(VOV) - Tố nữ dân ca – “The lady singing folk songs” – is a Chèo, or traditional Vietnamese theater performance at the French Institute Hanoi. 

(VOV) - The passing of 94-year-old musicologist Tran Van Khe on June 24 was a great loss to people who love traditional Vietnamese music. Professor Khe has dedicated his entire life to preserving Vietnam’s culture and introducing it to the world. 

Local kids will have the opportunity to see a DisneyLive! - Mickey’s Music Festival scheduled at Hoa Binh Theater in Ho Chi Minh City’s District 10 from September 30 to October 6 and the National Convention Center in Hanoi from October 9 to 11.

Work to restore Hanoi's 112-year-old Long Bien Bridge will be finished this year, instead of next year like initially planned, a local official has recently told Thanh Nien.

(VOV) - The historical movie Khat Vong Thang Long (Thang Long Aspiration) opened on July 17 at AMC Empire 25, New York City as part of Vietnam Film Week and the festivities celebrating the 20th anniversary of diplomatic ties between the nations. 

The Toyota Classics Concert 2015 will take place at the central city's Trung Vuong Theatre on August 9, the event's organising committee has announced.

(VOV) -Samsung Electronics Vietnam Co Ltd has launched “Culture Explorer- Vietnam”, a new mobile application to facilitate understanding and appreciation of specific destinations across Vietnam via location technology of Google maps.

Russian-German musician Zedd will bring his "True Colors" tour to Ho Chi Minh City on August 7, his website officially announced.

(VOV) -The DEZEEN architecture and design magazine has praised a new residence named the Termitary House designed by Vietnamese Tropical Space architects.

(VOV) -200 photos and 50 documentary films on ASEAN are on display at an exhibition in Quang Binh province.

Film-maker Nguyen Quang Tuyen's first film, Cau Vong Khong Sac (Rainbow Without Colour), will compete in the First Films World category at the Montreal Film Festival 2015.

(VOV) -First runner-up of the 2014 Miss Vietnam pageant, Nguyen Tran Huyen My posed in a photoshoot on the streets of  some big cities in  the US during an exchange programme marking 20 years of Vietnam – US diplomatic ties (1995 -2015).

In 2015, France and Vietnam continue to tighten their relationship, based on friendship, mutual trust and understanding.

The former imperial capital of Hue is commemorating victims of a war between French troops and the feudal Vietnamese army in 1885, in a custom that showcases a high sense of humanitarianism among the city's residents.

Central Danang city has found a new way to make “tuong” (classical dramas) more accessible to the public: performing it on streets. 

(VOV) - On July 11, twenty-one contestants representing overseas Vietnamese (OVs) in the Czech Republic, Romania, Russia, Ukraine, Germany and Italy participated in the final round of Sao Mai singing contest in Prague.

Pop star My Tam has won the Best Selling Artist of Asia award on the official Facebook page of the Big Apple Music Awards (BAMA).

The 2015 Southern Don Ca Tai Tu (traditional musical art form of the south) Festival, competing for Golden Lotus Awards, opened at a ceremony in Ho Chi Minh City on July 11.

(VOV) - The Raglai people have several ceremonies relating to the life cycle of a man or a tree. The new rice ceremony is the biggest event of all. 

A seminar on Vietnamese culture and tourism was held at Uruguay republic university (UdelaR) on July 10, drawing the participation of about 500 lecturers and students.

(VOV) - The hammer came down at VND2.2 billion for a painting by Nguyen Gia Tri at Larasati’s in Singapore recently, to cheers and applause in the saleroom. 

The Thanh Long Cup, Vietnam’s first international traditional martial arts championship, will take place from August 6-13 at the My Dinh Indoor Athletics Gymnasium in Hanoi City, the Chairman of the Vietnam Traditional Martial Art Federation announced at a press conference on July 9.

(VOV) - The Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism (MCST) awarded the Medal “For a Cause of Culture, Sports and Tourism” for Christian Bourgoignie, Head of the Wallonie Bruxelles delegation in Vietnam at a ceremony in Hanoi on July 9.

The Globe Theatre from London will bring William Shakespeare's tragedy Hamlet to HCM City's audiences on July 13 as part of its two-year world tour to the 450th anniversary of the birth of the playwright. 

Vietnam's acclaimed jazz saxophonist Tran Manh Tuan will perform at the coming ASEAN One music festival in Thailand.

Oktoberfest, the largest cultural event of German-speaking communities across Southeast Asia, is due to take place in Hanoi and Ho Chi Minh City in October. 

A seasoned Vietnamese translator has shared his experience while joining dozens of his colleagues in an unprecedented process to translate the Britannica Concise Encyclopedia into Vietnamese in observance of the stringent international benchmarks.

Two collections of Ao Dai (Vietnamese traditional long dress) by designer Si Hoang will be showcased in the “Mot Thoang Vietnam” programme in New York this month. 

(VOV) -Leading fashion designer, Minh Hanh, has become the second Vietnamese winner of the Fukuoka Prize known as arts and culture award.

(VOV) -Vietnamese celebrity designer, Hoang Hai and model Jessica Minh Anh are set to organize a Summer 2015 fashion show at a solar power plant at Gemasolar in Seville, Spain on July 17.