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Many new activities will be held during the Vietnam Poetry Day at Hanoi's Thang Long Imperial Citadel next month.

The Asian Football Confederation (AFC) has published an article titled “Park Hang-seo: A lasting legacy”, to honour the Korean coach after his magical five year journey with the Vietnamese men’s football team.

A ceremony was held at the Hue Imperial Relic Site in the central province of Thua Thien-Hue’s Hue City on January 28 (the seventh day of the first lunar month) to take down the Neu pole (a tall bamboo pole with red garment strips used to ward off evil spirits during the lunar New Year) and open the New Year seal.

The traditional Tich dien (ploughing) festival took place in Tien Son commune of Duy Tien town, the northern province of Ha Nam, on January 28 (the seventh day of the first lunar month) to pray for bumper harvests and prosperity.

Apart from peach flower and marumi kumquat, Vietnamese, especially southerners, often celebrate the Tet (Lunar New Year) festival with yellow apricot blossom (Ochna integerrima) that symbolises good luck, wealth, good health, happiness and love.

Hanoi’s Duong Lam ancient village, renowned for its unique houses built with wooden frames and fortified with laterites, still preserves typical features of old villages in the Red River Delta.

Young local boxer Nguyen Thi Ngoc Tran enjoyed a wonderful day by beating her Kazakh opponent in the semifinals of the 2023 Asian U22 Boxing Championship to earn a place in the finals for the first time.

Keo Pagoda, built in 1632 in the Le Dynasty, is one of the oldest in Vietnam where ancient architecture has been preserved.

The confluence of three ethnicities in the Mekong Delta province of Soc Trang, that of the Kinh, the Hoa and the Khmer, makes it a great place to discover the beauty of different cultures and observe distinct customs.

The Nine Dynastic Urns, built in late 1835 and completed in early 1837, was recognised as a national treasure in 2012, and considered the most valuable bronze objects in Vietnam.

(CPV) - Traditional markets, or kermis, are a cultural feature that has existed for a long time in all regions in Vietnam. In particular, kermis is said to be the convergence of the cultural quintessence of the ethnic minorities in the highlands. Kermis was born when people produced an excess of wealth and wanted to exchange earned wealth for things necessary for daily living and storage.

The Spring Book Street Festival opened on the evening of January 19 with the theme of "Ho Chi Minh City - Happy and prosperous” to welcome the Lunar New Year, known locally as Tet.

Nguyen Hue Flower Street, themed “Ho Chi Minh City - Safe and prosperous Spring”, officially opened on January 19 (the 27th day of the last lunar month), to welcome the Lunar Year of the Cat 2023.

(CPV) A variety of festival and cultural activities will be held in many provinces and cities nationwide on the occasion of Tet.

16 French films, including 11 long films and five short films, with Vietnamese subtitles, will be screened online for free on the occasion of welcoming lunar New Year 2023. These films have never been shown in Vietnam.

The Central Highlands province of Lam Dong is a land which contains rich and unique cultural heritage resources with many customs, practices, brocade colors, architectural art, and folk cultural festivals of 47 ethnic groups. In particular, the traditional cultural resources of the indigenous peoples are strongly attractive for domestic and foreign tourists.

In the context of international integration, globalization and the Fourth Industrial Revolution, in order for culture to become the spiritual foundation and orientation of the country's development in the 2021-2030 period, our Party has determined to build an advanced Vietnamese culture imbued with national identity so that Vietnamese culture and people truly become an endogenous force, a driving force for national development and national defense.

Zèng weaving is a typical traditional profession of the Ta Oi people in A Luoi district, the central province of Thua Thien Hue province. With a passion for her profession, artisan Mai Thi Hop is a typical example in maintaining, promoting and bringing traditional zèng weaving products to the world.

According to People’s Committee of Hoan Kiem district, pedestrian streets around Hoan Kiem lake at the heart of Hanoi will suspend activities during the Lunar New Year (Tet) festival from January 20 (or the 29th day of the last lunar month).

A festival to promote the beauty of peach flowers, the landscape and the people and culture of the northern province of Lang Son has taken in the locality for Tet (Lunar New Year).

76 outstanding art works including lacquers, oil paints, acrylics and coloured wood carvings, which were selected from hundreds of entries from 900 applications, are on display at an art exhibition entitled “Draw the Cats” opened at Temple of Literature on January 17 to welcome the upcoming Lunar New Year 2023 – the Year of the Cat.

Paintings, photos and documents on the Party and President Ho Chi Minh at Duc Thanh relic site where he had taught before he left the country to seek ways for national salvation are on display at an exhibition which has opened in the central province of Binh Thuan.

Spring Book Street 2023 is taking place at the December 19 Street (also known as Book Street) in Hanoi from January 16 to January 29 (the 25th of the 12th lunar month in 2022 to the 8th of the first lunar month in 2023).

A postage stamp collection on the Paris Agreement on Ending the War and Restoring Peace in Vietnam (Paris Peace Accords) will be issued on January 27, also the date on which the document was reached five decades ago.

A ceremony to re-create a traditional Tet with a royal style pole has taken place at Hue Imperial Citadel in the central province of Thua Thien – Hue.

The spring calligraphy festival 2023 has opened at the Temple of Literature in Hanoi to uphold the spirit of learning among younger generation and respect for educators.

The three-day highland Tet market of Huong Hoa mountainous district, the central province of Quang Tri has taken place in the locality to promote the local culture and agricultural products, serving the shopping needs of the people in the area during the Lunar New Year 2023.

Foreign ambassadors, officials from diplomatic agencies and international organisations as well as tourists have explored Vietnamese Tet in Duong Lam ancient village in Hanoi's outlying district of Son Tay.

The Hue Monuments Conservation Center hosted a ceremony on January 14 at Hue Imperial Citadel (Dai Noi) in the central province of Thue Thien-Hue as part of efforts to re-create a traditional Tet with a royal style pole ceremony.

Foreign ambassadors, officials from diplomatic agencies and international organisations as well as tourists gathered in Duong Lam ancient village in Hanoi's outlying district of Son Tay on January 14 to enjoy Vietnamese traditional New Year (Tet), the most important festival of Vietnamese people in a year.