Ao Dai Festival opens at Youth Cultural House
Ao Dai Festival opens at Youth Cultural House

VOV.VN - Keynote speaker Ms Nguyen Thi Thu on March 8 kicked off the annual Ao Dai Festival at the Ho Chi Minh City’s Youth Cultural House.

Ao Dai Festival opens at Youth Cultural House
Kong’s Chinese actress arrives in Vietnam
Kong’s Chinese actress arrives in Vietnam

VOV.VN -A well-known Chinese actress, Jing Tian has arrived in Hanoi to join King Kong film crew who are shooting in NinhBinh province. 

Kong’s Chinese actress arrives in Vietnam
Female photographers exhibit work in HCM City
Female photographers exhibit work in HCM City

The HCM City Photography Association has opened an exhibition featuring the work of its female members in celebration of International Woman’s Day on March 8.

Female photographers exhibit work in HCM City
Vietnam enters final round of Smithsonian photo contest
Vietnam enters final round of Smithsonian photo contest

VOV.VN - A photograph titled ‘Catch the Sunset’ taken by Nguyen Manh Tuan is among the finalists in this year’s Smithsonian.com 13th annual photo contest. Winners will be announced on March 22.

Vietnam enters final round of Smithsonian photo contest
Highlands fest presents folk culture
Highlands fest presents folk culture

The third Central Highlands’ Folk Culture Festival and Culture Tourism Week will be held in Kon Tum province from March 18 to 23.

Highlands fest presents folk culture
Thuy Trang lights up Paris Fashion Week
Thuy Trang lights up Paris Fashion Week

VOV.VN - Supermodel Thuy Trang, lit up the runway at Paris Fashion Week in designs by Indian fashion designer Rahul Mishra whose Fall-Winter 2016 collection was unveiled on March 6. 

Thuy Trang lights up Paris Fashion Week
Turkish films come to Hanoi
Turkish films come to Hanoi

A movie series of Turkish-German director Fatih Akin will be screened at Goethe Institute from March 11 to March 26 in Hanoi and HCM City.

Turkish films come to Hanoi
Hoi An to host International Food Festival
Hoi An to host International Food Festival

VOV.VN - Twelve international chefs and 12 restaurants will meet up at Hoi An International Food Festival 2016 slated for March 14- 20 at Hoi An Sculpture Garden.

Hoi An to host International Food Festival
Son Doong wins ‘The New York City Drone Film’ award
Son Doong wins ‘The New York City Drone Film’ award

VOV.VN - A documentary film of Son Doong Cave in Vietnam’s central Quang Binh province has earned the News & Documentary award at The New York City Drone Film festival March 5-6 in New York, according to the festival’s official fanpage. 

Son Doong wins ‘The New York City Drone Film’ award
Radio musical and Mong children in Ha Giang
Radio musical and Mong children in Ha Giang

VOV.VN - Twenty Mong children in Can Chu Phin commune, Ha Giang province, recently participated in the production of a radio musical. 

Radio musical and Mong children in Ha Giang
Survivor writes book on My Lai massacre
Survivor writes book on My Lai massacre

A book, written by one of only a dozen survivors of the 1968 My Lai massacre, was published on the 48th anniversary of the infamous incident. 

Survivor writes book on My Lai massacre
Women's documentaries hit screen
Women's documentaries hit screen

Three short documentary films on women are being shown at a cinema theatre in Hanoi on the occasion of International Women's Day, which falls on March 8. 

Women's documentaries hit screen
Brisbane exhibition displays VN architect's structure
Brisbane exhibition displays VN architect's structure

A bamboo or "green steel" structure designed by noted Vietnamese architect Vo Trong Nghia is being displayed at an annual architectural pavilion series in Queensland's Brisbane, Australia. 

Brisbane exhibition displays VN architect's structure
Vietnamese designer to launch collection in Tokyo
Vietnamese designer to launch collection in Tokyo

Designer Nguyen Cong Tri will be the only Vietnamese representative to participate in the Asian Fashion Meets Tokyo show from March 14 to 19. 

Vietnamese designer to launch collection in Tokyo
Vietnam to host Francophone Film Festival
Vietnam to host Francophone Film Festival

VOV.VN - The Francophone Film Festival 2016 is set to transpire in Hanoi, Hue, and Ho Chi Minh City March 17-31.

Vietnam to host Francophone Film Festival
In photos: Temple of Literature Ao Dai Festival
In photos: Temple of Literature Ao Dai Festival

VOV.VN - The Van Mieu – Quoc Tu Giam (Temple of Literature) on March 4 staged an Ao Dai Festival at its facilities in Hanoi, attended by famed Vietnamese designers from throughout the country.

In photos: Temple of Literature Ao Dai Festival
The Vietnamese Bamboo Flute
The Vietnamese Bamboo Flute

VOV.VN - The Vietnamese bamboo flute has long been one of the most popular wind instruments, containing the essence of Vietnamese music. The moody sound it produces has signified the spiritual life of the Vietnamese people since long ago. 

The Vietnamese Bamboo Flute
Ambassadors walk the catwalk in ‘Ao Dai’
Ambassadors walk the catwalk in ‘Ao Dai’

VOV.VN - Several foreign ambassadors (or their spouse) along with famous Vietnamese artists  walked the catwalk at the Ao Dai Festival on March 4 in Hanoi dressed in Vietnamese traditional costume.

Ambassadors walk the catwalk in ‘Ao Dai’
Con ball throwing among the ethnic Thai
Con ball throwing among the ethnic Thai

VOV.VN - Con ball throwing is a popular folk game many the ethnic Thai ethnic minority people in Vietnam’s northwestern region. While playing the games, Thai girls and boys have a chance to find their partners and express their love.

Con ball throwing among the ethnic Thai
Art exhibition honours late composer
Art exhibition honours late composer

The music of composer Trinh Cong Son is to be depicted in the "language" of fine art at an exhibition entitled Khoi Troi Menh Mong (Immense Sky Smoke), which introduces 40 paintings inspired by his music.

Art exhibition honours late composer
Grazia Magazine features Hoang Thuy
Grazia Magazine features Hoang Thuy

VOV.VN - Hoang Thuy, 24, was recently featured in the Uk’s Grazia Magazine modelling fashion brands Dior, LV, Celine, Wang, Fendi, Marni, Prada and D&G. 

Grazia Magazine features Hoang Thuy
Thuyen's poems printed in English
Thuyen's poems printed in English

 In Nha Thuyen's understanding, the word, as a living being, is vulnerable.

Thuyen's poems printed in English
Vietnam, Russia painters jointly hold exhibition
Vietnam, Russia painters jointly hold exhibition

VOV.VN - Vietnamese and Russian painters are showcasing more than 80 works at the fifth joint art exhibition called ‘Handshake Again’ at the HCM City Fine Arts Museum on March 4-12.

Vietnam, Russia painters jointly hold exhibition
Model Huong Ly to perform Sakura Collection
Model Huong Ly to perform Sakura Collection

VOV.VN - Winner of Vietnam’s Next Top Model 2015 Huong Ly will take part in Sakura Collection fashion show in Yokohama City, Japan this March.

Model Huong Ly to perform Sakura Collection
Vietnam Idol 2016 to begin this month
Vietnam Idol 2016 to begin this month

 Vietnam Idol's new season will begin in the central coastal city of Danang on March 20, in which contestants between the ages of 16 and 30 will participate.

Vietnam Idol 2016 to begin this month
Song, poster competitions mark 40 years of Ho Chi Minh City
Song, poster competitions mark 40 years of Ho Chi Minh City

To celebrate 40 years of the city named after late President Ho Chi Minh, the municipal Department of Culture and Sports launched a song-writing and poster contests on March 3.

Song, poster competitions mark 40 years of Ho Chi Minh City
Ha Long cherry blossom festival 2016 to bloom
Ha Long cherry blossom festival 2016 to bloom

 The Ha Long cherry blossom festival 2016 will open in 30/10 Square, Ha Long city in the northern province of Quang Ninh on March 18, indulging visitors in a sea of pale pink and white blooms brought by Japan.

Ha Long cherry blossom festival 2016 to bloom
Can Tho to host southern cake festival
Can Tho to host southern cake festival

The 5th southern traditional cake festival is scheduled to take place in the Mekong Delta city of Can Tho from April 15-19.

Can Tho to host southern cake festival
Janine Tugonon arrives in Vietnam
Janine Tugonon arrives in Vietnam

VOV.VN - Miss Vietnam Thu Huong on March 3 announced that the ever radiant Filipina beauty queen and model, Janine Tugonon, has arrived in Ho Chi Minh City at her invitation.

Janine Tugonon arrives in Vietnam
Canadian slam poet performs in Vietnam
Canadian slam poet performs in Vietnam

David Dufour, the highly acclaimed and vastly popular Francophone hip-hop artist and slam poet from Canada, will perform in two nights on March 2-3 in HCM City.

Canadian slam poet performs in Vietnam
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