(VOVWORLD) - The Hanoi Creative Design Festival 2024, themed "Creative Intersection," is taking place until Sunday. The event aims to demonstrate Hanoi's potential for innovation, awaken its creative spirit, and attract resources for the city’s development.
(VOVWORLD) - With a role of providing spaces for comprehensive educational experiences, museums in Hanoi have innovated their methods to bring cultural products closer to the public. Various educational and interactive programs are integrated with exhibitions and seminars, both to attract visitors and to encourage learning, exploration, and creativity.
(VOVWORLD) - Film festivals are crucial for Vietnamese filmmakers, especially the independents, because these events allow them to promote their films to a wider audience and give them opportunities to make professional connections.
(VOVWORLD) - Facing the risk of its culture fading away, Lai Chau province has begun teaching local people how to write their ethnic minority language, make their traditional costumes, and do other traditional crafts.
(VOVWORLD) - The “Khan ran” (scarf with checkered pattern) has long been an inseparable part of the traditional costumes of people in the Mekong Delta. This cultural emblem has been captured and depicted in a new book by Nham Hung.
(VOVWORLD) - Since joining UNESCO's Creative Cities Network in 2019, Hanoi has created a number of unique cultural events and projects. The capital city boasts numerous advantages and potentials to develop creative spaces which have formed part of its distinct cultural identity. More than a hundred creative spaces are currently operating in Hanoi, a positive sign that reflects the role and contributions of culture and the arts to the spiritual and cultural life of local residents.
(VOVWORLD) - Winners of the program “Sounds of Brotherhood” were honored at a ceremony in Hanoi last month. Organized by the World Youth Orchestra Foundation and the Vietnam National Institute of Culture and Arts Studies (VICAS), the program aims to promote creativity and innovation, support and develop expertise, facilitate connections and cooperation, and provide financial support to Vietnamese artists for their art projects.
(VOVWORLD) - As most ofthe Khmerethnic minority people in Vietnam are followers ofTheravada Buddhism, they build pagodas wherever they live. Pagodas are a place for spiritual and religious activities, for social interaction, and for preserving traditional cultural values. Pagodas hold a great importance in the cultural life of the Khmer community.
(VOVWORLD) - At Ho Chi Minh cultural spaces at schools in Binh Duong province, students can watch documentary films about the life and career of President Ho Chi Minh, read stories about him, and participate in educational games. Those activities help educate the younger generation about Vietnam’s tradition of patriotism and encourage them to strive harder in their studies and in their life.
(VOVWORLD) - The Rong house is a sacred symbol of several ethnic minorities in the Central Highlands, including the Xo Dang. With the support of authorities at all levels, the Xo Dang have encouraged artisans and local people to restore and preserve the traditional Rong houses for later generations.
