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Food
This year’s festival will showcase Việt Nam’s rich culinary heritage under the theme ''Preserving and Promoting the Value of Traditional Southern Cakes''
Traditional southern cake festival set to delight visitors in Cần Thơ
Life & Style
Meritorious Artist and theatre star Nguyễn Như Huỳnh was honoured at the 2024 Theatre Awards presented by the Việt Nam Theatre Association.
Cải lương actress honoured for her art
Entertainment
This resurgence of serious dramas, has brought to the stage a variety of works that not only carry high ideological values but also entertain, proving popular with audiences in HCM City.
HCM City theatres revitalise reality-based plays
Life & Style
A contest named Em Yêu Tiếng Việt (I love Vietnamese language), was held recently in Savannakhet province of Laos.
International students participate in Vietnamese-language contest
Heritage
Folklorist Nguyễn Hùng Vĩ, former lecturer at the Department of Literature, University of Social Sciences and Humanities, Hanoi National University, talks about the importance of spring festivals in Vietnamese folk culture.
Spring festivals: timeless tradition in modern Việt Nam
People
Đặng Duy Bằng has devoted nearly his entire life to the art of water puppetry, creating thousands of puppets in his 40-year career.
Đặng Duy Bằng: preserving the soul of water puppetry
Life & Style
Bách Hoa Bộ Hành, or the ''Parade of a Hundred Flowers'', is a cherished annual year-end event in Việt Nam.
Vietnamese traditions take to the streets in daytime procession
Show
HCM City-based private Phương Nam Theatre will stage a new water puppet show based on Vietnamese history, offering fresh entertainment options to children during the New Year.
Phương Nam Theatre gives kids something new to cheer
Life & Style
Although they have different backgrounds, four female performers of the Giao Thời(Transition) band have all faced challenges and worked hard to make a strong impression on the country’s music scene.
Folk music with a contemporary style
Dining
Nem Cho Huyen (Cho Huyen pork roll) has a one-of-a-kind flavour that reflects the distinctive culinary culture of the central province of Binh Dinh. Ngoc Phuong reports.
Binh Dinh's nem fuses sweet, sour and spicy
Travel
The culture and tourism week of Đồng Hới City in the central province of Quảng Bình, which began on Tuesday, features seven activities, according to the city People’s Committee.
Traditional boat racing highlights Đồng Hới Culture and Tourism Week
Travel
HÀ NỘI — Bài chòi performances (a traditional Vietnamese game combining folklore singing and picks from a deck of card) will be organised for locals and tourists in Đà Nẵng on a pilot basis between April and June.
Đà Nẵng to showcase bài chòi to tourists, locals
Travel
A special mountain market by ethnic groups in the northern province of Điện Biên will be set up on the outskirts of Hà Nội.
Ethnic mountain market comes to capital’s outskirts
Life & Style
On Saturday, April 16, the Friends of Vietnam Heritage group will organise an excursion to Thành Chương’s Việt Palace, in Sóc Sơn suburban, about 30km from city’s centre.
FVH announce excursion to serene Thành Chương’s Việt Palace
Travel
The second National Mông Festival will be held in Đồng Văn District in the mountainous northern Hà Giang Province.
Hà Giang hosts second National Mông Festival in Hà Giang
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