Hoàng Lan During Tết, Việt Nam’s biggest holiday of the year, families from all around the world try to return home for a special reunion and to welcome in the Lunar New Year together. A huge part of the celebration is the traditional Tết dishes that are carefully prepared and …
Read More »Good knives forged at bargain prices
A craftsman heats up blades before attaching them to handles. Photo courtesy of Phạm Văn Tiến Lê Việt Dũng More than 100 kilometres away from Hà Nội lies an old village that has made a name for itself in knife-making for centuries. The village, located in Hậu Lộc District, Thanh Hóa …
Read More »Yên Tử application for UNESCO recognition to be completed this year
Part of the Yên Tử Monuments and Landscapes Complex. — Photo baodantoc.vn QUẢNH NINH — The three northern provinces of Quảng Ninh, Hải Dương, and Bắc Giang will complete a scientific dossier seeking UNESCO world heritage recognition for Yên Tử Monuments and Landscapes Complex by July of this year. This commitment was …
Read More »Young singers celebrate Lunar New Year
Young singer Phương Mỹ Chi performs in Gala Nhạc Việt- Năm Mới Bình An (Vietnamese Music Gala – Happy Lunar New Year), a TV music show that celebrates Tết (Lunar New Year), which begins on February 1. — Photo courtesy of the producer HCM CITY — Young music idol K-ICM performs in the TV music show Gala Nhạc Việt- Năm Mới Bình An (Vietnamese …
Read More »Nhật Tân peach village blooms ahead of Tết
Farmers in Nhật Tân village are in a rush to harvest blossoms as Tết fast approaches. Nhật Tân village is located in Tây Hồ District, Hà Nội. This place is considered one of the largest suppliers of peach flowers in the capital. Peach trees here are diverse in types, from …
Read More »New pedestrian and flower streets open in Hà Nội
SPRING HAS SPRUNG: The spring flower street opened to the public on Saturday in the Mailand Hanoi City-Splendora Residence Area in Hà Nội’s suburban district of Hoài Đức, ahead of the Lunar Year of the Tiger. VNA/VNA Photo HÀ NỘI — In preparation for the upcoming Tết (Lunar New Year) festival, …
Read More »Quảng Nam, Đà Nẵng set out on tourism recovery journey
Models pose at an old house in Hội An City. The area has opened tourism services for 2022. Photo courtesy of Mai Thanh Chương By Hoài Nam Despite having to deal with a multitude of issues due to the pandemic, both Quảng Nam Province and Đà Nẵng City are setting out on their …
Read More »Vietnamese Zen Master Thích Nhất Hạnh dies at 95
HUẾ — Prominent Buddhist monk and Zen master Thích Nhất Hạnh passed away at Từ Hiếu Temple where his spiritual journey began, at midnight Saturday aged 95. Hạnh was born in 1926 at Quảng Điền District, Thừa Thiên-Huế Province. He later joined Từ Hiếu Temple in Huế as a novice monk at …
Read More »Mai Vàng award honours veteran artist Kim Cương
People’s Artist Kim Cương is honoured at the 27th Mai Vàng awards for her contribution to arts and community activities over the past 50 years. Photo courtesy of the organiser HCM CITY People’s Artist Kim Cương, a renowned cải lương (reformed opera) performer, was honoured at the 27th Mai Vàng (Golden Ochna) …
Read More »List of new national intangible cultural heritages and relics announced
A mud ball wrestling festival in Vân Village, Việt Yên District, Bắc Giang Province. Photo vietyen.bacgiang.gov.vn HÀ NỘI — The craft of making fish sauce and rice paper in the southern province of Phú Yên, and the art of decorating traditional clothes of the Black Lô Lô ethnic minority are among new national …
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