(VOVworld)- For the first time, the Associated Press has held a photo exhibit showcasing more than 50 gripping photos featuring Vietnamese people’s struggle for national liberation. The photo exhibit “Vietnam-the real war” has attracted a large number of visitors thanks to its true images of the atrocities of war and human stories behind the war.

(VOVworld)- The 7th European-Vietnamese Documentary Film Festival has concluded in Hanoi and Ho Chi Minh City giving the audience a chance to experience different cultures. Many of the screened films were prize winners at international film festivals. They truly and excitingly reflect the world, its changes. Ngoc Nga reports.

(VOVworld)- Yen Chau district in Son La province is famous for its sweet fragrant bananas and mangos and also for the beautiful sounds of the Thai ethnic people’s panpipes, which inspire tourists to the region.

(VOVworld)- Like To Hoai, Vo Quang and Pham Ho, writer Doan Gioi is popular among children. His stories are close to life and appeal to children inspiring them with a love for nature and people’s fates. His stories about the southern region are the most popular.

(VOVworld)- Over the past 70 years, the character Cricket in the “Adventures of a Cricket” by To Hoai has become a close friend to children in Vietnam and elsewhere in the world. The energetic brave cricket overcomes numerous difficulties and challenges to realize his dream. The Youth Theater has recently dramatized the story as a gift to children on International Children’s Day.

(VOVworld)- Ho Chi Minh devoted his lifetime to Vietnam’s national struggles for independence and freedom. Generations of Vietnamese people have upheld Ho Chi Minh’s thoughts and followed the late President’s moral example. Vietnamese writers, poets, composers and journalists have produced works praising the beloved leader of the Vietnamese.

(VOVworld)- Since ancient times, Don ca tai tu or Amateur singing in southern Vietnam has been rooted in the cultural and spiritual life of the southern people. After a day of hard work, lovers of amateur singing gather to relieve their hardships and express their feeling. For people on Tho Chu island, Kien Giang province, amateur singing brings pleasure to their lives and enriches their souls.

(VOVworld)- During the war, many people in northern Vietnam left behind their loved ones and families to go to the southern front. At that time, letters were the only means of communicating with the people back home. The letters resembled diaries and living documentaries on the war. Doctor Nguyen Van Ich and his wife doctor Vu Thi Nhu Hien wrote hundreds of letters to each other between 1962 and 1975.

(VOVworld) – Xoan singing is a typical cultural product of Phu Tho province, home to the 18 dynasties of Hung Kings, the legendary founders of Van Lang – the first known State of Vietnam. The local worship of the Hung Kings was officially recognized as an intangible cultural heritage of mankind by UNESCO in 2011. The preservation of Xoan singing is vital for developing Vietnam’s cultural identity.

(VOVworld)- During the war, Hien Luong bridge on Ben Hai river divided north and south Vietnam. Many Vietnamese people laid down their lives in there to fight for national independence and freedom.