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Spring gathering promotes Vietnamese culture, community solidarity in RoK

Rest Home for Artists renovated before Tết

Residents living in the HCM City Rest Home for Artists in District 8 will have a happy Tết (Lunar New Year) after the house renovation is completed this month.

City publishing house to reprint author Ánh’s best-selling books

HCM City-based Trẻ (Youth) Publishing House has signed a five-year copyright deal with best-selling author Nguyễn Nhật Ánh, one of Việt Nam's most prolific children's book writers.

HCM City’s Book Street celebrates 5th birthday

A series of cultural and art programmes will be organised at HCM City Book Street to celebrate the street’s 5th anniversary on January 9, and promote the reading habit among the community.

Famous writer opens his first art exhibition in Hà Nội

Fifty-three paintings by Nguyễn Quang Thiều, president of the Vietnamese Writers' Association, are on display in his first solo exhibition Flutist at the Việt Nam University of Fine Arts in Hà Nội.

With COVID-19 under control, VN tourism sector banks on domestic travel

2020’s tourism revenues were estimated at VNĐ312 trillion, equal to only 58.7 per cent of 2019’s figure.

Bana ethnic community celebrates new crop

Celebrating a new harvest season is one of the biggest events of the year for the Bana ethnic minority community in the Central Highlands region.

Miss Golf Vietnam 2021 starts

The first Miss Golf Vietnam 2021 kicked off in HCM City on Thursday, with the aim of conveying basic to advanced knowledge about golf, while contributing to the promotion and development of the sport in the country.

Art performance to be held for charity

The event is expected to receive about VNĐ100 billion (US$4.3 million) from philanthropists.

Central city gets two more National Treasures

Two sandstone statues – Ganesha and Gajasimha – which are on display at the Chăm Sculpture Museum in the central city – have been recognised as National Treasures following a Prime Minister’s decision.

Music researcher Nguyễn Vĩnh Bảo dies aged 103

Bảo made significant contributions to researching, preserving and developing traditional music, particularly tài tử music.

Record breaker Tùng Dương wins big at music awards

Singer Tùng Dương won three awards at the 16th Devotion Music Award organised Vietnam News Agency's Thể Thao Văn Hóa (Sports & Culture) daily.

Seven special sites, 24 artifacts recognised as national treasures

Prime Minister Nguyễn Xuân Phúc recently issued a decision to recognise seven monuments as special national sites.

HBSO hosts New Year’s concert 2021

The HCM City Ballet Symphony Orchestra and Opera (HBSO) will launch a concert featuring dance, arias, and orchestral works from well-known operas to welcome the New Year at the city's Opera House on January 9.

Sơn La combines tourism and agriculture

The northern province of Sơn La has formed organic fruit planting areas combined with tourism services.

Film screening of Mozart’s opera Così fan tutte to be held

A film screening of the comic opera Così fan tutte (All Women Do the Same), staged by the UK’s Royal Opera House in 2010, will be held at Culture Café Salon on January 10.

Jarai artists sing and tell indigenous tales

Manzi will host a special night of music and discussions featuring two Jarai ethnicity artists tomorrow.

Vietnamese traditional and contemporary music night

Đông Kinh Cổ Nhạc (Ancient Music Group of Tonkin) will team up together with Hanoi New Music Ensemble to present a traditional and contemporary music night tomorrow at L’Espace.

Vietnamese films to compete for cinemagoers during Tết

Tết or Lunar New Year Festival is the golden time for Vietnamese cinema, as new films compete fiercely for the holiday crowds.

Micha makes a journey of a lifetime

After seeing his colleague lose the fight for life and die of cancer at the age of just 63, Micha Richard realised that life was indeed very short.

HCM City marathon calls for participants

The Salonpas HCM City Marathon 2021 is calling for participants. The event will be launched by the city’s Department of Culture and Sports and its partners on January 17.