The rice offering ceremony of the La Chí ethnic people in Hà Giang Province is one of the oldest traditions upheld today. This ceremony signifies their wish and hope for next year's harvest after a bountiful year.

The cake is made from white glutinous rice, and the filling is made from mung beans and lard or ripe bananas.

Hồ Chí Minh Television (HTV) will offer a new TV programme about HCM City and its people this weekend. 

The Essence of a Pearl exhibition features 35 artworks with themes revolving around Vietnamese women and landscapes. The works were transported from Hà Nội to Đà Nẵng making it the first occasion for the local art lovers to see directly the masterpieces.

The two artists were classmates at Việt Nam Fine Arts University. During their time of study, they sometimes amazed their friends with their paintings after fieldtrips.

The northwest provinces have always captivated travel enthusiasts with their wild natural beauty, unique culture, vibrant costumes, and delectable cuisine.

Young talents from the HCM City-based Trần Hữu Trang Cải Lương Theatre, one of the region’s leading traditional art troupes, will perform in a famous play from the 1970s. 

A weekend night cycle tour has been launched by the Sustainable Tourism Investment and Development Joint Stock Company (Vietnam STID) and the Việt Nam National Museum of History to offer a gentle way of exploring the capital by night.

The PM expressed confidence that the culture, sports and tourism sector will successfully fulfil the key tasks of 2024, achieving new accomplishments and contributing to the construction of a strong and prosperous country.

The Raglai ethnic group in central province of Khánh Hòa created a lithophone with distinct sounds thousands of years ago. The instruments have been remade and played to tourists as a special treat to welcome them to this beautiful land. Local authorities have organised training classes for locals so that many people can preserve ancient cultural features.

Over time, the number of dugout boats in villages in the Central Highlands has gradually declined. However, it is still a unique cultural feature, imbued with the identity of ethnic minorities.

The HCM City People’s Committee and People’s Council headquarters welcomed a record-breaking 2,500 local and foreign visitors in just two days (December 30 and 31), the highest number since its opening in April 2023.

The number of tourists visiting HCM City during the New Year holiday (December 30 - January 1) was around 1.65 million, up 3.1 per cent year-on-year.

Our Family Sudden Joys was a prominent television series in 2023, featuring the participation of many senior Vietnamese actors like Lan Hương, Bùi Bài Bình, Lan Phương, Khả Ngân, Nguyễn Kiều Anh and Doãn Quốc Đam.

Huge names from the musical world have played in Việt Nam recently. BlackPink, Westlife and Maroon 5 to name just a few. But big names don’t come cheap. Work is underway to exploit this sector, but to do so efficiently.

Deputy director of the city’s tourism department, Nguyễn Thị Hoài An said the first flights of the New Year would promote it as a favourite destination to domestic and international visitors in 2024.

Việt Nam’s big cities are full of architectural gems, but many have been demolished to build new apartments or allowed to fall into disrepair. Experts in Hà Nội met to discuss the issue, and say the country’s industrial heritage should be exploited effectively.

Việt Nam News votes the following events as the most important in the field this year.