HA NOI — Festivities celebrating UNESCO's recognition of Giong festival are expected to attract up to 8,000 revellers today in Soc Son District, on the northern outskirts of Ha Noi.
At the event, UNESCO Viet Nam representative Katherine Morin Muller will present the certificate recognising the Giong festival as Intangible Heritage of Humanity to the authorities of Gia Lam and Soc Son villages.
Up to 700 locals from Soc Son District and Phu Dong village will also recreate some of the most impressive elements of the celebrated festival in front of the Giong Temple in Ha Noi's Gia Lam District, where the historic Gia Ngu stone platform resides.
Young artists to compete at international festival
HA NOI — Eight paintings by Vietnamese children 6-10 years old were selected on Wednesday out of nearly 20,000 entries to compete in the Mitsubishi-Enikki Asian Children's Art Festival in Japan.
The judges also selected 10 runners-up and the 10 best group works.
HCM City Ao dai show raises funds for charity
HCM CITY — The Viet Nam Ao Dai Association, dedicated to the traditional Vietnamese ao dai, or long dress, held a charity fashion show in HCM City last night to raise funds for poor households in the nation's central region.
The event was attended by representatives from the consulate generals of the US, France, Russia, Germany, Cuba, Japan, South Korea, India, Indonesia and Laos as well as foreign organisations and businesses.
Proceeds will go to families in difficulty in Phong Dien District in the province of Thua Thien-Hue, and to buy boats to ferry students in Quang Trach District in the central province of Quang Binh, who must cross a river to attend school.
Paradise Park to serve up Tet entertainment
HA NOI — Ha Noi's Bao Son Paradise Park will host festivities during the Tet (Lunar New Year) holidays on February 4-7.
Activities includes folk games, puppetry, circus perfomers, and artists from Bao Son Theatre.
VTV begins series on Khmer culture, lifestyle
HCMCITY — Viet Nam Television has begun to show a series on the culture and lifestyle of the Khmer people living in Viet Nam's south-western region on its VTV1 channel.
The 30-episode series, titled Hay Cung Em Dieu Sarikakeo (Join me in the Sarikakeo Dance), is about the life and love of Sophia, a former Khmer Sarikakeo dancer who lived in a small village in Soc Trang Province in the early 1980s.
The film recounts Sophia's life as a dancer before she moved to An Giang Province and learned weaving.
"We wanted to spotlight the Khmer people and their culture, lifestyle, and dance," said Hue.
There are nearly 1.3 million Khmers in the Delta, living mostly in Soc Trang and Tra Vinh. — VNS