress) inspired by the landscapes of both Vietnam and Australia are presented at a fashion show which is underway from May 13 to May 17 in New South Wales and Victoria.

Ao Dai fashion show promotes Vietnamese culture in Australia
Hanoi streets turn purple with blossoming crape myrtle flowers
Hanoi streets turn purple with blossoming crape myrtle flowers

VOV.VN - Moving into the middle of May, seen streets throughout Hanoi have become decorated with the bright purple tones of giant crape-myrtle flowers, known as “Bằng lăng” in Vietnamese, as they appear in full bloom, serving to create picturesque scenery.

Hanoi streets turn purple with blossoming crape myrtle flowers
Hanoi streets brilliantly decorated for President Ho Chi Minh's birthday celebrations
Hanoi streets brilliantly decorated for President Ho Chi Minh's birthday celebrations

VOV.VN - Streets across the capital have been adorned with national flags, flowers, and banners to mark President Ho Chi Minh’s 134th birthday on May 19.

Hanoi streets brilliantly decorated for President Ho Chi Minh's birthday celebrations
18 national treasures presented to public at Hai Phong Museum
18 national treasures presented to public at Hai Phong Museum

VOV.VN - A total of 18 historical national treasures are being exhibited at Hai Phong Museum as part of the 2024 Hoa Phuong Do (red flamboyant flower) festival.

18 national treasures presented to public at Hai Phong Museum
Lang Co Bay – one of the world’s most beautiful bay
Lang Co Bay – one of the world’s most beautiful bay

VOV.VN - A trip to Thua Thien-Hue province in central Vietnam cannot be complete without setting foot at in Lang Co Bay, one of the most beautiful bays in the world.

Lang Co Bay – one of the world’s most beautiful bay
Red Flamboyant Flower Festival kick-starts tourism season in Hai Phong
Red Flamboyant Flower Festival kick-starts tourism season in Hai Phong

VOV.VN - The Red Flamboyant Flower Festival 2024 was launched in Hai Phong city, the largest port city in northern Vietnam, on May 11 evening, kick-starting this year’s tourism season in the locality.

Red Flamboyant Flower Festival kick-starts tourism season in Hai Phong