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 –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/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). 

NDO – As the Lunar New Year (Tet) comes close, Thanh Binh Jeune Supermarket, in Ivry-sur-Seine, Paris, is bustling with Vietnamese shoppers preparing for a traditional Tet just like at home, despite the fact that the COVID-19 pandemic is still raging in France. 

NDO – Composing paintings and sculptures on the theme of 12 zodiac signs has been a traditional practice in Vietnamese art for centuries and can be seen not only through the folk painting genres of Dong Ho, Hang Trong and Kim Hoang but also through artworks by celebrated modern artists such as Bui Xuan Phai, Nguyen Tu Nghiem and Sy Ngoc. 

NDO – On the threshold of Lunar New Year 2021, artists in Ho Chi Minh City spoke to Thoi Nay (Present Times) Publication of Nhan Dan (People) Newspaper to review their operation in 2020 and voice their hope for a new year 2021 with full of peace and further thrives so that they can bring their artworks closer the public. 

NDO – The Vietnam Museum of Ethnology in Hanoi organised a programme on February 4 (the 23rd day of the last month of the lunar year) themed "Vietnamese Lunar New Year (Tet) - a sacred space", with the participation of researchers and folk artists. 

NDO – A photography exhibition with the theme ‘Celebrating the Spring, Celebrating the glorious Party’ opened in Ho Chi Minh City’s Lam Son Park, on February 2, to celebrate the 91st anniversary of the Communist Party of Vietnam (CPV)'s founding (February 3, 1930 – 2021). 

NDO – The Vietnam Cinema Department, Vietnam Film Institute have arranged free film screenings in conjunction with many exhibitions and exchanges programmes to contribute to promoting cinematic values. 

NDO – A fine art exhibition officially opened in Hanoi on February 1 to celebrate the success of the 13th National Party Congress, the founding anniversary of the Party and the upcoming Tet (Lunar New Year) Festival. 

NDO – An exhibition, entitled “The Communist Party of Vietnam over congresses”, officially opened at the Thai Hai Reserve Area of the Ecological Houses-on-stilts Ethnic Village in the northern province of Thai Nguyen on January 30. 

NDO – Dang Viet Loc, a student at the National University of Civil Engineering, was presented with the first prize in a sketching contest on the Temple of Literature, for his work entitled ‘Khue Van Cac’ (Pavilion of the Constellation of Literature), at an award ceremony held in Hanoi on January 30. 

NDO – A sculpture exhibition entitled ‘Spring of the Country’ opened in Hanoi on January 28 to welcome the 13th National Party Congress, the 91st founding anniversary of the Party, and New Year 2021.