The Japanese Cultural Festival Oshougatsu 2018 has been held at Ha Noi University of Science and Technology. Oshougatsu is the Japanese traditional New Year festival. Oshougatsu Festival 2017 (Photo: Internet) The festival is annually organized in Viet Nam, aiming to reproduce the Japanese New…

More than 100 oil paintings of flowers by painter Dinh Thanh Van will on display at 16 Ngo Quyen Exhibition House in Ha Noi from December 30 to January 13. Ha Noi exhibition to feature flowers The 59-year-old painter is renowned for her flower…

Been to a Vietnamese wedding banquet? If so, you must have tried banh giay, a white, flat round cake made of glutinous rice with or without mung beans inside. The white, “chubby” cakes, which are packed neatly in either green dong leaves or banana…

The first Italy-ASEAN Week, a programme to popularise culture and enhance friendship between Italy and ASEAN countries, was opened in Ha Noi on November 18. A booth featuring Italian cuisine at the Italy-ASEAN Week in Ha Noi The first activity of the week was…

A programme will be held from November 17 to 26 in the Ha Noi Old Quarter to honour the capital city’s cultural heritages. Ha Noi’s traditional tea culture will be spotlighted at Viet Nam’s Heritage House during the programme The opening ceremony in the…

Cua Bac is a Roman Catholic church located at 56 Phan Dinh Phung Street, Ha Noi. It was built in 1932 and originally named Church of Martyrs (French: Église des Martyrs) by the French administration of Indochina aspart of Ha Noi’s urban plan supervised…

The Ha Noi traditional trade village tourism festival 2016 kicked off at the city’s Thang Long Royal Citadel on September 29. Speaking at the event, Deputy Chairman of the municipal People’s Committee Ngo Van Quy said that traditional trade villages of the city are…

Ha Noi authorities plan to open nine more pedestrian areas in the Old Quarter in October this year. People gather at Dong Kinh Nghia Thuc Square, Hoan Kiem lake in the newly-opened pedestrian zone The proposed streets are Hang Chieu, Nguyen Sieu, Dao Duy…

A Russian food week, themed “A Taste of Russia”, will take place from September 19 to 25 at Hanoi Daewoo Hotel. The event, held by the Embassy of Russia and Hanoi Daewoo Hotel, aims to promote Russian cuisine and culture and strengthen the Viet…

Hundreds of photos by professional and amateur photographers are on display at the Viet Nam Photo Fair 2016, which opened on August 5 in Ha Noi. The photos feature different aspects of life including like portrait, nature, street life, abstract, landscape, and many more….