ABO/VNA – Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc has agreed with the submission of a dossier on Dong Ho folk paintings to UNESCO to include the art in the list of intangible cultural heritage in need of urgent safeguarding.

ABO/VNA - After many modern tunes have encouraged citizens to help stop the COVID-19 pandemic, now it is the turn of traditional Vietnamese music.

ABO/VNA – Authorities of the northern province of Phu Tho held a ceremony on March 29 to commemorate the legendary national ancestors of Vietnam, Father Lac Long Quan and Mother Au Co.

ABO/NDO - The Asian Football Confederation (AFC) has honoured Vietnamese striker Le Cong Vinh as one of five ASEAN legends on its Facebook page.

ABO/NDO – Vietnam has been ranked 83rd out of 156 countries in the latest World Happiness Report 2020 released recently by the United Nations, up 11 places compared to last year.

ABO/NDO – A photo exhibition, displaying 30 black and white photographs which are precious photographs on famous Vietnamese artists, opened on February 22 at Ngon Garden, No. 70 Nguyen Du Street, Hanoi.

ABO/NDO – Close to 100 reporters in Hanoi and Ho Chi Minh City will vote online for the 15th edition of the Devotion Music Awards, due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the organising board said on March 19.

ABO/NDO – A total of 103 propaganda paintings, made by 23 painters nationwide, have been submitted to the Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism's Department of Grassroots Culture in response to a campaign on creating propaganda paintings regarding COVID-19 prevention and control.

ABO/NDO – Around 1000 lacquer paintings by 100 famous Vietnamese painters of many generations are being showcased at an exhibition in Hanoi.