Hanoi has set the target that by 2025, the cultural industry will contribute 5% of the city's GRDP. With the advantage of relics, heritage and craft villages, Hanoi will focus on exploiting heritage values to develop cultural industries.
The Vietnam National Museum of History in Hanoi has launched a night tour around its premises during the blooming season of red cotton flowers (bombax ceiba).
Spring is the season of festivals in Vietnam, especially in the North. The festival of the five Moc villages along the To Lich river in Hanoi is one of the most-anticipated. It is held every five years and attracts huge crowds of people with its colorful parades, folk games and music. The festival of five Moc villages is recognized by the Ministry of Culture, Sports…
During the restoration of Japanese Covered Bridge (Hoi An city, Quang Nam province), local residents and visitors can go sightseeing, doing religious rites at this relic.
The annual “Le khao le the linh Hoang Sa” (Feast and Commemoration Festival for Hoang Sa Soldiers) ceremony was held in An Hai communal temple, Ly Son Island, in the central coastal province of Quang Ngai on March 7.
Female photographer Khanh Phan has been awarded the Grand Prize of US$15,000 in the SkyPixel Annual Photo & Video Contest for a photo themed “Floral Dress”.
Solla Music, a project combining classical music and folklore music, has recently been launched with the aim of helping students aged from 12 to 16 years towards music and engage in meaningful social activities.
The Hoi An Memories show was launched on March 18, 2018 and has been voted as the best world performance art by Reuters.
Beating drums until they break is a special festival of the Ma Coong ethnic people in Quang Binh province to pray for favorable weather, bumper crops, a prosperous village, healthy people, and no diseases.
The traditional festival of General Le Chan opened in Hai Phong city on Sunday evening, honoring the female warrior who helped the Trung sisters to fight foreign invaders during 40-42 AD and reclaimed the ancient An Bien village, now Hai Phong city.
The publisher Omega Plus has released a book containing 54 illustrations of the official costumes of the Nguyen Dynasty, as created by painter Nguyen Van Nhan in February 1902 under the reign of Emperor Thanh Thai.
A cozy reading space created in the city's heart by Gen Z Hanoians contributes to promoting reading among youth.