NDO – Vietnamese photographer Vu Manh Cuong has been awarded the gold prize at the Shadow 4th International Salon 2021 in India, for his photo titled “Van Nui 5”.
NDO – Duong Cam's Bandland project has created a playground for Vietnamese bands, making a special mark in their artistic lives. The musician shared that with the project, he receives fresh energy from young people who promise to change the musical life of Vietnam.
NDO – Hoi An ancient city in the central province of Quang Nam has long left an illuminating impression on visitors thanks to its twinkling lanterns in different shapes and sizes, hung above a network of streets, temples, narrow lanes and alleys and along the Thu Bon river banks. The lanterns have not only become an iconic symbol of the Hoi An streets but also a favoured souvenir for tourists to the city.
NDO – Khanh Phan, a female Vietnamese photographer, has won two high prizes, including a gold prize at the Tokyo International Foto Awards (TIFA) in 2020.
NDO – Many foreigners have chosen to live and work in Vietnam because of their love for this country. They have been spending the Vietnamese traditional Lunar New Year (Tet) holiday in their second homeland with great emotion and hopes for a peaceful new year.
NDO – Not only the desire to be dedicated, but also the responsibility and urge of the soul, Dr. Nguyen Quoc Hung shared: “Every overseas Vietnamese should become an “Ambassador” for spreading and promoting the image of the homeland, country and Vietnamese people to global friends”.
NDO – As life is changing every day, people are getting busier with more and more of the traditional practices during the Tet (lunar New Year) festival fading away. Fortunately, traditional craft villagers in Thua Thien – Hue province have worked silently to preserve the time-honoured values of Tet and preserve the national spirit of the festival.
NDO - The year 2020 witnessed many efforts by artists. In the field of music, theatre and cinema, there are a number of young faces who made their art hallmark.
NDO – The three first days of the 2021 Lunar New Year (Tet) festival have just passed with memorable experiences. This is a special Tet, because everyone celebrates Tet in the context of a new wave of COVID-19 outbreaks. Different from Tet in previous years, many people have not gone out, and rarely flocked to flower streets or pedestrian streets even though the weather was very nice.
NDO –Maurice Durand’s book entitled “L’imagerie Populaire Vietnamiene” (Vietnamese Folk Paintings) was printed in black and white when he was 46 and reprinted in colour in 2011, 45 years following his death.
NDO – Many generations of Vietnamese people know the sentence by heart, “Who says buffalo herding is suffering? No, buffalo herding is very enjoyable…” in the lesson titled “Buffalo herding” in an ancient text book. The memories of buffalo have been expressed in the paintings of zodiac signs that were created by the painters - close collaborators of the monthly publication of Nhan Dan (People) Newspaper as best wishes for health, happiness and peace.
NDO – Amidst the development of contemporary art, artists have incorporated national heritage into the creation of new forms that have been received positive feedback worldwide.
NDO – Admiring the heritage beauty of Vietnam’s central region through 35 exhibitions with approximately 1,400 photos or through the theme “Colour” on Google Arts & Culture, you can feel the endless beauty of the nature, people, culture and cuisine of this sunny and windy land.
NDO/VNA – The ambassadors of the US and France to Vietnam have shared their experience of celebrating the biggest festival in a year of Vietnamese people – the Lunar New Year (Tet).
