Ho Chi Minh City began the ASEAN village event, the first of its kind, in the evening of September 21 to mark the bloc’s 50 years of operation (1967-2017) and Vietnam’s 22 years of membership (1995-2017).
Hoàng Văn Kỳ remembers the đình (communal house) mostly as a place of festivities, full of laughter and gaiety. The 65-year-old native of Thụy Phiêu Village in Ba Vì district on the outskirts of the capital city has particularly fond memories of the laughter of children as they wait to see the “living deity” of the Full Moon Festival appear in the sky, and the sounds of joyful music rehearsals held by the village’s women.
A 123-year-old house in Phan Chu Trinh Street in the southern province of Tây Ninh was recognised Tuesday as a provincial relic of arts and architecture by the local People’s Committee.
The northern mountainous province of Dien Bien has two more heritages named in the list of national intangible cultural heritage, raising its total to six.
The first national festival of Dao ethnic culture will take place in the northern mountainous province of Tuyen Quang on September 29 and 30.
Hundreds of international and Vietnamese dancers will perform at International Dance Festival in northern Ninh Bình Province from September 16 to 22. "The festival will be the first international important art and culture event to be held in Ninh Bình Province," said Tống Quang Thìn, the provincial deputy-chairman of People’s Committee and head of the festival organisation.
Researcher and translator Buu Y affirmed that the preservation and promotion of Hue cultural identity was the mission for no other than the young generation, as they were the future owners.
Literature on Hue royal architecture was honored as a world documentary heritage, the third of the Nguyen dynasty which ruled Vietnam between 1802 and 1945. The poems highlight the authors’ pride of Vietnam’s traditions and beautiful scenery.
Despite the death of a buffalo owner at Hải Phòng’s traditional buffalo fighting festival in July, anthropologists and tourism experts argued at a conference that the festival should continue and be promoted to tourists.
Hundreds of youngsters from Vietnam and Laos gathered at the Vietnam Youth Academy in Hanoi, on September 6, to complete a painting honouring the friendship and special solidarity between the two countries.