Vietnamese film wins highest award at Asian Film Festival in Italy
Vietnamese film wins highest award at Asian Film Festival in Italy

“Ben trong vo ken vang” (Inside the Yellow Cocoon Shell) by Vietnamese director Pham Thien An has won the best feature film award at the 21st Asian Film Festival held in Rome, Italy.

Vietnamese film wins highest award at Asian Film Festival in Italy
Lang Son province seeks global status for local geopark
Lang Son province seeks global status for local geopark

A dossier has been built by the People’s Committee of the northern mountainous province of Lang Son to seek the UNESCO recognition of Lang Son Geopark as a global one.

Lang Son province seeks global status for local geopark
Fireworks display lights up night sky of ancestral land
Fireworks display lights up night sky of ancestral land

VOV.VN - Visitors and residents of northern Phu Tho province dubbed the land of ancestors were enthralled by a spectacular fireworks display that lit up local sky on April 17 evening in commemorate of Hung Kings, the founders of the Vietnamese nation.

Fireworks display lights up night sky of ancestral land
Trang An Landscape Complex promoted on Google Arts & Culture
Trang An Landscape Complex promoted on Google Arts & Culture

VOV.VN - Google Arts & Culture debuted an online exhibition on April 18 showcasing the Trang An Landscape Complex in Vietnam’s northern Ninh Binh province to mark its 10th anniversary of UNESCO recognition as a World Cultural and Natural Heritage Site.

Trang An Landscape Complex promoted on Google Arts & Culture
Hung Kings’ Death Anniversary: convergence of Vietnamese cultural values
Hung Kings’ Death Anniversary: convergence of Vietnamese cultural values

VOV.VN - For every Vietnamese person, the Hung Kings’ Temple Festival, also known as the Hung Kings’ Death Anniversary, has become a spiritual symbol, providing a sense of origin, and the convergence of the national cultural identity and values.

Hung Kings’ Death Anniversary: convergence of Vietnamese cultural values
Book series about General Giap released in Vietnamese, foreign languages
Book series about General Giap released in Vietnamese, foreign languages

A book series titled “Vo Nguyen Giap – The People's General” with a Vietnamese version and five bilingual versions made debut at an event held in the northwestern province of Dien Bien on April 17, on the occasion of the 70th anniversary of the Dien Bien Phu Victory.

Book series about General Giap released in Vietnamese, foreign languages
Traditional cake making contest commemorates Hung Kings - nation’s founders
Traditional cake making contest commemorates Hung Kings - nation’s founders

VOV.VN - A contest of making Banh Chung (square glutinous rice cake), and Banh Giay (round glutinous rice cake) was launched in the northern province of Phu Tho on April 16 ahead of the Hung Kings Temple Festival 2024.

Traditional cake making contest commemorates Hung Kings - nation’s founders
Vietnam prioritises the protection of intangible cultural heritage
Vietnam prioritises the protection of intangible cultural heritage

Vietnam will prioritise the protection of intangible cultural heritage at risk of fading away or being lost, and those of ethnic communities living in far-flung areas, according a newly-issued Government decree.

Vietnam prioritises the protection of intangible cultural heritage
100 local and foreign artists to perform for free at jazz music festival
100 local and foreign artists to perform for free at jazz music festival

VOV.VN - More than 100 domestic and foreign artists are set to take part in the first international jazz festival to be held in the southcentral province of Khanh Hoa later this month.

100 local and foreign artists to perform for free at jazz music festival
Logo for Dien Bien Phu Victory’s 70th anniversary approved
Logo for Dien Bien Phu Victory’s 70th anniversary approved

The Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism on April 15 approved the logo to be used in all communications activities for the 70th anniversary of the Dien Bien Phu Victory.

Logo for Dien Bien Phu Victory’s 70th anniversary approved