Hoi An to host Vietnam – Asia Silk Culture Festival
Hoi An to host Vietnam – Asia Silk Culture Festival

VOV.VN -Vietnam-Asia Silk Culture Festival, the first of its kind is set to take place in Hoi An silk village, central Quang Nam province on March 28.

Hoi An to host Vietnam – Asia Silk Culture Festival
‘The Fashion Show’ features Nguyen Hue walking street
‘The Fashion Show’ features Nguyen Hue walking street

VOV.VN -The image of Nguyen Hue walking street in Ho Chi Minh City has been imitated at ‘The fashion show: Fashion is Fearless’ in HCM City.

‘The Fashion Show’ features Nguyen Hue walking street
Korean bands to sweep through Vietnam in April
Korean bands to sweep through Vietnam in April

VOV.VN -Three famous Korean bands are expected to excite Vietnamese fans at a Spark Concert to be staged on April 17 in Hanoi.

Korean bands to sweep through Vietnam in April
'Pristine' Vietnamese-English dictionaries up for auction
'Pristine' Vietnamese-English dictionaries up for auction

VOV.VN - Pristine copies of three out of the six specially printed 350,000-word English-Vietnamese Dictionary will go up for auction in Ho Chi Minh City this weekend, it has been announced.

'Pristine' Vietnamese-English dictionaries up for auction
GB Awards 2015: Meet the winners
GB Awards 2015: Meet the winners

VOV.VN - Oddly enough, a dress that had been modelled by Lan Khue, who inexplicably bowed out of pageant on March 17, was named as the Most Beautiful Evening Gown at the 2015 Global Beauties Awards.

GB Awards 2015: Meet the winners
Famed Hollywood director attends book launch event
Famed Hollywood director attends book launch event

VOV.VN - Director of Kong: Skull Island Jordan Vogt-Roberts recently took part in a book launch ceremony featuring music band 365 in Ho Chi Minh City. 

Famed Hollywood director attends book launch event
Music in HCM City for late Tran Lap
Music in HCM City for late Tran Lap

Dozens of musicians will participate in a music programme on March 25 night at HCM City’s Acoustic Bar in memory of 42-year-old rocker Tran Lap, former leader of the rock band Buc Tuong (The Wall), who passed away in Hanoi last week.

Music in HCM City for late Tran Lap
Exhibition educates on island sovereignty
Exhibition educates on island sovereignty

An exhibition on “Maps and document display of Paracel and Spratly Islands – Historical and Legal Evidences” will be held in Thai Binh Province from March 30 to April 3.

Exhibition educates on island sovereignty
Tu Phu – Four palaces – “a must see show in Hanoi”
Tu Phu – Four palaces – “a must see show in Hanoi”

VOV.VN - A show that offers experiences of the spiritual life of Vietnamese people and its rich culture, is how one tourist described it. Very well organized with an amazing set up and extremely talented team.

Tu Phu – Four palaces – “a must see show in Hanoi”
Artist spans traditional and modern worlds in paint
Artist spans traditional and modern worlds in paint

An exhibition of unique works by veteran artist Tran Nguyen Dan opened at the Vietnam Museum of Fine Art on March 22.

Artist spans traditional and modern worlds in paint
Vietnam’s fine arts introduced in South Africa
Vietnam’s fine arts introduced in South Africa

Painter Vu Kim Thu from Hanoi introduced Vietnam’s fine arts and her own work at a kickoff event for the Vietnam culture week in Pretoria, South Africa on March 22.

Vietnam’s fine arts introduced in South Africa
UNESCO nomination for Xoan singing to be submitted before March 31
UNESCO nomination for Xoan singing to be submitted before March 31

The nomination paper for Xoan singing to be recognised as an intangible cultural heritage of humanity must be submitted to UNESCO before March 31. 

UNESCO nomination for Xoan singing to be submitted before March 31
Six Flags Entertainment to build parks in Vietnam
Six Flags Entertainment to build parks in Vietnam

VOV.VN - Six Flags Entertainment has announced to open amusement and water parks in Vietnam.

Six Flags Entertainment to build parks in Vietnam
Central Highlands’ legendary storyteller to perform in Hanoi
Central Highlands’ legendary storyteller to perform in Hanoi

Artist Y Wang living in the Central Highlands province of Dak Lak, often called “the storyteller of legendary nights”, will bring a night like this to Hanoi on March 25.

Central Highlands’ legendary storyteller to perform in Hanoi
Former Miss Vietnam epitomizes elegance and grace
Former Miss Vietnam epitomizes elegance and grace

VOV.VN - Former Miss Vietnam Dang Thu Thao, now a brand ambassador for the Blue Ocean World investment company, was the epitome of elegance, grace and poise at a March 21 event in Ho Chi Minh City. 

Former Miss Vietnam epitomizes elegance and grace
Da Lat coffee appears on US magazine
Da Lat coffee appears on US magazine

VOV.VN - Photographer David Hagerman has introduced Da Lat city, especially its coffee on The New York Times. The US magazine has chosen the city as one of top 52 places to go in 2016.

Da Lat coffee appears on US magazine
Quang Binh welcomes massive jade Buddha
Quang Binh welcomes massive jade Buddha

The world’s largest Buddha statue, made of jade, has been brought to Vietnam.

Quang Binh welcomes massive jade Buddha
Conference reviews Central Highland gong culture preservation
Conference reviews Central Highland gong culture preservation

Localities in the Central Highlands received praise for their efforts over the last decade to preserve and promote the cultural practices surrounding the use of gongs, which were recognised by UNESCO as an Oral Masterpiece and Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity in 2005.

Conference reviews Central Highland gong culture preservation
Kong: Skull Island crew share photos of Vietnam
Kong: Skull Island crew share photos of Vietnam

VOV.VN - Director – Jordan Vogt – Roberts said he chose Vietnam because he found the beauty of the country’s mountains and caves surreal and he was hoping people who see the movie will feel the same way.

Kong: Skull Island crew share photos of Vietnam
HCM City Book Expo promotes reading
HCM City Book Expo promotes reading

The ninth biannual HCM City Book Expo that opens at District 1’s Le Van Tam Park on March 21 will seek to promote reading habits, especially among children.

HCM City Book Expo promotes reading
Short documentary film on My Son Hindu sanctuary released
Short documentary film on My Son Hindu sanctuary released

A short documentary film on My Son, a unique Hindu sanctuary located in the central province of Quang Nam, has been released in Hanoi.

Short documentary film on My Son Hindu sanctuary released
Hanoi to host Unlimited Belly Dance Competition
Hanoi to host Unlimited Belly Dance Competition

Vietnamese and foreign belly dancers will participate in the fourth Vietnam Unlimited Belly Dance Competition in July in Hanoi.

Hanoi to host Unlimited Belly Dance Competition
French photographer captures magical perspectives of Hanoi and Hue
French photographer captures magical perspectives of Hanoi and Hue

A collection of 30 photographs that illuminate Hanoi and Hue at night will go on display at the Sofitel Legend Metropole Hanoi April 14 – 23 and at the MGallery La Residence Hue Hotel & Spa in Hue April 29 – May 4.

French photographer captures magical perspectives of Hanoi and Hue
Vietnamese director selected as judge of Fribourg film festival
Vietnamese director selected as judge of Fribourg film festival

Director Nguyen Hoang Diep, who won three awards at the Fribourg International Film Festival last year, has become a jury member for the event this year. 

Vietnamese director selected as judge of Fribourg film festival
Students in “Ao Dai” costume cycle downtown HCM City
Students in “Ao Dai” costume cycle downtown HCM City

VOV.VN - On March 20, more than 200 students cycles to cultural and historical sites around HCM City as part of the third edition of the Ao Dai Festival 2016. 

Students in “Ao Dai” costume cycle downtown HCM City
Son Doong Cave featured in bilingual photo book
Son Doong Cave featured in bilingual photo book

Ho Chi Minh City - based Phuong Nam Printing Co. Ltd. will release the photo book “Son Doong – A hidden paradise” in both Vietnamese and English.

Son Doong Cave featured in bilingual photo book
Hanoi hosts cultural exchange programme with Japan
Hanoi hosts cultural exchange programme with Japan

A cultural exchange programme between Hanoi and Japan opened in the capital city on March 19.

Hanoi hosts cultural exchange programme with Japan
Hue Festival to return with cross-cultural performances
Hue Festival to return with cross-cultural performances

Some 20 art troupes from 15 countries worldwide will attend the 9th Hue Festival which takes place in central Thua Thien-Hue province from April 29 to May 4.

Hue Festival to return with cross-cultural performances
Enjoy a Lao culinary experience in Hanoi
Enjoy a Lao culinary experience in Hanoi

When I came to the yard to enter Laos Restaurant, I heard Phe Xai Euy, a popular traditional song.

Enjoy a Lao culinary experience in Hanoi
“Ro bam”, a typical dance-drama of the Khmer
“Ro bam”, a typical dance-drama of the Khmer

VOV.VN -“Ro bam” or “Rom Ro bam” is a classical dance-drama on the Khmer’s royal stage. Among the Khmer theatrical forms, Ro bam dance is considered the summit of artistic values. 

“Ro bam”, a typical dance-drama of the Khmer
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