Tết Nguyên Đán (Traditional Lunar New Year) is the biggest among traditional festivals for the Vietnamese people. Today, many ancient customs are still practised in the former royal capital. Many people ask the same question: How was the Lunar New Year organised by the Nguyễn kings in the past?

Trần Phương My, creative director of her brand PHUONG MY, will present her fall/winter collection “Sayonara” at New York Fashion Week (NYFW) 2019 in the US on February 12.

More than 80 precious items carved with dragons and phoenixes are on display in the former imperial capital city of Huế to celebrate 25 years since UNESCO awarded the title of World Heritage Site to the complex of monuments in the city.

Traditional long dresses for men are slowly coming back into fashion.

This is thanks to a men’s group whose members wear them and hope that other men will do so too.

Hoping the next generation will follow suit

Traditional long dress for men are being revived thanks to the enthusiasm of a club in Hà Nội. Unlike women's traditional long dress, the men's version has experienced various ups and downs. Lê Hương & Hồng Vân explore.

Trần Phương My is fast establishing a reputation as an emerging international designer with luxury designs that are elegant, modern and feminine. 

Around 40 artefacts that were used by royal members of the Nguyễn Dynasty (1802-1945) are on display at the Lâm Đồng provincial museum.

The Vietnamese Government and people always give top priority to cooperative relations with Japan and will do their best to elevate the ties to new heights for interests of the two countries’ people and for peace and prosperity in the region and in the world, said Prime Minister Nguyễn Xuân Phúc.

A group of Indian and Vietnamese archaeologists discovered an ancient road underground and some vestiges at the Mỹ Sơn sanctuary in central Quảng Nam Province while undertaking excavation and repair work since mid April.

President Trần Đạii Quang has affirmed Việt Nam’s consistent policy of continuing to regard Japan as its leading and long-term partner.