About 40 Kim Hoàng folk paintings will be shown at the Exhibition House on 93 Đinh Tiên Hoàng as a part of a series of cultural activities taking place at the weekend walking street around Hoàn Kiếm Lake from June 15.

 The Forest Protection Department in the central province of Quảng has reported that it has issued a 15-day work suspension notification to six forest rangers.

The annual Spring Calligraphy Festival will be held at the Literature Lake, a part of the Văn Miếu (Temple of Literature) on February 9-25.

A collection of 62 paintings will be displayed at an exhibition of Vietnamese traditional folk art at Đà Nẵng’s Fine Arts Museum from Thursday until February 25.

A wide range of cultural activities to reveal the depth of traditional Tết (Lunar New Year) celebrations will begin at Thăng Long Imperial Citadel from today.

A style of Vietnamese folk art, Hàng Trống, is being given a new lease of life by young designers and artists. Minh Thu reports.

For many years, artwork in the Red River Delta has involved the use of wooden blocks to print the outlines of pictures on paper. Over time, new styles have developed.

The Red River Delta civilisation, original home of the Việt people, has developed strong cultural aspects, such as Bắc Ninh Province’s Đông Hồ folk paintings of babies and farm animals, and Hà Nội’s Hàng Trống woodcuts of heroic figures, such as Trần Hưng Đạo repelling the Mongols.

Statues of traditional sacred animals guarding the gates of temples, pagodas and relics are gradually replacing fiercer looking animals designed in China, but made in Viet Nam.

A group of 52 Chinese were given administrative fines and forced to return to China, the police of Quảng Ninh Province reported.