In photos: Temple of Literature Ao Dai Festival
In photos: Temple of Literature Ao Dai Festival

VOV.VN - The Van Mieu – Quoc Tu Giam (Temple of Literature) on March 4 staged an Ao Dai Festival at its facilities in Hanoi, attended by famed Vietnamese designers from throughout the country.

In photos: Temple of Literature Ao Dai Festival
The Vietnamese Bamboo Flute
The Vietnamese Bamboo Flute

VOV.VN - The Vietnamese bamboo flute has long been one of the most popular wind instruments, containing the essence of Vietnamese music. The moody sound it produces has signified the spiritual life of the Vietnamese people since long ago. 

The Vietnamese Bamboo Flute
Ambassadors walk the catwalk in ‘Ao Dai’
Ambassadors walk the catwalk in ‘Ao Dai’

VOV.VN - Several foreign ambassadors (or their spouse) along with famous Vietnamese artists  walked the catwalk at the Ao Dai Festival on March 4 in Hanoi dressed in Vietnamese traditional costume.

Ambassadors walk the catwalk in ‘Ao Dai’
Con ball throwing among the ethnic Thai
Con ball throwing among the ethnic Thai

VOV.VN - Con ball throwing is a popular folk game many the ethnic Thai ethnic minority people in Vietnam’s northwestern region. While playing the games, Thai girls and boys have a chance to find their partners and express their love.

Con ball throwing among the ethnic Thai
Art exhibition honours late composer
Art exhibition honours late composer

The music of composer Trinh Cong Son is to be depicted in the "language" of fine art at an exhibition entitled Khoi Troi Menh Mong (Immense Sky Smoke), which introduces 40 paintings inspired by his music.

Art exhibition honours late composer
Grazia Magazine features Hoang Thuy
Grazia Magazine features Hoang Thuy

VOV.VN - Hoang Thuy, 24, was recently featured in the Uk’s Grazia Magazine modelling fashion brands Dior, LV, Celine, Wang, Fendi, Marni, Prada and D&G. 

Grazia Magazine features Hoang Thuy
Thuyen's poems printed in English
Thuyen's poems printed in English

 In Nha Thuyen's understanding, the word, as a living being, is vulnerable.

Thuyen's poems printed in English
Vietnam, Russia painters jointly hold exhibition
Vietnam, Russia painters jointly hold exhibition

VOV.VN - Vietnamese and Russian painters are showcasing more than 80 works at the fifth joint art exhibition called ‘Handshake Again’ at the HCM City Fine Arts Museum on March 4-12.

Vietnam, Russia painters jointly hold exhibition
Model Huong Ly to perform Sakura Collection
Model Huong Ly to perform Sakura Collection

VOV.VN - Winner of Vietnam’s Next Top Model 2015 Huong Ly will take part in Sakura Collection fashion show in Yokohama City, Japan this March.

Model Huong Ly to perform Sakura Collection
Vietnam Idol 2016 to begin this month
Vietnam Idol 2016 to begin this month

 Vietnam Idol's new season will begin in the central coastal city of Danang on March 20, in which contestants between the ages of 16 and 30 will participate.

Vietnam Idol 2016 to begin this month
Song, poster competitions mark 40 years of Ho Chi Minh City
Song, poster competitions mark 40 years of Ho Chi Minh City

To celebrate 40 years of the city named after late President Ho Chi Minh, the municipal Department of Culture and Sports launched a song-writing and poster contests on March 3.

Song, poster competitions mark 40 years of Ho Chi Minh City
Ha Long cherry blossom festival 2016 to bloom
Ha Long cherry blossom festival 2016 to bloom

 The Ha Long cherry blossom festival 2016 will open in 30/10 Square, Ha Long city in the northern province of Quang Ninh on March 18, indulging visitors in a sea of pale pink and white blooms brought by Japan.

Ha Long cherry blossom festival 2016 to bloom
Can Tho to host southern cake festival
Can Tho to host southern cake festival

The 5th southern traditional cake festival is scheduled to take place in the Mekong Delta city of Can Tho from April 15-19.

Can Tho to host southern cake festival
Janine Tugonon arrives in Vietnam
Janine Tugonon arrives in Vietnam

VOV.VN - Miss Vietnam Thu Huong on March 3 announced that the ever radiant Filipina beauty queen and model, Janine Tugonon, has arrived in Ho Chi Minh City at her invitation.

Janine Tugonon arrives in Vietnam
Canadian slam poet performs in Vietnam
Canadian slam poet performs in Vietnam

David Dufour, the highly acclaimed and vastly popular Francophone hip-hop artist and slam poet from Canada, will perform in two nights on March 2-3 in HCM City.

Canadian slam poet performs in Vietnam
Circus gala honours Int'l Women's Day
Circus gala honours Int'l Women's Day

More than 50 Vietnamese and foreign circus artists will entertain audiences in HCM City with an extravagant gala to celebrate International Women's Day on March 8. 

Circus gala honours Int'l Women's Day
Khmer costumes
Khmer costumes

VOV.VN - The clothing of the Khmer in southern Vietnam is unlike the costumes of other ethnic groups.

Khmer costumes
Pianist Dang Thai Son to return home for special concerts
Pianist Dang Thai Son to return home for special concerts

Vietnam's most famous pianist, People’s Artist Dang Thai Son will come back home to give concerts at Hanoi Opera House on March 9-10.

Pianist Dang Thai Son to return home for special concerts
The art of making 3D fish paintings
The art of making 3D fish paintings

The art of making 3D fish paintings, which was invented by Japanese artist Riusuke Fukahori, has appeared in Vietnam for around one year. 

The art of making 3D fish paintings
Magnificent landscapes featured in US film crew’s photos
Magnificent landscapes featured in US film crew’s photos

VOV.VN - Vietnam’s landscapes and local people’s daily life are captured by the Kong Skull Island film crew during their working days in the country.

Magnificent landscapes featured in US film crew’s photos
Vietnam to stage Shakespeare’s Hamlet in Singapore
Vietnam to stage Shakespeare’s Hamlet in Singapore

The world-renowned play Hamlet by Shakespeare, which has been performed in Vietnam since last year, will be staged in Singapore later this month.

Vietnam to stage Shakespeare’s Hamlet in Singapore
French photographer donates iconic work to Vietnam museum
French photographer donates iconic work to Vietnam museum

The French photographer who currently bases himself in the central town of Hoi An has recently donated his popular photo capturing an old Vietnamese lady to the Vietnamese Women’s Museum in Hanoi.

French photographer donates iconic work to Vietnam museum
OV cinematographer and his first working trip in Vietnam
OV cinematographer and his first working trip in Vietnam

VOV.VN - Cinematographer Kevin Pham: I went to Vietnam to work because my father is the biggest fan of the Vietnamese modern cinematography.

OV cinematographer and his first working trip in Vietnam
Two Europeans' fund-raising walk
Two Europeans' fund-raising walk

VOV.VN -Over the past 13 months, Simon Niggli of Switzerland and Christoph Obmascher of Austria have walked more than 7,000 km across 19 countries from Europe to Vietnam to visit two children they had been sponsoring though World Vision.

Two Europeans' fund-raising walk
Ky Cung-Ta Phu Temple Festival in Lang Son City
Ky Cung-Ta Phu Temple Festival in Lang Son City

VOV.VN - Local people dressed in colourful traditional costume paraded through the streets of Lang Son City on March 1 at the biggest festival of the year in Lang Son Province.

Ky Cung-Ta Phu Temple Festival in Lang Son City
40 cartoon “Gender Equality: Picture It!” exhibition
40 cartoon “Gender Equality: Picture It!” exhibition

VOV.VN -The exhibition of top 40 drawings of the “Gender Equality: Picture It!” cartoon contest in Vietnam is open March 1-10 at Women’s Museum, 36 Ly Thuong Kiet, Hanoi.

40 cartoon “Gender Equality: Picture It!” exhibition
Kelly Trang Tran competes at Mrs World 2016
Kelly Trang Tran competes at Mrs World 2016

VOV.VN -Kelly Trang Tran, Mrs Vietnam World 2015, has announced she has departed the US and is on her way to Dongguan, China to represent Vietnam at the Mrs World 2016 pageant taking place March 1 -12.

Kelly Trang Tran competes at Mrs World 2016
Exhibit explores migration, identity
Exhibit explores migration, identity

Two Vietnamese artists based in Germany are showcasing the harmony between the two cultures through an exhibition titled Migration and Identity.

Exhibit explores migration, identity
Laos, Thailand to join flower festival in Dien Bien
Laos, Thailand to join flower festival in Dien Bien

The 2016 Ban Flower Festival will be held in the northwestern province of Dien Bien on March 13-15 with the engagement of neighbours from northern Laos and northeastern Thailand.

Laos, Thailand to join flower festival in Dien Bien
Female ambassadors to go catwalk in Vietnamese ‘ao dai’
Female ambassadors to go catwalk in Vietnamese ‘ao dai’

Several female ambassadors and ambassadors’ spouses will go catwalk in Vietnam’s traditional long dress (ao dai) for the first time during a festival live broadcast in Hanoi on March 4.

Female ambassadors to go catwalk in Vietnamese ‘ao dai’
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