Slow down and breathe as you watch the documentary film Walk with Me, a contemplative journey that follows the steps of zen master Thích Nhất Hạnh to offer a rare insight into life within a monastic community.
A range of spring festivals are taking place in the north of Vietnam as locals wish for a year full of happiness, health and prosperity.
In a couple more months, Festival Hue 2018 officially starts, promising to bring about new elements with a highlight themed "Hue: one destination - five heritages".
The Vietnam Buddhist Sangha (VBS) has sent an official document to its chapters nationwide asking for giving up the practice of burning votive paper offerings at Buddhist worshiping establishments.
A festival honouring the worship of Tan Vien (the God of the Mountain), one of the Four Immortals in the Vietnamese legend, has been officially listed as one of Vietnam’s national intangible cultural heritage.
Northern Hai Duong province on February 23 hosted a “khai but” ceremony, a Vietnamese tradition of starting a piece of calligraphy or drawing to celebrate the New Year, at a temple dedicated to the nation’s renowned teacher Chu Van An, in Chi Linh township.
A spring festival will be held at the Vietnam National Village for Ethnic Culture and Tourism in Hanoi on February 24-25 to promote the rich and diverse cultures of ethnic groups across the country and strengthen national unity.
The Tich Dien (Ploughing Festival), an annual festival held on the seventh day of the Lunar New Year to pray for a year of bumper harvests, opened in the Red River Delta province of Ha Nam on February 22.
The Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism and local authorities have pledged to join forces to boost the management and organisation of cultural festivities across the country, with the aim to prevent commercialisation and distortion of history.
According to UNESCO and many of the world’s countries, the tangible and intangible cultural heritages of all nations are seen as ‘special properties’ of human civilisation with are of great value and should be promoted over time.