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 A large number of young people go to the Temple of Literature on the third day of Tet holiday. Photo: Tienphong  Students ask for calligraphic words wishing for a lucky and successful school year. Photo: Tienphong  More than 50 calligraphy masters from different provinces joined the meaningful activity. Photo: Tuoitre  The stalls of the calligraphy masters are always packed with people who ask for calligraphic words. Photo: Tienphong  Asking for words is an indispensable spiritual activity of many Hanoians. Photo: Tienphong  Asking for words with wishes of a peaceful and lucky new year. This activity at the Temple of Literature runs until the twelfth day of the Year of the Rat. Photo: VnExpress … [Read more...] about Hanoians enjoy meaningful cultural activities on Tet

HCM City (VNA) – The Standing Board of the Party Committee of Ho Chi Minh City has decided to present Party membership badges to 2,611 Party members on the occasion of the 90th founding anniversary of the Communist Party of Vietnam (CPV) (February 3). To celebrate the Party’s founding anniversary, the city will also organise a grand meeting, a special art performance, a photo exhibition and film screenings, among others. The city has stepped up the communication work to highlight the formation and development of the CPV, the municipal Party Committee, and the development of the city and the country as well. The birth of the CPV on February 3, 1930 was an extremely important historical event and a significant turning-point in the history of the Vietnamese revolution, marking a brilliant milestone in the country’s development path./. … [Read more...] about HCM City: various activities mark Party’s founding anniversary

Hoa Binh (VNA) - Thousands of locals, visitors and Buddhism dignitaries and followers flocked to the opening ceremony of the Tien Pagoda Festival in Lac Thuy district in the northern province of Hoa Binh on February 8. This is the first festival held in the province on the occasion of the Lunar New Year (Tet) festival. The complex of Tien pagoda and caves was recognised as national tourism site in 2011. It is place for spiritual, cultural and eco-tourism. Deputy Director of the provincial Department of Culture, Sports and Tourism Luu Huy Linh said in accordance with the tourism development plan for Hoa Binh province in the 2020-2030 period, the Tien pagoda will serve spiritual and eco-tourism activities. The province is calling for more investment to improve the quality of tourism sites and develop tourism products, he noted. The same day, the Phat Tich festival opened at Phat Tich pagoda in Tien Du district, Bac Ninh province, attracting crowds of local people and tourists. … [Read more...] about Thousands of people join Tien pagoda festival in Hoa Binh

On April 21, a delegation from Wallonia-Brussels will hold an exhibition on its literature cooperation with Vietnam, including a display of Vietnamese translations of Belgian literature as well as artwork by famous comic illustrator Daniel “Dany” Henrotin, and introduce films adapted from works by Belgian detective writer Georges Simenon. … [Read more...] about Reading week launched in Ho Chi Minh City

Kien Giang (VNA) - The Mekong Delta province of Kien Giang will focus on increasing the value and competitiveness of its agriculture produce this year, especially key items such as rice and fisheries, according to the provincial Department of Agriculture and Rural Development. Kien Giang, the country’s largest rice producer, targets producing 4.3 million tonnes of paddy this year, as well as catching and breeding a total of 755,000 tonnes of aquatic species, including 85,000 tonnes of shrimp. Last year, the province harvested more than 4.2 million tonnes of paddy and the rate of high quality rice farming area accounted for 72 percent of the province’s total rice farming area. The province also had 56 large - scale rice fields with a combined area of more than 33,000ha in many districts like Hon Dat, Go Quao, Tan Hiep and Chau Thanh districts. It caught and bred a total of 845,430 tonnes of aquatic species last year. Of the figure, the outlet of shrimp cultivation was … [Read more...] about Kien Giang aims to raise value of key farming products