HBSO’s Autumn Melodies is an annual festival in which a series of concerts takes place on almost consecutive days. This year it runs from August 17 to 25, with a total of eight concerts in all.

Local Internet security firm Bkav began selling its Bphone 3 smartphone in Myanmar on July 4.

Japanese artist Yohei Yama is holding his second solo exhibition featuring paintings inspired by nature at Vin Gallery in District 2, HCMC, four years after “The Power of Semiosis” exhibition in 2015.

Following the success of last year’s program, a Made In Vietnam – Contemporary dance workshop will be back to Hanoi on July 6 at Military University of Culture and Arts.

The State Bank of Vietnam has issued a new circular relaxing regulations on bank deposit services for foreigners and nonresidential organizations in Vietnam, a move designed to attract idle funds from the expat community in the country.

Artist and curator George Clark will introduce his new film “Double Ghosts” and talk about his expanded practice with film from projection performances to exhibitions at Hanoi Doclab documentary and experimental films center in Hanoi on July 2.

The award-winning Boulanger Trio from Germany will stage a concert at the Concert Hall of the HCMC Conservatory of Music in District 1 on July 7, starting at 8 p.m.

The VN-Index of the Hochiminh Stock Exchange is forecast to come under further downward pressure next week, according to Bao Viet Securities Company.

Many forest fires, triggered by sweltering temperatures in the central part of the country, have put at risk a 500kV power transmission line between the central coastal city of Danang and the north central coastal province of Ha Tinh.

The International Education City (IEC) Quang Ngai, invested by Nguyen Hoang Education Group (NHG), was put into operation on June 28 after one year of construction.