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The Huong Pagoda Festival officially opened in Hanoi’s My Duc district on February 5 or the sixth day of the lunar New Year, with the attendance of about 50,000 pilgrims.

Socio-economic development and improving the lives of ethnic minorities has not distracted from the need to preserve and promote the cultural values of Central Highland ethnicitties.

Located in Thai Nguyen province, Ba Van horse farm is raising, preserving and crossbreeding rare horse varieties.

The Vietnamese people create giant-size traditional Tet items as part of the numerous activities to celebrate the Lunar New Year.

Socio-economic development and improving the lives of ethnic minorities has not distracted from the need to preserve and promote the cultural values of Central Highland ethnicitties.

Visit the Central Highlands as provinces there celebrate their NationalTourism Year, and you'll find a peaceful landscape of rolling mountains and magnificent waterfalls.

After many students and employees left Hanoi, Danang and HCM City to return to their hometowns, the streets look empty and silent compared to the bustle of usual days.

Although Tet is a truly national holiday, there are a number of differences between the way it is celebrated in the North and in the South.

Can Cau Market, in Lao Cai Province, is locally famous for preserving the cultural identities of several ethnic minority groups.

Located to Hanoi’s southeast, the traditional Bat Trang craft village is an ideal shopping destination for visitors on Tet holidays.

"I love the warm atmosphere of Lunar New Year's Eve, when the whole family gets together to enjoy the traditional year-end feast," Pham Thi Vy says.

The northwestern province of Lao Cai has temporarily stopped licensing tours and selling tickets to Hoang Lien National Park and Fansipan Mountain until the first quarter of 2014 to serve forest fire prevention.

A PhD thesis on Vietnam's ancient ceramics by researcher Beatrice Wisniewski from the Paris-Sorbonne University has been awarded the Young Talent grand prize by the France-Vietnam Friendship Association.

Hanoi’s House of Heritage is celebrating the famous Dong Ho and Hang Trong folk painting styles as part of Lunar New Year (Tet) festivities.

Eighty photos featuring architecture and objects dating back to feudal times found at literature temples across the country, are on display at the Literature Temple in downtown Hanoi.

Calligraphers offering Chinese, nom (old Vietnamese characters based on Chinese characters) and Vietnamese letters to people during the Tet (Lunar New Year) holiday will be relocated to inside the Van Mieu Historic Relic, near the Van lake, according to

The first museum of ao dai, the traditional long dress, opened on January 22 in HCM City.

As Tet is nearing, Hanoi becomes more busy and exciting, with colourful decorations on streets.

Many rare and expensive kinds of animals, which were considered as specialties offered for Kings in the past, are now being displayed at Hanoi Spring Fair 2014 as Tet nears.