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Vietnam will grasp the opportunity to promote the country through famous movies, a tourism official has said.

Veteran artists who symbolise Vietnamese beauty will perform in a festival that will be held at Văn Miếu-Quốc Tử Giám (Temple of Literature) from March 1 to 4.

The film crew for Kong: Skull Island which will star Tom Hiddleston and Samuel L. Jackson arrived in Quang Binh Province on February 22 for shooting at Phong Nha Cave.

A press conference introducing the filming process of the most anticipated Hollywood movie “Kong: Skull Island” in Vietnam took place at Sofitel Legend Metropole Hanoi Hotel.

Traditional rituals, folk games as well as other cultural exchanges attracted crowds of locals and visitors at the Tan Vien Son Thanh (Tan Vien Mountain Saint) festival which opened in Quang Minh commune, Ba Vi district, Hanoi.

Italian Ambassador to Vietnam, Cecilia Piccioni, shared her love for the Ao Dai as she prepares to wear the traditional long dress at the Ao Dai Festival which due to take place from March 1 to 4 in Hanoi.

Six disabled women, who cat-walked for the first time in their life, shared with DTiNews about their experiences after a fashion show featuring disabled people.

Kelly Marie Tran, an actress of Vietnamese origin, has been selected as the cast member of‘Star Wars Episode VIII-an upcoming American epic space opera film written and directed by Rian Johnson.

As many as 120 King Kong 2 film crew members are due to arrive in Vietnam on 18 February to perform its first shoots at some famous tourist sites in the world’s largest cave Son Doong in central Vietnam,

Deputy Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc attended the opening of the Dong Da festival in Hanoi on the fifth day of the Lunar New Year, marking the 227th anniversary of Ngoc Hoi – Dong Da victory over the Chinese

Bookworms can spend the Tet holiday walking along Le Thach Street in downtown Hanoi, browsing thousands of books that are offered free of charge.

The annual spring festival featuring the cultural colours of Vietnam’s 54 ethnic minority groups as seen through their New Year celebrations is ready to open on February 12, according to the organizers.

Stellar circus performances will be delivered by local and foreign artists during the second International Circus Festival scheduled for Ho Chi Minh City from February 8 to 21.

Over 300 documents, images and artifacts on the distinctive Cong Chieng (gong culture) of Vietnam's Central Highlands are currently on display at an exhibition that opened yesterday at the Vietnam Museum of Ethnology in Dak Lak.

The Cay Neu (Neu pole) erecting ceremony, a traditional activity in the run up to the Lunar New Year (Tet) festival, was re-enacted at the Hue Imperial Citadel, the central province of Thua Thien-Hue, on February 1.

A buffalo fighting festival in Phuc Tho District has been cancelled this year because of controversy over concern it promotes cruelty to animals.

A spring festival kicked off at the Thang Long Imperial Citadel in Hanoi as part of the activities to celebrate the Lunar New Year (Tet) and the 86th founding anniversary of the Communist Party of Vietnam.

The fourth Hanoi International Film Festival (HANIFF) is set to take place in five days of the fourth quarter.