The ballet “Carmen” will be performed by artists of the Ho Chi Minh City Ballet Symphony Orchestra and Opera (HBSO) at the Ho Chi Minh City Opera House on March 29 to mark the 140th anniversary of the premiere of the “Carmen” opera.

The stamp and postmark designed by Vietnamese artists will be produced as a joint issue stamp within the ASEAN region on August 8, 2015 to celebrate the 48th founding anniversary of ASEAN and the formation of the ASEAN Community on December 31, 2015. 

Vietnamese photographer Nguyen Minh Tan has received a prize at the fourth edition of the Hamdan Bin Mohammed Bin Rashid Al Maktoum International Photography Award (HIPA). 

Communications authorities in Ho Chi Minh City are working on a plan to establish a city book street, with a small street in the downtown area being the strongest candidate. 

The football (soccer) center operated by Viettel, a military-run Vietnamese mobile network operator, is where budding, teenage Vietnamese talents are trained to realize their dreams of becoming star players.

The 2015 Spring Book Festival, presenting 5,000 book titles, will take place from March 25 to 29 at the Vietnam Women's Museum, No.36 Ly Thuong Kiet Street, Hanoi.

(VOV) - Experts and educators gathered at a seminar in Hanoi on March 24 to discuss how to include intangible cultural heritage in education for sustainable development in the Asia-Pacific region. 

(VOV) - A photo exhibition is set to open at the Vietnam Art Gallery in celebration of the 20th anniversary of diplomatic relations between America and Vietnam, and the 40th anniversary of the end of the war.

(VOV) -It has been reported that the popular romantic comedy – How to Fight in Six Inch Heels – directed by Ham Tran and starring Kathy Uyen, who also produced and co-wrote the script will be widely aired in US movie theatres over coming weeks.

Fertility worship is closely associated with Vietnamese farmers’ prayers for favorable weather, bumper crops and sufficient food. 

(VOV) - Vietnamese Canadian guitarist Eric Quach will enthral Hanoi music lovers at 8pm on March 26 at 73A Mai Hac De street, Hanoi.

(VOV) -Well-known French jazz trio The Drops is to take the stage at the French Cultural Centre L’Espace, 24 Trang Tien street, in Hanoi on April 18.

(VOV) -An exhibition entitled‘Pong-Ping’ of two Swiss artist duo Plonk &Replonk will be displayed at French Cultural Centre L’Espace, 24 Trang Tien Street, Hanoi from March 24-April 12 on the occasion of International Francophonie Day.

A new sculpture exhibition in Hanoi invites the public to think about the significance of boats and water in Vietnam's history and development.

Talented documentary filmmaker Le Phong Lan recently completed the final scenes of her latest film after five years of preparation.

(VOV) -Supermodel Xuan Lan is certainly living the life of a jet-setting and well-connected socialite.

(VOV) -One of the most popular weekly entertainment programs of the Korean Broadcasting System (KBS) – Music Bank – will be staged in Hanoi on March 28 at the My Dinh National Stadium.

(VOV) - Famous Danish “Trio Vivo” is to take the stage at a concert in Hanoi on March 27 under the CEG Music Club’s periodical program.

Toa Tau (train carriage) is a small but special school located at 632 Dien Bien Phu, Binh Thanh District, HCM City.

The work entitled 'Selfie' by author Ngo Hieu from Hanoi won first prize of the photo contest entitled 'Vietnam-Country for Peace' held by the Ho Chi Minh Communist Youth Union's Central Committee.

A ceremony was held on March 22 in Hanoi to launch the 2015 Olympic Run for All People’s Health to mark the Vietnam Sport Day (March 27, 1946).

Staff at the US Consulate General in Ho Chi Minh City recently worked with artists from the Ben Thanh Art and Frame company to paint three large canvases for the 20th anniversary of Vietnam-US diplomatic relations.

A Scottish activist and his Vietnamese friend arrived in Hanoi on March 20 as part of their 15,000-km cycling tour from a Mekong Delta province to Paris to raise awareness of and funds for climate change issues.

The 140th anniversary celebration of Bizet's opera Carmen will be held at the HCM City Opera House on March 29 with a two-part performance, featuring excerpts from the opera and a ballet staged by P. A. Kim Quy.

A series of cultural activities including art performance, film screening, photo exhibition, and a French-using writing contest are taking place in Havana, Cuba as part of a cultural and art exchange week, which was held to celebrate International Francophone Day (March 20). 

Vietnamese football matches have been listed for betting by 79 international bookmakers across the world, said Julie Norris, head of Interpol’s integrity in sport unit, at the conference on the prevention of match fixing held in Hanoi on March 20.

(VOV) - Vietnamese young tennis star Ly Hoang Nam  summarily defeated  strong rival Kwon Soon Woo of the Republic of Korea (RoK) on March 21 in two straight sets, 6-1, 6-2, in the semi-final round of the 25th Sarawak Chief Minister's Cup in Malaysia.

(VOV) - Vietnam became home to another record holder on March 20 with the presentation of the Guinness record for the world’s longest shrimp spring roll to APOT.asia.

Staff members of the US Consulate in Ho Chi Minh City have joined local artists to create paintings of the city and Washington DC to celebrate 20 years of Vietnam and US’s normal relations.