The Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism has requested COVID-19-hit areas to cancel the organisation of festivals and cultural activities of mass gatherings in an effort to prevent the spread of the pandemic.

The Association for Liaison with Overseas Vietnamese (ALOV) and the Vietnamese Buddhist Cultural Centre based in the Republic of Korea (RoK) held a gathering in Hanoi on January 23 ahead of the upcoming Lunar New Year festival.

Various cultural features of ethnic minority groups in the northern province of Hoa Binh were showcased in Hanoi’s pedestrian area around Hoan Kiem Lake over the weekend.

VOV.VN - A tourism culture week running with the main theme of flowers was launched on January 22 in Sa Dec city in the Mekong Delta province of Dong Thap.

VOV.VN - Google Arts & Culture has debuted its “Wonders of Vietnam” project, thereby introducing the country’s outstanding natural and cultural beauty, including aspects of its tangible and intangible heritages, as well as magnificent landscapes through its online platform.

The Hanoi-based Vietnam National Puppetry Theatre has launched an experimental art programme named “Trang” (The Moon) that features different types of puppetry to offer the audience a new experience of the Vietnamese culture.

VOV.VN - A book street located in Ho Chi Minh City has served to greatly contribute to establishing a reading culture in the southern metropolis whilst also becoming an ideal cultural destination for visitors, according to Nguyen Van Nen, Ho Chi Minh City Party Committee Secretary.

The musical “Les Misérables” will be performed by the Vietnam National Opera and Ballet (VNOB) at the Hanoi Opera House on January 18, 19, 20 and 21.

VOV.VN - The tourism sector of Thua Thien Hue province aims to welcome between 3 million and 3.5 million visitors during the course of the year, with the locality designing fresh tourism products to attract visitors and ensure prevention measures in tourism activities amid complicated developments relating to COVID-19.

Nearly 500 representatives from the Vietnam Tourism Association, the Vietnam Society of Travel Agents, the culture and tourism sector, and involved agencies joined the National Travel Agents Forum 2021 held in the northern city of Hai Phong on January 12.