VOV.VN - On July 19, Toyota announced the lineup for its annual Summer Scholarship Benefit Concert Series, giving fans the opportunity to see some of their favourite artists perform at venues across Vietnam.

Vietnamese-French violinist Stéphane Tran Ngoc will perform with the Ho Chi Minh City Ballet, Symphony Orchestra and Opera (HBSO) at the Opera House tonight.

VOV.VN - Top 30 contestants of the Hot Face Vietnam 2017 have participated in a program to promote most-visited tourist attractions in the central province of Quang Binh.

Apart from the current book street on Nguyen Van Binh road next to the Post Office and the Notre Dame Cathedral, HCMC is expected to open two more book streets by the end of this year to meet high demand of readers.

Well-known K-pop band Block B will perform in the Ho Chi Minh City-Gyeongju World Culture Expo 2017 in November.

A photo exhibition featuring the traditional friendship and special solidarity between Vietnam and Laos opened in Hanoi on July 18.

VOV.VN - Tu Anh, former first runner-up at Miss Vietnam 2012, looked effortlessly charming at a social event Sunday (July 16) in Ho Chi Minh City.

Dozens of photos featuring the landscapes and people of Laos are on display in downtown Hanoi in order to celebrate the friendship between Laos and Vietnam.

A concert featuring Lao artists and celebrating the country, its people and the relationship between Vietnam and Laos took place at the Hanoi Opera House on July 17 night.

The Vietnam tourism culture days began in Vientiane on July 17 as part of activities to celebrate the 55th founding anniversary of diplomatic ties between Vietnam and Laos (September 5, 1962) and 40 years of the Vietnam-Laos Treaty on Amity and Cooperation (July 18, 1977).

VOV.VN - Vietnamese model Mau Thuy appeared on Dolce & Gabanna’s Instagram page on July 17th.

An event called PechaKucha Night – Bright Side will take place at The Rotten Grapes Theater, Level 2, 101A Nguyen Khuyen Street, Hanoi on July 22 (8-10pm).

Located 60 km from Hanoi, Phu Lang village in Que Vo district, the northern province of Bac Ninh, is one of the oldest pottery centers of the Red River Delta.

VOV.VN - Fans came out by the thousands to watch his first solo concert of Shane Filan on July 16 at the Lan Anh Music Centre in District 10 of Ho Chi Minh City.

A photo exhibition entitled “Buddhist ruins and heritage” opened in Hanoi on July 17, which was organised by the Indian Cultural Centre under the Indian Embassy in Vietnam.

VOV.VN - Dong Anh Quynh, Do My Linh, Ngoc Han, and Huyen My took to the catwalk on July 17 in Hanoi at the latest fashion event by local designer Amy. 

VOV.VN - Miss Vietnam 2014 first runner-up Nguyen Tran Huyen My looked radiant strutting her stuff at a July 15 Hanoi fashion show hosted by designer Amy.

VOV.VN - An art troupe of 42 Lao artists will perform in Vietnam July 17-21 within the framework of Lao Culture and Tourism Days as part of activities marking the 55th diplomatic relations anniversary and 40 years of signing the Friendship and Cooperation Treaty.

Firmly establishing its place as Vietnam’s premier multi-day festival, Quest will return from November 10 -12 at Dong Mo, Hanoi for an unforgettable weekend of music, art, discovery and magic. 

VOV.VN - Nguyen Tan Hoai of Domesco Dong Thap won the second stage of the Return to Truong Son Cycling Tournament on July 16.

A new classical music programme will be staged twice a month in HCM City with the aim of attracting young people to the genre.

A play based on real stories about Vietnamese volunteer soldiers in Laos during wartime took stage at the Lao national cultural centre in Vientiane on July 14.

Hanoi these days shines with vibrant summer flowers, including lotus. Different from other vivid flowers, lotus has its own uniqueness, helping cool the hot summer air in the capital.

VOV.VN - Concerns about losing Thai ethnic culture have motivated Ca Van Chung, Deputy Head of the Science and Technology Center in Son La province, to apply new technology in the preservation work.

A red-haired Italian priest who wrote over 40 operas and a Latvian musician with strong environmentalist feelings – Saigon plays host to the music of both of these on July 19 in its magnificent Opera House.

Israel Book Day will be held for the first time at Vietnamese Women’s Museum and in Hanoi Book Street on July 16.

Just like rice, fish sauce is a staple of almost every dish in Vietnam. “For Vietnamese people, a meal without fish sauce is considered incomplete,” culture expert Tran Ngoc Them once wrote in his book Vietnam Culture Foundation.

Central Thanh Hoa province’s intangible heritages – Tro Chieng Festival and Sing and Dance under Bon Tree Festival - have been recorgnised as national culture intangible heritages by the Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism.

More than 60 kite artists will take part in the Da Nang kite festival on My Khe Beach in Son Tra district on July 15-16, according to the city’s Festival and Event Organising centre.

VOV.VN - Ngo Thanh Tu, first runner-up in Miss Vietnam 2016 pageant, has tried costumes to prepare for designer Amy’s fashion show.