Việt Nam News

A large-scale spring festival featuring flowers exhibitions, arts and martial arts performances, folk games and vegetarian food will be held for the first time at the Khai Nguyên Pagoda in Hà Nội’s Sơn Tây provincial town.

Tết (Lunar New Year) tours have seen a strong growth this year, according to HCM City-base travel agents. 

The 15th Việt Nam Poem Day will be held on February 11 at the Temple of Literature in Hà Nội. However, there will be some differences from last year.

Nguyễn Huệ Flower Street, a popular attraction during Tết (Lunar New Year), opened last night (January 25) in HCM City, two days before the festival.

 A dragon and lion dance competition in the southern province of Vĩnh Long has found its winners following two days of celebration on January 23 and 24.

The Cửu Long (Mekong) Delta province of Cần Thơ on Tuesday (January 24) opened the Đinh Dậu flower street to celebrate the Tết (Lunar New Year) festival.

Striking colours, especially red, are believed to ward off evil spirits and bring good fortune. But this year, donning colourful clothes could be seen as disrespectful in a country where many are still wearing black, white or grey as a sign of mourning for King Bhumibol Adulyadej, who died on October 13 last year.

Voting members of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences gave nods to six black actors, including two-time Oscar winner Denzel Washington in the best actor category for his performance in Fences, an adaptation of a play about a working-class African American family in 1950s Pittsburgh.

The colourful and noisy Unicorn/Lion/Dragon Dance, a Vietnamese traditional custom, is usually performed on festivals and major occasions, particularly during Tết (Lunar New Year). 

Lịch Sử Thư Pháp Việt Nam (The History of Vietnamese Calligraphy), a book by 31-year-old researcher Nguyễn Sử, has just been published by Nhã Nam Books.

The Spring Newspaper Fair officially opened in Đà Nẵng’s library on Bạch Đằng street this week, displaying special Tết (lunar New Year) issues of newspapers and magazines.

With companies such as Grab or Uber, it’s never been easier to summon a motorbike taxi (xe ôm).

Over 200 beautiful peach trees in full blossom are on display at the Peach Flower Festival, which is being held for the first time in the northern province of Lạng Sơn.

As a decades-long Vietnamese tradition, the calligraphy markets in HCM City have attracted locals and tourists looking for works that will bring them happiness, success, wealth and health.

Voting members of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences gave nods to six black actors, including two-time Oscar winner Denzel Washington in the best actor category for his performance in Fences, an adaptation of a play about a working-class African American family in 1950s Pittsburgh.

Striking colours, especially red, are believed to ward off evil spirits and bring good fortune. But this year, donning colourful clothes could be seen as disrespectful in a country where many are still wearing black, white or grey as a sign of mourning for King Bhumibol Adulyadej, who died on October 13 last year.

Đầm Sen Cultural Park will host a hot-air balloon festival from January 28 to February 4.

The Tết book street 2017 will be held from January 30 to February 5 (from the third to the ninth of the first lunar month) at Lê Thạch Street and the wind instrument house in Lý Thái Tổ flower garden, next to Hoàn Kiếm Lake.