Culture - Sports

The annual Nguyen Tieu Festival on the 15th of lunar January in Hoi An, central Quang Nam province, has been recognised as a National Intangible Heritage by the Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism.

On February 5 (15th day of the first lunar month), the Lam Chay Festival officially opened.

Circus artists Giang Quoc Co and Giang Quoc Nghiep on February 3 (Vietnam time) set a new head-to-head balancing walk plus blindfold record in Milan, Italy.

Vietnamese striker Nguyen Tien Linh has been listed among the 25 nominees for the Best Footballer in Asia 2022 award organised by Titan Sports of China.

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

Vietnamese people in the old days put up tall bamboo poles with red garment strips hanging from them during Tet, believing that poles prevented ghosts and monsters from entering the community during the holiday.

Although modern culture has been present in every corner of mountainous hamlets, the passion for melodies of Khen (panpine) has never ceased among men of the Mong ethnic group.

The ginger ‘jam’ made in Kim Long Ward, Hue City, in the central province of Thua Thien-Hue, stands out for its authenticity and absence of additives.

On the night of January 21, the Department of Culture, Sports and Tourism of Long An province held a concert to welcome New Year's Eve with the theme " Celebrate the glorious Party - Celebrate the Year of the Cat 2023".

Vietnamese families often visit their ancestors’ tombs and clean gravesites whenever the Lunar New Year (Tet) comes, normally from the 23rd of the last month of a lunar year to New Year’s Eve.

Bonsai tree planting has become a growing industry in Vietnam. The interest in this art is huge among people with a natural affinity for bonsai trees.

The five-tone (Ngu am) musical ensemble or Pinn Peat orchestra is closely associated with Theravada Buddhism in pagodas and hamlets of Khmer people in the Mekong Delta province of Soc Trang.