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    The craft village that earns living by hammering in the capital

    Despite the rapid pace of urbanization, craftsmen in the outskirt district of Hanoi are still striving to preserve their hundred-year-old traditional trade.

    Hoi An pedestrian neighborhood stops tourist activities in a week for Tet

    Hoi An City in central Vietnam has stopped tourist activities in the Hoi An pedestrian neighborhood for the Tet (Lunar New Year) holiday.

    Why Vietnam is celebrating the Year of the Cat, not the Rabbit

    As China gears up to welcome the Year of the Rabbit, Lunar New Year looks slightly different in Vietnam, where the Year of the Cat is about to begin.

    Nguyen Hue Flower Street in Ho Chi Minh City opens

    The Ho Chi Minh City People’s Committee on Thursday evening held a ceremony to open the Nguyen Hue Flower Street, which is organized annually to celebrate the Lunar New Year (Tet) holiday and is now in its 20th year.

    Vietnamese UN peacekeeping doctors organize spring festival in South Sudan

    Vietnam’s level-2 field hospital No. 4 under the United Nations peacekeeping mission in South Sudan held the first-ever spring festival to celebrate the 2023 Lunar New Year with several activities to introduce the Vietnamese holiday to international friends on Saturday night.

    Can Tho’s tourism area, buckwheat flower farm crowded on the first day of Lunar New Year

    The Con Son community tourism area and a buckwheat flower farm in Can Tho City, Vietnam’s Mekong Delta, received a large number of visitors on Sunday, the first day of the 2023 Lunar New Year.

    Traditional ploughing festival held to pray for bumper crops

    The traditional Tich dien (ploughing) festival took place in Tien Son commune of Duy Tien town, the northern province of Ha Nam, on January 28 (the seventh day of the first lunar month) to pray for bumper harvests and prosperity.

    Festival of folk games for children

    Lionbooks Children's Bookstore has organized a Tet program in Hanoi to bring children and their families to an attractive playground of 20 folk games and activities.

    Muong ethnic girl keen to introduce int’l audience to Xam folk singing

    With a passion for traditional Vietnamese culture, singer Nguyen Thi Ngoc Ha, alias Ha Myo, has become famous for combining Xam, a type of ballad sung by wandering blind musicians, with rap and electronic music whilst performing modern choreography.

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