An annual book street festival will be organised in downtown Ho Chi Minh City from February 13-19, or the 28th day of the 12th lunar month to the fourth day of the lunar new year, in celebration of Lunar New Year (Tet) holiday.

So Village’s communal house on the western outskirts of Hanoi will provide a platform to showcase the traditional customs of the Vietnamese Lunar New Year on February 10.

 A luncheon featuring the favourite delicacies of Belgium was prepared by Belgian chef Christoph Pouls for nearly 100 special guests at the Pullman Hanoi Hotel yesterday.  

 An exhibition of folk Vietnamese paintings opened in the central city of Da Nang on February 1 with a view to honouring cultural and spiritual values of Vietnamese ethnic groups. 

 Nine high-range shows and 22 low-range displays of fireworks will be organised in Hanoi on the eve of the Lunar New Year 2018.

The 2018 spring calligraphy festival will be held at Ho Van in Van Mieu Quoc Tu Giam (Temple of Literature) from February 9-25.

The Indika Tet (Lunar New Year) Market will be held from February 3-4 at Indika Saigon at 43 Nguyen Van Giai Street in HCM City’s District 1.

The annual Spring Fair will kick off at the Vietnam Exhibition Centre for Culture and Arts in Hanoi on February 2, providing visitors with the chance to enjoy the early atmosphere of Tet (lunar New Year) festival.

Artists are applying the finishing touches to the murals covering the walls of an alleyway in the centre of Danang City for local people celebrating the upcoming traditional Lunar New Year (Tet).

 Singer Nguyen The Viet was awarded the golden trophy at the Asia Pacific Arts Festival 2018 for an emotional performance of his song, You Raise Me Up.

 Violinist Nguyen Huu Nguyen will perform a selection of masterpieces by famous composers at a concert at L'Espace French Cultural Centre in Hanoi, at 8pm, on February 3.

 Visitors have complained that the Da Lat Cherry Blossom Festival was held too late when there are no more blossoms to see.

 Hanoi has planned to hold firework displays at dozens of places across the city on the coming Lunar New Year Eve with a 30-minute show for Hoan Kiem Lake area.

 Hanoi architecture past and present is reflected through sketches and mixed media artworks displayed at an exhibition in the city.

 The first episode of the French political television thriller Le Bureau des Legendes (The Bureau) will be screened at French Cultural Centre L’Espace, 24 TrangTien street, at 6pm on January 30.

 French photographer Réhahn, based in Hoi An Ancient Town in the central province of Quang Nam, is among nine nominees for Trophées des Francais de l’étranger.

 HCMC-based Nha Nam Media and Publishing House will hold a spring book fair in Hanoi, Danang and HCMC for the first time as part of its annual activities to celebrate the Lunar New Year (Tet) holiday.

Vietnamese cinematography witnessed encouraging progress in 2017, demonstrated through the establishment of a favourable legal framework for the film industry’s development.

 Famous magazine Missosology has announced its list of the top 90 Timeless Beauty 2017, including two Vietnamese beauties, Ha Thu and Kha Trang.

Events in Hanoi & HCM City on January 29-February 4