Events
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Cultural messiness in Vietnamese festivals
Vietnamese festivals are becoming dreary affairs, shorn off their distinctiveness and fun, culture experts warn.
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Vietnam loses a fine art milestone
Art of making vitreous enamel items has been neglected into oblivion, collectors lament
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Miss Vietnam in Vo Viet Chung’s ao dai
Miss Vietnam 2012 Thu Thao appears on Saigon streets in embroidered ao dai (Vietnamese dress) designed by Vo Viet Chung, a famous fashion designer in HCM City.
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Traditional Kitchen God ceremony in Hanoi
Vietnam will hold its first-ever large-scale Ong Tao (the Kitchen God) ceremony in the capital city of Hanoi on February 3, the 23rd day of the last lunar month, one week before Tet, or Lunar New Year.
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Xoi Khuc - Impressive taste
Xoi khuc (xôi khúc), also known as khuc cake, has its name because the cake cover is made by glutinous rice powder mixed with brayed khuc leaves, covering gram and pork.
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Lotus dance blooms for a long time
Famous dancing couple Vuong Linh and Dang Hung, as well as their daughter Linh Nga, will launch a new variant of the “Sen” (Lotus) show on January 30 and 31 at Ho Chi Minh City’s Opera House.
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Festival honours ethnic groups’ culture
The central province of Quang Tri on January 27 held the Arieu Ping and gong festival in Ta Rut commune of Dakrong district to honour the traditional cultural values of local ethnic minority groups.
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300 Vietnamese tourists visit Pulau Bidong, 22 years after it was closed
In March, about 300 Vietnamese tourists will visit Pulau Bidong, which was once a refugee camp for Vietnamese "boat people' who escaped the new Communist rule after the Vietnam War ended in 1975.
