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Hanoi Union of Friendship Organizations held an art performance on Friday to celebrate the New Year 2020.

The Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism has just announced the top 10 culture, sports and tourism events of 2019.

Lovers of Cuban culture and products in Hanoi will have chance to learn more about the country and find authentic Cuban specialities with the opening of an outlet in the city on January 8.

The second French gastronomy festival "Balade en France" will be held in Hanoi from January 10-12.

The first Ha Long International Music Festival (HALOMUS), with the theme "Ha Long spread and integration", will take place from January 10 – 11, 2020, in Ha Long City.

An exhibition entitled ‘Calligraphy of Nguyen dynasty Kings’ opened in Hanoi on January 3 as an event to celebrate the Vietnam Archives Day.

Vietnamese representative My Duyen has left for Mexico to participate in the Miss Global 2019 beauty pageant which will be held from January 4 and 18.

The festival will include solo, duet, trio and group performances in folklore, classic and modern styles.

A special art programme named "Rock Symphony - We are the champions" will take place on January 9 - 10, 2020 at the Hanoi Opera House, according to the Vietnam National Opera and Ballet Theatre (VNOB).

To welcome in the new decade, one of the biggest annual events, Lights 2020, on Nguyen Hue pedestrian mall, will once again take place on New Year’s Eve, with a countdown starting at 8pm.

The annual traditional holiday of the Mông ethnic minority group, known as Nào Pê Chầu, takes place at the end of the 11th lunar month.

The annual “Xuan Que Huong” (Homeland Spring) programme 2020, a run-up to the Lunar New Year festival for Overseas Vietnamese (OV), will take place in Hanoi and Bac Ninh province on January 18, 2020.

Widely known through cartoons, the soundtracks of famous Disney animations such as "Pinocchio" and "Cinderella” are to be performed by Vietnamese artists during the "Concert of Childhood Memory".

The 2020 K-Pop Super Concert will take place at the My Dinh National Stadium in Hanoi on January 11, 2020, as an activity to celebrate the 27th anniversary diplomatic ties between Vietnam and the Republic of Korea.

The famously reticent fashion designer Nguyễn Công Trí is opening up through an exhibition that starts in HCM City this week.

The Việt Nam Folk Arts Association on Friday honoured 61 outstanding folk artworks at a ceremony in Hà Nội.