Famed designer Đỗ Trịnh Hoài Nam has introduced a new collection of áo dài (Vietnamese traditional dress) inspired by the world natural wonder in Việt Nam – Hạ Long Bay – at a recent fashion event in California, US.
Paintings featuring landscapes, villages, rivers and flowers by a group of artists are on display at the HCM City Fine Arts’ Association.
There a plenty of cats popping up of all shapes and sizes as Vietnam gets ready for the Year of the Cat. A competition is underway between locations to determine the best feline statue in the country. What’s your favourite from our selection?
The new version of the 2023 Devotion Award has been introduced with some remarkable changes. Among them are a new category to honour people in the field of sport and a new way of voting in which the audience's online ballots can decide five of the nine categories available. These changes have received much attention from experts and the media. Music producer Nguyễn Hữu Vượng and journalist Lê Vũ Quang Đức talk with Thể thao & Văn hóa (Sport and Culture) about the changes.
In the last days of the lunar year, it’s cold, dry and sunny. One can feel the spring atmosphere overwhelming the streets of Hà Nội with endless streams of vehicles. Here and there, bright colours of peach blossoms and kumquat bonsai seem to remind people of an approaching Tết (Lunar New Year). In gardens near the Hồng (Red) River in Nhật Tân area, the spring atmosphere can be seen more obviously.
The 15-minute shows will start at midnight on Lunar New Year’s Eve which falls on January 21 in various locations in major cities.
The first thing the tourism sector should do is to have immediate measures to attract Chinese tourists, to handle the wrongdoings in serving this market as well as improve the quality of services to create good impression on them, which helps to develop this important market in a sustainable way.
These dishes range from steamed crab with beer or coconut juice to roasted crab with tamarind and salt, and even crab hotpot and tapioca (thick Vietnamese noodles made from tapioca flour or a mixture of rice and tapioca flour) noodle soup.
Hà Nội Old Quarter these days are more burstling with various activities featuring traditional customs & rituals for traditional lunar new year of three regions.
Sơn Đoòng, located in the Phong Nha-Kẻ Bàng National Park, has captured the international spotlight since it was opened to tourists in 2013.
It showcases works by four well-known artists: Ngô Anh Cơ, Nguyễn Quốc Huy, Hồ Nam and Trần Nam Tước.
The central province will host the biennial Huế Festival with series performance and demonstration activities through the year of 2023 – the year in celebration of the 30th anniversary of the UNESCO-recognised world heritage on the Huế Monument complex and the 20th anniversary of the world Intangible heritage of the
The culture and lifestyle of Bình Dương Province are featured in a new collection of áo dài (Vietnamese traditional long dress) by fashion designer and poet Huệ Thi.
Well-known flower villages in the Cửu Long (Mekong) Delta are ready to provide various varieties of flowers and ornamental trees for Tết (Lunar New Year), which falls on January 22 this year.
Cox's Bazar beach is one of the most famous destinations for tourists in Bangladesh. The beach offers its visitors beautiful sea view and landscape, delicious seafood and a paradise for shoppers.
Vietnamese people have long raised cats for practical reasons to keep their houses rodent-free, but with improved living standards comes rising demand for a more diverse range of breeds. Today, cat lovers regularly gather in communities to share experience in raising their beloved pets.
Visitors to the capital can enjoy a 120-minute night tour, which begins at 6 pm every Tuesday and Thursday, or during a pre-booked tour schedule.
The Devotion Awards 2023 with 12 nominees, which feature music and sport, were launched by the Vietnam News Agency daily Thể Thao và Văn Hoá (Sport and Culture) on January 4.
