The HCMC People’s Committee has sent a formal proposal to the Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism about approving the first ranking for its two museums.
“When my shop opened, I saw tourists from different countries. There is cultural interference with traditional costumes of other countries. It’s like a fashion catwalk including South Korean hanbok, Japanese kimono, Indian kurta, Chinese cheongsam and Vietnamese ‘ao dai’ (Viet Nam's traditional long gown). This gives me creative inspiration to bring into applications in life”, Ms. Phan Ngoc Xuan Thao, the founder of the fashion brand Miuk Style at 96 Tran Phu, Da Nang, proudly shared about her fate in the fashion design profession.
Diverse activities such as art performances and folk games will be held at annual Tet celebrations at the Vietnam Museum of Ethnology in Ha Noi will take place from February 2 to 18.
Tien Pagoda, situated in the Lao Ngoai hamlet, Phu Nghia commune, Lac Thuy district, Hoa Binh province annually hosts a traditional festival of the Muong ethnic community. The big event commences on the fourth day of the new lunar year and lasts until the end of the third lunar month.
Bau Truc pottery village is located in Phuoc Dan townlet, Ninh Phuoc district in the South-central coastal province of Ninh Thuan. It is also known as one of the oldest pottery villages in Southeast Asia.
The newly restored ancient French-style mansion on 49 Tran Hang Dao Street - 46 Hang Bai Street opened to the public at the weekend.
To preserve and promote their culture, artisans, village chiefs, and other interested people in Lai Chau province have organized classes to teach the language of their ethnic group. The village chiefs have also documented folk songs, folk dances, and customs in order to introduce them to a wider community.
The temple of Ba Chua Xu, the Holy Mother of the Realm, is located at the foot of Sam moutain in Chau Doc city, An Giang province. This is a famous spiritual tourism destination in Vietnam’s southwestern region recently recognized by the Vietnam-India Economic and Cultural Exchange Forum as an “Exemplary Asia-Pacific Spiritual Tourism Destination”.
The northern province of Ninh Binh is expected to celebrate a decade of being recognised as a world cultural and natural heritage by UNESCO with a wide range of activities taking place throughout the year.
Da Nang has a total of 9 national treasures, all of which are preserved and displayed at the Museum of Cham Sculpture.