The Ho Chi Minh City Ballet Symphony Orchestra and Opera (HBSO) will host the Rock Symphony at the HCM City Opera House on January 9 night.

VOV.VN - The southern region’s preliminary round of the Miss Vietnam Heritage Global 2019 beauty pageant took place in Ho Chi Minh City recently, attracting hundreds of contestants.

The Quang Nam Culture, Sports and Tourism Department has just set up a Quang Region Cuisine Museum to honour local noodle dishes.

VOV.VN - H’Hen Nie, Minh Tu, and Phuong Khanh are the three Vietnamese girls to have been listed among the Top 25 semifinalists of the Timeless Beauty award by Missosology.

The Ban Flower Festival will be held from March 13-18 this year in the northwest province of Dien Bien and featuring a wide range of activities, heard a press conference in Dien Bien Phu city on January 7. 

VOV.VN - In preparation for the upcoming Lunar New Year Festival (Tet), residents in Kim Long ward in Hue city have been busy preparing ginger jams to serve customers in the build up to the festival.

VOV.VN -Music fans in Hanoi will be enthralled by some amazing performances by Vietnam’s leading rock bands at V-Rock 2019, which will take place at the Bach Khoa stadium in Hanoi on January 12.

A new production of the operetta The Merry Widow, the ballet Rite of Spring, revivals of the opera Der Freischutz and the ballets Café Saigon, Giselle and Cinderella–the HBSO has taken the unusual step of announcing its program for almost the whole of 2019.

VOV.VN - Ngoc Han, fashion designer and Miss Vietnam 2010 winner, recently introduced her latest Ao dai (Vietnamese traditional long dress) collection at the 30th Charming Vietnam art programme held in Ho Chi Minh City.

VOV.VN -H’Hen Nie returned to her hometown on January 6 after achieving a Top 5 finish at the recent Miss Universe beauty pageant in Thailand.

Popular Korean variety show “Running Man” will be made in Vietnamese and broadcast from April.  

“Le hoi cau mua” (bumper-crop praying ceremony) of the San Chay ethnic minority group in the northern province of Thai Nguyen was granted the status of national intangible cultural heritage at a ceremony held in Tuc Tranh commune, Phu Luong district on January 5.

VOV.VN - Hat dum or Dum singing is a kind of love duet that is often performed when spring arrives. It is part of the unique culture of northern Vietnam’s coastal people. Associated particularly with Hai Phong city’s Thuy Nguyen district, the art form has been designated a national intangible cultural heritage.

Vietnamese filmmaker Linh Nga’s ‘Inside This Peace’ has won the prize for the Best Feature Documentary at the California Women’s Film Festival.

The inspiring journey of WeChoice Awards 2018 ended with a gala night in Ho Chi Minh City on January 5, honouring the most inspirational persons, stories, events, products and works with positive impacts on the community.

VOV.VN - The popping up of diverse modern performances and art shows have made it much more difficult for traditional art genres to sustain stay popular. Artists of the Vietnam National Tuong (Classical Opera) Theatre are trying to renew their performances to reach out to wider Vietnamese audience and foreign visitors.

The northern province of Phu Tho will launch a short film in Vietnamese and English to introduce and popularise the Hung Kings Temple and traditional Vietnamese beliefs.

A wooden burial jar with bronze drum discovered in Phu Chanh commune in the southern province of Binh Duong has been recognised as a national treasure by Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc.

Two large mural paintings, featuring lotus flower ponds, were inaugurated at Terminal 2 at Noi Bai International Airport in Hanoi on January 3.

The 10th Latin American Music Gala was organised in Hanoi on January 4 to mark the 60th anniversary of Cuba’s revolution and welcome New Year 2019.

An exhibition marking 40 years since the victory of the southwest border defence war and the joint victory of Vietnam and Cambodia over the genocidal regime (January 7) opened in the Mekong Delta city of Can Tho on January 4.

VOV.VN - Many music lovers were enthralled by the spectacular performance by the world renowned Bad Boys Blue at a live show in Hanoi on January 3.

VOV.VN - The preliminary round of the Miss Vietnam Heritage Global 2019 pageant will take place in Ho Chi Minh City on January 5-6 and in Hanoi on January 21-22.

The People’s Committee of the central province of Quang Nam has recently approved a management plan for the My Son Relics – a World Culture Heritage site, in the 2018-2020 period, with a vision to 2030.

VOV.VN - H’Hen Nie, Huong Giang, and My Linh dazzled in Young Awards 2018 ceremony held in Ho Chi Minh City on January 3, aiming to honour artists who have made great contribution to music.

VOV.VN - Vietnamese artists including Dong Nhi, Bich Phuong, and Cat Tuong have been honored at The Keeng Young Awards, a special prize for singers and musicians under 30 years old.

VOV.VN - Band Bad Boys Blue received a warm welcome from Vietnamese fans upon arrival at Noi Bai International Airport on January 2 for their show in Hanoi.

Hanoi will organize a number of cultural and artistic activities to celebrate the upcoming Lunar New Year (Tet) festival, which lasts from February 5-7.

Japanese conductor Honna Tetsuji and the Vietnam National Symphony Orchestra (VNSO) will present an outdoor performance at AEON Mall Long Bien in Hanoi on January 12.

The Japan Foundation Center for Cultural Exchange in Vietnam will hold the JF Garage Concert No.19 in Hanoi on January 13 to introduce Japan’s traditional instruments Shakuhachi and Shamisen.