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Vietnamese filmmakers are ready for the busiest season of the year, the Tết (Lunar New Year) festival, which begins on February 12, with new movies to be released during the long holiday.

Vietnamese and foreign photographers will be able to enter their photos on environmental protection in a contest launched by the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) and Career & Life magazine.

Miss Universe Vietnam H'Hen Nie 2017 has introduced traditional Dong Ho paintings in a new photoshoot to celebrate the Lunar New Year or Tet Festival 2021.

The Vietnam Museum of Ethnology in Hanoi organised a programme on February 4 (the 23rd day of the last month of the lunar year) themed "Vietnamese Lunar New Year (Tet) - a sacred space", with the participation of researchers

The Xuan Que Huong “Spring in the Fatherland” 2021, an annual special programme exclusively held for overseas Vietnamese people, was held in a virtual format and broadcast live on the national television (VTV1 and VTV4 channels) on February 4.

Hanoi will not organise the opening ceremony for the Huong Pagoda Festival this year for Covid-19 prevention.

A photo exhibition featuring Lunar New Year during the Nguyen Dynasty (1802-1945) is being held at Van Mieu - Quoc Tu Giam (The Temple of Literature) in Hanoi.

Nearly 100 pieces of pottery by members of the Vietnam Fine Arts Association are on display at an exhibition in Hanoi.

A number of cultural activities celebrating the Lunar New Year festival (Tet) in Hanoi have been postponed in the face of a new COVID-19 outbreak.

From animal print ensembles to lacy hoodies and flared silky slacks, Arab men on Thursday got their first ever fashion week, with the three-day event showcased virtually online.

A sculpture exhibition entitled ‘Spring of the Country’ opened in Hanoi on January 28 to welcome the 13th National Party Congress, the 91st founding anniversary of the Party, and New Year 2021.

Nam Dinh Provincial People's Committee has announced it would not organise the Tran Temple Festival this year due to Covid-19.

The Vietnam Music Copyright Protection Centre last year collected VNĐ150 billion (US$6.4 million) in royalties for registered composers and songwriters, an increase of 12 per cent over 2019.

Ngoc Thao, second runner-up at Miss Vietnam 2020, will represent the country during Miss Grand International, with the global beauty pageant set to be held in Thailand this March.

The Flamingo Contemporary Art Museum, the first of its kind in Vietnam, recently debuted in the Flamingo Dai Lai Resort complex in the northern province of Vinh Phuc.

The 2021 Tet Viet Festival is taking place in HCM City, and is expected to attract around 70,000 visitors.