Artist

Artisan revives Xẩm for a new generation

Sunday, Mar 15, 2026

Director of the UNESCO Hà Nội Traditional Arts Centre Tạ Hạnh has spent years collecting songs, reviving forgotten repertoire and teaching free classes so that the centuries-old folk tradition can continue to resonate with younger generations.

Sports

Festival wrestling must put safety first

Saturday, Mar 14, 2026

Voices from within the wrestling community and from cultural experts converge on one point: safety must be non-negotiable.

Life & Style

Spring surge as Việt Nam’s festivals fuse tradition with tech

Sunday, Mar 08, 2026

Spring festivals are more than entertainment: they are living memory, community glue, and a way for each generation to learn the values and stories of their ancestors.

Life & Style

Project revives traditional horse toy for modern kids

Tuesday, Feb 24, 2026

The return of this traditional toy not only awakens the nostalgia of Vietnamese childhood but also revives cultural values that seem to have faded away.

Life & Style

Worshipping Kitchen Gods: traditional ritual celebrating the beginning of Tết

Tuesday, Feb 10, 2026

The worshipping of Land Genie and Kitchen Gods carries wishes for a new year of peace, harmony, and prosperous business.

Life & Style

Cherished flowers from green papaya

Sunday, Jul 06, 2025

Nguyễn Thị Thu, 52, is one of the few remaining individuals who continue to pursue and preserve the traditional art of making flowers from green papayas in Hà Nội.

News

Kon Tum strives to preserve Rông house

Friday, Apr 04, 2025

The Tây Nguyên (Central Highlands) Province of Kon Tum has built a new Rông house, a variation of stilt houses unique to the region, as part of efforts to preserve ethnic people’s cultural values and promote tourism.

News

Unusual seated tug-of-war ceremony at the Trấn Vũ temple festival

Tuesday, Apr 01, 2025

The uniqueness of this ritual lies in the participants sitting on the ground while pulling. They alternate between sitting with their legs bent and stretched, facing each other across the rope.

Life & Style

Visitors enjoy Thai environment and lifestyle at festival in Hà Nội,

Saturday, Mar 29, 2025

A mini version of Thailand will be found through a Thai Festival entitled Creative Thailand: The Pulse of Tradition which was officially open on March 28 night at the Hà Nội''s Imperial Citadel of Thăng Long.

Life & Style

Khmer brocade weavers breathe new life into centuries-old craft

Monday, Mar 10, 2025

Khmer brocade weavers in Văn Giáo commune, Tịnh Biên township in the Mekong Delta province of An Giang have been focusing on production linkages and skill enhancement, aiming to meet OCOP standards.

Heritage

From paint to print: Đông Hồ goes 3D

Sunday, Feb 16, 2025

A group of students from Hà Nội Architectural University has breathed new life into figures in Đông Hồ folk paintings—such as the boy herding buffalo or the mother pig feeding her piglets—using 3D technology.

Show

Cải lương plays on traditional culture staged for Tết

Friday, Jan 24, 2025

Theatre artists of HCM City are performing in new experimental plays featuring Southern culture and costumes during the Tết (Lunar New Year) festival. 

News

Scholar’s new book set for mid-May launch in Hà Nội

Monday, May 09, 2016

Vietnamese cultural researcher and author Hữu Ngọc’s latest book entitled Việt Nam: Tradition and Change will be launched in Hà Nội.

News

Best VN books of the year awarded

Tuesday, Sep 29, 2015

The best books of 2015 were announced at the Good Books Awards, held in HCM City on Sunday.

News

VN wood engraving expo opens in Tokyo

Monday, Jun 08, 2015

An exhibition entitled Vietnamese Wood-Engraving Art from Tradition to Modern has just opened in Tokyo.