Việt Nam News

Various aspects of culture and art under the Lý Dynasty (1009-1225) and the importance of preserving its vestiges were discussed at two-day international conference last week.

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The 15th Poetry Day was held on Saturday at the Temple of Literature, Việt Nam's first national university. This year's festival drew huge crowds of poetry lovers and poets to the landmark Hà Nội site.

Every year, thousands of people from all over the country flock to Hải Dương Province to attend solemn rituals and enjoy traditional games of the Côn Sơn-Kiếp Bạc Spring Festival.

Twenty Vietnamese flower artisans are displaying original floral installation works at a new exhibition in Hà Nội to celebrate Valentine’s Day.

Some would visit Bắc Ninh for Lim festival, and some would come to Lim festival for quan họ (love duet). I was among them — coming to Bắc Ninh with the hope to be immersed in its rich quan họ culture — yet the experience was not up to my expectation.

Ten of thousands of people gathered this week at Lim Town in Tiên Du District, Bắc Ninh Province for one of the country’s oldest and largest Spring’s festive events: the Lim Festival.

On occasion of Iranian National Day on Saturday (February 11 2017), Saleh Adibi, Ambassador of the Islamic Republic of Iran, tells the Việt Nam News about his country’s storied history and impressive growth.  

Dozens of young poets will present their works at universities and colleges around HCM City on the night of Feb 11 as part of the opening ceremony for National Poetry Day held on the 15^th day of the first lunar month.

A US radio show aired the poetry of Vietnamese poet Nguyễn Phan Quế Mai this week to commemorate the 15th Poetry Day of Việt Nam that falls on Saturday.

Series cultural activities will take place in the ancient town of Hội An in the annual Nguyên Tiêu (the full moon day of the first lunar month of the year) Festival on Sunday till February 15th.

The Việt Nam National Administration of Tourism has proposed two new tourism packages involving the historical Opera House.

The 15th Việt Nam Poetry Day will open on February 11 at the Văn Miếu Quốc Tử Giám (Temple of Literature) in Hà Nội attracting hundreds of poets.

Vietnamese-French pianist Trí Nguyễn will stage a solo performance in HCM City’s French Culture Exchange Institute (IDECAF) next week.

Located within Núi Chúa National Park in the central province of Ninh Thuận, which is famous for vast green grape gardens and white salt fields, Hang Rái has become an endless inspiration to many photographers who wish to “hunt” the best scenery of dawn by the sea.

The ancient city of Hội An has debuted its Phan Châu Trinh Institute to boost culture and social science research of the central Quảng Nam province, the central and Central Highlands region and Việt Nam as a whole.

The New York Philharmonic will mark the centennial of Leonard Bernstein’s birth with a festival of his works in a season that will also feature John Williams’s music from the Star Wars saga.

Pop superstar Katy Perry on Wednesday unleashed a worldwide scavenger hunt among her millions of online followers as she previewed a new song.