NDO/VNA – The National Political Publishing House has just released a new book featuring profound studies on legends of 130 village saints in Thang Long - Hanoi. 

NDO/VNA – A fund of VND84 billion (US$3.6 million) has been reserved for the conservation of the ruined Dien Hai Citadel in the central city of Da Nang in 2020. 

NDO/VNA – “I love Banh mi Saigon” (I love Saigon bread) programme is taking place in Ho Chi Minh City from March 24 to 31. 

NDO – There are many young artisans and artists who have a deep passion for Ca Tru (ceremonial singing) – a traditional art form of Vietnam. 

NDO – Pianist Trang Trinh achieved fame at a very young age. Showing her talents with dozens of international awards when she was only 20, Trang Trinh was praised as a “phenomenon” of Vietnamese classical music. In 2019, she was the co-author of the Music Textbook for First Graders, which was approved by the Ministry of Education and Training to be available from the 2020 school year. 

NDO/VNA – Some 100 paintings are auctioned online at the Viet Art Exchange Facebook from March 23 to 25 to raise funds for the fight against the COVID-19 pandemic. 

NDO – The restoration of monuments has always been considered a very specific profession. Accordingly, architect Pham Thanh Quang, former deputy director of the Institute for the Conservation of Monuments (ICM), claims the methods of the past hard times are suitable for specific activities to preserve best cultural values that have existed over time. 

NDO/VNA – Close to 100 reporters in Hanoi and Ho Chi Minh City will vote online for the 15th edition of the Devotion Music Awards run by Vietnam News Agency’s Sport & Culture newspaper, due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the organising board said on March 19. 

NDO - The Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism has announced the winners of the propaganda painting contest for the VIetnam's ASEAN Chairmanship Year 2020. 

NDO – A total of 103 propaganda paintings, made by 23 painters nationwide, have been submitted to the Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism’s Department of Grassroots Culture in response to a campaign on creating propaganda paintings regarding COVID-19 prevention and control, launched by the department between March 10 and 15. 

NDO – Around 100 lacquer paintings by 100 famous Vietnamese painters of many generations are being showcased at an exhibition in Hanoi. 

NDO – An exhibition, themed “Hanoi – Faith and Aspiration to Rise”, opened at the Hanoi Museum on March 23, as part of activities marking the 90th founding anniversary of the Hanoi municipal Party Committee (March 17, 1930-2020). 

NDO - A photo exhibition on Vietnamese culture and people opened at the Corvin Cultural Centre in Budapest, the capital of Hungary, on March 11 as part of the activities to celebrate the 70th founding anniversary of the Vietnam-Hungary diplomatic ties this year. 

NDO/VNA – The northern province of Bac Ninh has completed a dossier seeking UNESCO’s inclusion of the making of Dong Ho folk paintings in the list of intangible cultural heritage in need of urgent safeguarding.