The technology architecture or platform for data creation is quite easy, the legal framework is more difficult, but the modus operandi and the mindset change is really a tough challenge.

The American Center in Hanoi will hold a workshop on music and dance therapy for Vietnamese veterans from 10:30 to 11:30 am on May 7.

The Factory Contemporary Arts Center in District 2, Ho Chi Minh City will host an exhibition on marriage life by artist Vo Thuy Tien from May 10 to July 21.

A string quartet of the Saigon Philharmonic Youth Orchestra (SPYO) will host a concert of Vietnam’s familiar classics at the Soul Live Project Complex in District 3, HCMC on May 11.

Trumpeter Dominik Fuss and pianist Jorg Leichtfried from Austria will hold a jazz concert at Binh Minh Jazz Club in Hanoi on May 5 and another at Sax n’ Art Jazz Club in HCMC on May 7.

Vietnam ran a trade deficit of US$11.9 billion with China in the first four months of the year, up a staggering 53.8% year-on-year. China remained the largest supplier of goods to Vietnam during the period, according to the General Statistics Office (GSO).

Despite earning decent profits, some commercial banks have opted not to pay any dividends, prompting frustration among shareholders at recent annual general meetings, reported Thanh Nien newspaper.

Luc Bo Cultural Space in Hue Citadel in the central city of Hue used to be Phu Phu chinh (the office of the highest ranking mandarins supporting a young king in dealing with national affairs) in the Nguyen Dynasty (1802-1945).

Books written by two German writers, Nora Gomringer and Bernhard Schlink, will be introduced at the Goethe Institut in Hanoi next month.

HCMC Oncology Hospital has begun using an application based upon artificial intelligence (AI) in the treatment of cancer, following six months of testing, speakers said at a recent seminar held in Hanoi City.