(VOVWORLD) - Hue Festival 2022 will stay open all year round under a theme of “the four seasons”. Cultural, art, and tourism activities will take place throughout the year with Hue Festival Week in June being the highlight.

(VOVWORLD) - Covering an area of more than 3,000 square meters at Vincom Mega Mall Royal City in Hanoi, Tan Viet Bookstore is a complex serving as a book store, a coffee shop, and an entertainment center for children. It has also opened a space for readers.

(VOVWORLD) - Vietnam Book and Reading Culture Day 2022 are underway nationwide with various activities. Themed “Helping culture prevail and developing reading culture”, the event encourages and boosts community reading movements.

(VOVWORLD) - The Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism has launched the Reading Culture Ambassador Contest 2022. Themed “Aspiration for national development”, the contest aims to promote reading and contestants’ creativity.

(VOVWORLD) - Composer Van Dung, former head of the music department of the Voice of Vietnam, has passed away at the age of 86. During his music career, Van Dung, also former Chairman of the Hanoi Music Association, made great contributions to Vietnamese music with many well-known revolutionary songs.

(VOVWORLD) - In recent years, several bands have been organized in the Central Highlands province of Kon Tum to preserve and promote traditional music. The band members are mainly young ethnic minority people.

(VOVWORLD) - Stilt-houses with thatched roofs have been a familiar sight in the northern mountainous province of Ha Giang. Local authorities are taking various measures to preserve these traditional structures as many have been replaced with modern buildings.

(VOVWORLD) - “The Space of Gong Culture” of the Central Highlands of Vietnam was recognized as a World Intangible Cultural Heritage by UNESCO in 2005. Since then, the Central Highlands province of Dak Lak has made efforts to preserve the gong culture.

(VOVWORLD) - Book cafes, a model which combines a bookstore and a coffee shop, have become increasingly popular in Vietnam. This is a place where customers can enjoy a delectable cup of coffee, read various kinds of books, and meet with other readers and their favorite authors.

(VOVWORLD) - Zeng (brocade) weaving has long played an important role in the spiritual life and culture of the Ta Oi ethnic group in the central province of Thua Thien-Hue. Zeng is used in worshipping, as a love token for couples, or gifts to show gratitude to those who make great contributions to their villages. Therefore, the Zeng worshipping ceremony is an important ritual of the Ta Oi people.