The biennial cultural event Huế Festival opened on Friday evening, offering stages for performance of international and local performers in different art forms, sustaining the hope of a typical festival city in the future.

The glorious moment in the history of the fight for liberation and independence, the people’s steadfast struggle in the south, and the contributions to the victory from localities nationwide, are vividly reflected at an exhibition opened in Hà Nội.

The HCM City Drama Theatre, one of the region’s leading art troupes, offers its new show, Loạn Chiến Phụng Hoàng Cung (Game of Thrones), that it hopes to entertain local residents during the national Reunification Day (April 30) and Labour Day (May 1).

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Film lovers will have a chance to enjoy selected movies themed on traditional history, revolutionary soldiers, the country’s construction, generations of youth in the war time and renewal period.

The first comedy dance contest in the country has been launched in the central city of Đà Nẵng.

Early morning on Friday, Huế held a worshipping ceremony at the platform used by kings under the Nguyễn Dynasty (1802-1945) to offer prayers to the gods during spring.

This week Ninh Bình has been celebrating its past with an eclectic mix of now and then.

Three dramas by veteran directors of Hà Nội that deal creatively with social issues were recognised with top awards at the National Drama Festival that closed on Wednesday at Quân Đội (Army) Theatre in HCM City.

The exhibition, titled Letters and Diaries of Wartime, introduces 200 letters and diaries, with accompanying pictures, written in the resistance war against the Americans and French.