A Vietnamese hot air balloon team took part in the third Putrajaya International Hot Air Balloon Fiesta in Malaysia from March 17-20.

The first Vietnam International Choir Festival and Competition (VICC1) ended in the central province of Quang Nam on March 19. 

Hundreds of students in Hanoi on March 19 joined in a festival celebrating the International Francophone Day 2011 at the Hanoi University. 

The special aroma of Vietnamese coffee and Vietnam’s coffee drinking culture will be introduced in a 12-episode film produced by Hong Kong Television Broadcasts Limited (TVB). 

An international musical evening with the theme “Say Hello to Vietnam’s Sea” was held at Sand Hill stage in Mui Ne, Phan Thiet on March 18.

The Belgian film “Rumba” will be shown at the French Cultural Centre - L’Espace in Hanoi on March 29.

The exhibition will take place from March 24 to 31 at the Vietnam Fine Arts Museum, 66 Nguyen Thai Hoc Street, in Hanoi to display works created by Vietnamese, Belgian and US artists.

The New Open World Corporation released a new voting method for the New Seven Wonders of the World – including Vietnam’s Ha Long Bay – via telephone from March 9, according to an official announcement on its website http://www.new7wonder.com.

American singer Bob Dylan will make a single performance in Vietnam on April 10, according to Dylan's promoter Rod Quinton.

On March 16 the Tri Viet publishing house, First News, officially debuted a set of comic books called Lucky Luke, a Franco-Belgian comic book series translated into Vietnamese.

An international stone sculpture composing camp will open in the Southcentral Coastal province of Ninh Thuan on April 16, says the Ninh Thuan provincial Department for Culture, Sports, and Tourism.

The first International Choir Festival kicked off at the Hoai River Square in the ancient town of Hoi An in the central province of Quang Nam on March 16.

The Head of the organising board of the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) Summit has proposed the Association of Vietnamese Students in the US to give cultural performances during the event, which will be held in Hawaii from November 7-13.  

Around 350 delegates will attend the second international conference on geological parks in the Asia-Pacific region to be held in Hanoi from July 16-24.

Hundreds of objects, photographs and documents relating to the development of the Ho Chi Minh Communist Youth Union (HCYU) over the past 80 years are being displayed at an exhibition that opened in Hanoi on March 15.

Germany will provide an additional US$135,000 for cultural heritage preservation projects in Vietnam, according to the Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism.

“Long Thanh cam gia ca” (The Fate of a Songstress in Thang Long), directed by Dao Ba Son, won the “Golden Kite 2010” award at a ceremony in Ho Chi Minh City on March 13.

Three songs written by Vietnamese music icon Trinh Cong Son, which have never been heard before, could be performed in memorial concerts organised by his family for his 10th death anniversary.

Actress Van Trang representing Vietnam won three prizes in the Miss ASEAN TV Charming beauty pageant 2011 which ended in HCM City on March 12.

Twenty countries have registered to take part in the 2011 International Boat Racing Festival, which is scheduled to take place in Mui Ne in the southern province of Binh Thuan from March 17-20.

A photo exhibition of students from Vietnam and Laos’ fine art universities opened on March 10 in the Lao capital city of Vientiane. 

More than 100 professional artists will work together to portray the Vietnamese people’s life through different stages of evolvement at an installation art show to be held in Hanoi in March.

The six-time champion, DJ Craze, will give a night show in Hanoi on March 19.  

An art group of the central province of Quang Nam will perform at a festival to be held from May 26 to June 5 in the city Bergamo of Italy.

The Japanese pianist, Yosuke Yamashita, will greet audiences at a jazz concert to be held at the Hanoi Opera House on March 12-13.  

German conductor Lior Shambadal of the Berliner Symphoniker orchestra will stage a concert at the HCM City Opera House on March 9, accompanied by the HCM City Ballet Symphony Orchestra and Opera (HBSO). 

Critics have tipped one of the many historical films nominated to win this year's national Golden Kite awards.

Eighteen women television personalities from ASEAN member countries are in Ho Chi Minh City for the second Duyen Dang Truyen Hinh (Charming Television) contest that opens on March 7.

The Semiscon Vocal Band from China’s Taiwan on March 6 gave a performance in the northern city of Hai Phong, reported the Hanoi Moi daily.

Ten female artists from Hanoi and Ho Chi Minh City are showcasing their latest paintings at an annual exhibition at the Women Artists Club.