(VOVWORLD) - 16 classical dramas and 7 folk operas were staged last week at the National Classical Drama and Folk Opera Festival 2019 in the north-central province of Thanh Hoa. 11 troupes joined the annual event, which promotes traditional opera while giving professional artists an opportunity to meet and collaborate.

(VOVWORLD) - In 1941, ‘Diary of a cricket’ was published for the first time and immediately aroused a strong interest in young readers. To Hoai’s cricket, who began hopping on the grass along Hanoi’s To Lich River, eventually crossed national borders to touch the hearts of children in China and 40 other countries.

(VOVWORLD) - Hanoi’s Me Tri commune is famous for its tradition of producing young sticky rice flakes called “Com” in Vietnamese. The craft was recently added to the Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism’s list of national intangible cultural heritages.

(VOVWORLD) - Many Vietnamese soldiers and young volunteers sacrificed their lives for the historic victory in the spring of 1975 that ended the war in Vietnam. The musical play “Truong Bon flower and fire” was written by Associate Professor Dr. Nguyen The Ky, President of VOV, as a tribute to the young volunteers who fell on the Truong Bon battlefield in Nghe An province.

(VOVWORLD) - In the world of Vietnamese literature, ethnic minority poets occupy a special place. In today’s program, VOV will introduce four Cham poets whose works in both Cham and Vietnamese have added richness to Vietnamese poetry.

(VOVWORLD) - Reading books is not only fun but also allows us to create worlds in our own minds. No matter how fast a society develops, reading remains a very important part of it, where people can improve their social skills with the wealth of knowledge gained from reading.

(VOVWORLD) - Po Thi, the Jarai custom of building a larger charnel house for a deceased person before seeing them off to the world of Gods, takes place between January and April each year. The ceremony is one of the most important traditions of the Jarai group in Vietnam’s Central Highlands.

(VOVWORLD) - A 5-day Vietnamese traditional culture festival wrapped up on Tuesday, featuring performances of different art forms at the Thang Long Imperial Citadel relic site in Hanoi. The aim of the event is to introduce Vietnamese culture to foreign visitors and honor Vietnam’s traditional values.

(VOVWORLD) - The 2019 Japan cherry blossom festival took place at the King Ly Thai To Flower Garden in downtown Hanoi in late March, featuring unique cultural and artistic performances by both Vietnam and Japan.

(VOVWORLD) - As an agricultural country with rice being the main foodstuff, every region in Vietnam is attached to a legend or a festival pertaining to wet rice cultivation. They share the same tradition of worshiping the agricultural genies, celebrating new rice, and praying for bumper crops. The rituals show people’s aspiration for favorable weather, good crops, and abundance.