American Japanese violin talent, Goto Ryu, will perform in a Paganini concert at the Hanoi Opera House on June 24-25.

More than 500 students from Vietnam and other countries participated in “Vietnamese Day 2011” in Tokyo, Japan on June 18.

The HCM City Ballet and Symphony Orchestra (HBSO) will grace the stage on June 19 with a music and ballet performance by young and veteran performers.

Vietnam has been elected as a member of the inter-governmental committee of the Convention on the Protection and Promotion of the Diversity of Cultural Expressions of the UNESCO.

Over 100,000 foreign and domestic visitors flocked to the fifth Sea Festival 2011 themed “Nha Trang – The Sea Rendezvous”, which wrapped up on June 15 in the central coastal province of Khanh Hoa. 

Dao women in the northern moutainous province of Lao Cai are proud to preserve the value of their traditional craft.

The festival is the epitome of various rituals like the whale worshipping ceremony often held by fishermen living in coastal areas.

Following the success of many professional arts programs, an “H-Artistry” musical concert will be performed at Hanoi’s Quan Ngua Gymnasium on June 16.

An ancient costume movie festival will be held during the 2012 Hue Festival by Viet Charm Company, which is engaged in a project to train actors and actresses for ancient costume movies.

KBS TV of the Republic of Korea will launch its reality TV Shootdori in Vietnam in the name of Football Kids in August.

Whether it is a boy making paper birds in a park to pray for peace or a Vietnamese language speaking practice session between a father and daughter, Trung Nghia seeks to present every moment he captures with emotional clarity.

More than 400 artisans from the J’rai and Bahnar ethnic minorities gathered at a gong festival in Kbang district in the central highland province of Gia Lai on June 13-14.

The Government has approved the Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment’s plan to register Tram Chim National Park in the Ramsar list of wetlands of international importance.

An exhibition of sand sculptures opened on June 12 on Nha Trang city beach, in the coastal province of Khanh Hoa, as part of celebrations to mark Sea Festival 2011.

The beauty pageant to crown “Miss Vietnam in Europe 2011” will take place in Germany from July 9 to August 6.

The Nha Trang Sea Festival 2011, which opened in the coastal city of Nha Trang on the evening of June 11, will include over 60 cultural, arts and sports events as well as many big conferences on developing Vietnam’s marine-based economy.

A Vietnamese culture night under the theme of Lotus was held in Brussels by the Vietnamese embassy in Belgium on June 9.  

 “Ca Tru (ceremonial singing) preservation - A Vietnamese music quintessence” is the major theme of a ceremony organised by the Ca Tru Club in Hang Bac ward, Hoan Kiem district, Hanoi, on June 9 night. 

A ceremony was held in Hanoi on June 8 to launch a national photography competition to mark Vietnam Journalism Day (June 21).

A photo exhibition on Vietnam’s legendary military general Vo Nguyen Giap opens in the central city of Danang on June 6. 

The opening ceremony of the third International Documentary Film Festival took place in Ho Chi Minh City on June 6.

The border area of Lung Cu on the Dong Van rock plateau is called the rooftop of Vietnam and is legendary for its very special charm.

The 2011 Sea and Island Festival opened in Quang Ngai on May 5, as part of the National Tourism Year for the southcentral coastal region. 

The Miss Ethnic Vietnamese pageant is the only national beauty contest this year that aims to seek three representatives to take part in international competitions, announced the organising board.

The Italian embassy in Vietnam and the Genoa Architects Association held a conference in Hanoi on June 3 to introduce Genoa’s experience in preserving its old city after it was recognised by UNESCO as a World Heritage site.

Cuban artists will perform at the 2011 Sea Festival in Nha Trang from June 11-16.

The Hue Monuments Conservation Centre has begun restoration of the Tho Ninh Palace in the Forbidden City at a cost of VND10 billion.

A book about the material civilization of the Vietnamese people, by painter and fine arts researcher Phan Cam Thuong, has been made available to readers in Hanoi.

A documentary film named, “A different Vietnam” by Belgian film-maker Marcel Wynands was screened at the Lakilon Cultural Centre in Liege city, Belgium on June 1, opening Vietnamese Culture Week in the city. 

The Southern Fruit Festival opened at Suoi Tien Park in HCM City’s District 9 on June 1.