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This year the annual parade celebrated the Lunar Year of the Pig. It was held in the French capital amid a bustling atmosphere, attracting thousands of local people and tourists. The parade is one of many festivals held by the Asian community in the city at the beginning of the Lunar New Year. Other activities often take place during early spring and more events are scheduled to take place in Paris and in different localities across France. The event provides a chance for Vietnamese residents to display their culture, the country’s traditional foods, and products to international friends at the parade. Vietnamese girls look charming whilst wearing a white Ao Dai (traditional dress of Vietnam). This year the annual parade celebrated the Lunar Year of the Pig. It was held in the French capital amid a bustling atmosphere, attracting thousands of local people and tourists. The parade is one of many festivals held by the Asian community in the city at the … [Read more...] about Overseas Vietnamese join French Lunar New Year parade

Painter Tran Lam Binh, 37, from Gia Lam District in Hanoi, has drawn many paintings of the leaders from the DPRK and US ahead of the DPRK-USA Summit which is set to take place on February 27-28 in the capital city. He hopes the upcoming summit between the two leaders will give him the opportunity to present some of the drawings as special gifts. The painter often finds himself using red, yellow, and green as the main colours as a way of expressing a contemporary abstract style. Mr Binh believes he has drawn a total of 50 paintings of the United States’ President Donald Trump and the DPRK Supreme Leader Kim Jong-Un. Of the paintings, more than 30 of them have been displayed in exhibitions, with some even going on display outside the White House in 2016. Vietnamese painter Lam Binh noted that he is very much impressed by the hairstyle of the DPRK Supreme Leader Kim Jong-Un. In acknowledgment of his home country’s flag, he puts a star at the bottom of each painting, … [Read more...] about Vietnamese painter hopes to present drawings to international leaders

The village gate worship ritual of the M'Nong Their worship of the village gate prays for good weather, a bumper crop, and food sufficiency. The M’Nong of Dac Nong province live in villages comprised of dozens of families. Behind the village gate, people live peacefully and promote a united neighborliness. Phan Cong Viet, Deputy Director of Dak Nong province’s Department of Culture, Sports, and Tourism, said, “The village gate plays an important role in their lives. People go through the gate to the fields. When they meet each other at the gate, they greet each other to express friendship and unity.” The worship of the village gate is held at the beginning of the rainy season, which is usually in the 4th lunar month. The village chief calls a meeting of all villagers to inform them of the worship day and assign them to prepare offerings. Nguyen Thi Nga, an official with Dak Nong province’s Culture Center, says the M’Nong select a price of … [Read more...] about M’Nong people’s village gate worship ritual

The event has attracted a large number of visitors who have a passion for traditional folk art and ancient ceramics in particular. Artisan Pham Van Tuyen (Venerable Thich Chanh Tinh), the author of bas-relief works, said that he was inspired by ancient reliefs found in temples to restore eroded reliefs in a bid to preserve and promote the quintessence of Vietnamese culture. Director of Hai Phong Department of Culture and Sports Le Van Quy said that the 115 samples of ceramic vases include embossed motifs that feature the sereneness of ceramics from the Le and Mac dynasties and the delicacy of patterns from the Ly and Tran dynasties. Quy noted that each vase is unique and hand crafted, measuring 42-85cm in length and 38-42cm in diameter. Pham Van Tuyen stated that the exhibition was expected to promote Hai Phong bas-relief works to the people, which also encouraged him to continue to create more works to depict the beauty of the Hai Phong people and land. Pham Van Tuyen was honoured as … [Read more...] about Exhibition spotlights Hai Phong bas-relief works

Chairman of the Vietnam Writers’ Association Huu Thinh said that seminars and symposiums took place in an open manner during the past days, under which delegates reached a high consensus on the necessity of seeking measures to promote typical Vietnamese works to the world. Participants also highlighted difficulties that Vietnam should overcome to boast its literature to the world, including the language difference, the mobilisation of resources, and the regular update on Vietnam's literature situation, among others. The Vietnam Writers’ Association received proposals and initiatives from international friends to work out best solutions to introduce Vietnamese literature values to international readers. Poet Huu Thinh said that over the past five days Vietnam became a venue of world poetry. He added that the events taking place in Vietnam conveyed a common message to writers and people worldwide of a world of peace, friendliness, cooperation, friendship, and mutual trust to … [Read more...] about Int’l conference promoting Vietnamese literature concludes