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 Con Son Festival: March 3-8 (lunar January 18 - 23)
 Jewelry Trade Festival: March 22-24 (Lunar February 7 - 9)
 Avalokita Bodhisattva Festival: March 25 (lunar February 10)
 Da Trach Temple Festival: March 25 - 28 (lunar February 10 - 13)
 Da Trach Temple Festival: March 25 - 28 (lunar February 10 - 13)
 Voi Phuc (the elephants in a kneeling position) Temple Festival: March 26 (lunar February 11)
 Bach Ma Temple Festival: March 27 - 28 (lunar February 12 - 13)
 Bat Trang Village's Festival: March 30 - April 6 (lunar February 15 - 22)
 Dinh Mai Festival: February 3 (lunar December 20)
 Quynh Village Festival: January 10 (lunar December 27)
 Khe Thuong Village Festival: February 12 - 16 (lunar December 29 - January 3)
 Tet Nguyen Dan (traditional Lunar New Year’s Festival): February 14-16 (lunar January 1 - 3)
 Dong Da Festival: February 18 (lunar January 5)
 Giong Festival (Soc Son Temple Festival): February 19 - 21 (lunar January 6 - 8)
 Huong Pagoda Festival: February 19 – April 28 (lunar January 6 - March 15)
 Lim Festival (Love duet singing festival): February 22-25 (lunar January 9 - 12)
 My Duong Festival: January 31 (lunar December 17)
 Ngoc Xuyen Village Festival: January 20 (lunar December 6)
Arts
Preserving the Nation’s Musical Soul

Artist Duc Dau is the proud owner of one of the largest collections of Vietnamese musical instruments in Ho Chi Minh City and a stop at his home to study the collection is included on the itinerary of many tourists to the city.

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Comic Book Artist Vinh Khoa

During 30 years of living and working in Belgium, painter Vinh Khoa often became nostalgic for his homeland, hence he has produced many comic books featuring his beloved country of Vietnam.

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Countryside in Tran Lang’s Paintings

With urbanization rapidly taking place everywhere, the visual memories of village cultural spaces that are gradually disappearing are becoming more precious and rare, especially for those who love travelling, discovering and learning about Vietnam’s ancient culture.

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Unique Paintings Made from Tree Roots

Khuc Toai villagers in Khuc Xuyen Commune, Bac Ninh City (Bac Ninh Province) have long been famous for their traditional craft of carpentry. In recent years they have also become known for the special fine arts products made from the roots of dead or excavated trees that are much sought after by both domestic and foreign customers.

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Kim Son with “Moc” Photo Exhibition

Vietnam Pictorial (VNP) photojournalist Kim Son opened his first private exhibition titled “Moc”. Containing 60 photographs, “Moc” highlights Son’s well being and sensitive soul.

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Colours of Hoi An

Hanoi native Vu Trong Anh is keen on seeing every centimetre of the ancient, mossy streets of Hoi An, a world cultural heritage site and travelling to the suburbs where rows of coconut palms are reflected in rivers and green vegetable and paddy fields are abundant.. He sometimes finds his source of inspiration for paintings in My Son Sanctuary and the villages in Quang Nam Province.

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A Folk Dance of Thang Long Land

Long before Thang Long, present-day Hanoi, covered such a vast area, its boundaries were surrounded by many villages, such as Trieu Khuc (in Thanh Tri District), Hao Nam (Dong Da) and Nhat Tan (Tay Ho). The people in these villages performed a folk dance, widely known by the local people as Bong. As Hanoi expanded and these villages became part of the city, they maintained the distinctive dance.

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Stone carvings of President Ho Chi Minh

Thirty stone carvings of the late President Ho Chi Minh made by artisan Trieu Hoang Giang in Son Vi Commune, Lam Thao District, Phu Tho Province (north Vietnam) which took over ten years to complete, are not only unique art works, but also valuable documents of historical significance about the beloved President of Vietnam.

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Painter Chau Giang - Story of Faces

Under any theme Chau Giang’s paintings always describe the fate of people with contradictions and complicated innermost feelings; the bright and the dark, the good and the bad in each person.

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: :  Published stories
.:: Images of Fansipan and Ha Long Bay (4/2010)
.:: "The Living Gems" of Hue Court Music (3/2010)
.:: Dong Ho Paintings Made from Butterfly Wings (3/2010)
.:: Do Ky Hoang’s Lacquer Paintings (3/2010)
.:: Vietnamese Traits in Pham Luc’s Paintings (2/2010)
.:: A Concert of Bamboo, Wind and Water (2/2010)
.:: Lacquer Paintings by Nguyen Ngoc Dung (1/2010)
.:: Silver Craft in Dinh Cong (12/2009)
.:: Painter Le Anh Van - Dreams of the Old Countryside(12/2009)
.:: Vietnamese Dramas Spoken in English (11/2009)
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In brief
.:: Professor Ngo Bao Chau won prestigious Fields Medal
.:: Thang Long Royal Citadel recognized as a world heritage site
World Economic Forum on East Asia 2010
.:: Vietnam organizes festival on photo, documentaries and TV reportages on ASEAN
.:: Vietnam strongly condemns two suicide bombings in Moscow
.:: Vietnam requests China immediately releases Vietnamese fishermen caught illegally
US National Geographic Society (NGS) prints "Paracel Islands" on its maps
Foreign Ambassadors and Charge d'affaires offering incense at Do Temple
.:: Active contributions to the building of an ASEAN Community in 2015
.:: National Geographic Society explains “Hoang Sa” denoting
.:: US Human Rights Report on the situation in Vietnam is not objective
.:: US-based National Geographic Society was wrong in publishing the world map
.:: Vietnam urges the US to do more for overcoming war aftermath
.:: Prime Minister appoints three new deputy ministers
.:: Vietnamese leaders seeks more German ODA
.:: Vietnam actively implements foreign news service
.:: Doctor steles in Van Mieu – Quoc Tu Giam win UNESCO documentary heritage status
The 17th APEC Summit: APEC members highly appreciate Vietnam’s recommendations
.:: Vietnam is among the most peaceful countries
.:: Samsung opens a mobile phone factory in Vietnam
President Ho Chi Minh

DIEN BIEN PHU VICTORY

Memories of 30 April

Hanoi-Millennial history

UN DAY OF VESAK - VIETNAM 2008

Agent Orange/Dioxin Lawsuit