Two exhibitions introducing photos of Italian and Vietnamese landscapes, with the aim to raise understanding and respect for the living environment and the sense of protecting the living environment under the impacts of climate change, will be held at the Vietnam Museum of Ethnology from July 23 to August 23.
With its unique and rare values, in 2016, literature on Hue royal architecture was recognized as a world documentary heritage of the Asia-Pacific region. Since then, this heritage has been carefully preserved and promoted by Hue Monuments Conservation Center.
The nation’s largest music event, the Monsoon Music Festival (MMF), is set to participate in the ASEAN Music Showcase Festival 2021 as one of newcomers alongside Cambodia, in an event which will be held virtually between September 11 and September 13.
A draft project on “Promoting value and building Hue folk singing into a unique cultural tourism product in 2020-2025” has been granted approval by the People’s Commitee of the central province of Thua Thien-Hue.
The Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism has recently approved a project on building a national brand on cultural tourism from the end of 2020. Cultural tourism can be considered a basic tourist product in Vietnam. However, in order to position and raise the brand, there is still much work to be done, especially in the context that the tourism industry is being heavily affected by the COVID-19 epidemic.
Experts of Vietnam and the Archaeological Survey of India team have been accelerating the implementation of a project to conserve and repair tower-temples of Group A at the My Son World Cultural Heritage Site in the central province of Quang Nam.
An art space highlighting ‘Do’ (Poonah) paper was inaugurated in Hanoi by painter Vu Thai Binh, who established his fame by working with the traditional material.
An online concert connecting musicians from Việt Nam, Germany, France and Ghana will be held on July 17.
Archaeological exploration and excavation work at three ancient pagodas in the northern province of Hải Dương has been licensed by the Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism.
In the past few years, delegations visiting the Truong Sa (Spratly) archipelago have often encountered images of women on the islands of Truong Sa, Song Tu Tay and Sinh Ton, with their charming conical hats, waving from the jetty. It was surprising to discover that these are Sai Nga conical hats which were sent as a gift from Cam Khe District (Phu Tho).