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• Pho Day Festival 2025 expected to attract 100,000 visitors
• First Vietnamese actor wins at Golden Bell Awards

Vietnam Welcomes 21m Tourists in 2025, Highest-Ever Figure in History  

Last year marked an impressive year for tourism in Vietnam. A record number of 21.17 million international tourists visited the country in 2025, a 20.4% increase compared to 2024. This far exceeded the global average growth rate of around 5%, as well as that of the Asian Pacific region of roughly 8%.

• Vietnamese director triumphs at San Francisco Film Festival
• Sa Dec Flower—Ornamental Festival 2025 to be held in December

Vietnamese Lunar New Year Festival 2026 scheduled for February in HCMC

The Vietnamese Lunar New Year Festival 2026 will take place at the Ho Chi Minh City Youth Cultural House from February 1 to February 21 (from the 14th day of the last month through the fifth day of the first month of the lunar calendar).

• French drama blended with traditional Vietnamese music presented in HCMC
• Vietnam Pho Festival 2025 to be held in Singapore in October

Schools promote cultural heritage through traditional arts for students

In 2025, Ho Chi Minh City’s vibrant arts scene has seen a growing movement to bring traditional Vietnamese performing arts into schools, fostering cultural awareness and love for national heritage among students.

• Vietnam wins Bronze Award at EXPO 2025 Osaka-Kansai
• Chau Son Monastery: Ninh Binh’s Gothic gem with a deeper message

High-pressure test flight safely lands at Long Thanh Airport

The first flight landed at Long Thanh International Airport on December 15 in a milestone test for Vietnam’s aviation infrastructure.

• Phuong Le was said to be infatuated, so she posted only 4 words, trying to hold on to Vu Luan?
• The Saigonese

The Multiverse Behind the 1990s Classic 'Người Tình Mùa Đông' by Như Quỳnh

There is a certain timelessness to the song ‘Người Tình Mùa Đông’ by Như Quỳnh, especially in the visuals of its very first performance. For generations of Vietnamese listeners, ‘Người Tình Mùa Đông’ is an icon in the hall of fame of Vietnamese music, but as I have come to discover, the melody that Vietnamese know as ‘Người Tình Mùa Đông’ has lived a life much richer and more transcendent than it might appear.

• Meet the Saigon Man Whose Home Is an Archive of Traditional Musical Instruments
• In Xuân Diệu's Tender Poetry, a Reminder to Love Honestly and Courageously

NS Hong Nga: Going to the US to live a difficult life, being neglected by her children, returning to Vietnam to be sick and lonely

Artist Hong Nga's life in Vietnam is extremely difficult. At the age of 80, Hong Nga is so sick that she no longer recognizes people, living in a lonely situation because she has no children to take care of her, making everyone sad.