Circus gala honours Int'l Women's Day
Circus gala honours Int'l Women's Day

More than 50 Vietnamese and foreign circus artists will entertain audiences in HCM City with an extravagant gala to celebrate International Women's Day on March 8. 

Circus gala honours Int'l Women's Day
Khmer costumes
Khmer costumes

VOV.VN - The clothing of the Khmer in southern Vietnam is unlike the costumes of other ethnic groups.

Khmer costumes
Pianist Dang Thai Son to return home for special concerts
Pianist Dang Thai Son to return home for special concerts

Vietnam's most famous pianist, People’s Artist Dang Thai Son will come back home to give concerts at Hanoi Opera House on March 9-10.

Pianist Dang Thai Son to return home for special concerts
The art of making 3D fish paintings
The art of making 3D fish paintings

The art of making 3D fish paintings, which was invented by Japanese artist Riusuke Fukahori, has appeared in Vietnam for around one year. 

The art of making 3D fish paintings
Magnificent landscapes featured in US film crew’s photos
Magnificent landscapes featured in US film crew’s photos

VOV.VN - Vietnam’s landscapes and local people’s daily life are captured by the Kong Skull Island film crew during their working days in the country.

Magnificent landscapes featured in US film crew’s photos
Vietnam to stage Shakespeare’s Hamlet in Singapore
Vietnam to stage Shakespeare’s Hamlet in Singapore

The world-renowned play Hamlet by Shakespeare, which has been performed in Vietnam since last year, will be staged in Singapore later this month.

Vietnam to stage Shakespeare’s Hamlet in Singapore
French photographer donates iconic work to Vietnam museum
French photographer donates iconic work to Vietnam museum

The French photographer who currently bases himself in the central town of Hoi An has recently donated his popular photo capturing an old Vietnamese lady to the Vietnamese Women’s Museum in Hanoi.

French photographer donates iconic work to Vietnam museum
OV cinematographer and his first working trip in Vietnam
OV cinematographer and his first working trip in Vietnam

VOV.VN - Cinematographer Kevin Pham: I went to Vietnam to work because my father is the biggest fan of the Vietnamese modern cinematography.

OV cinematographer and his first working trip in Vietnam
Two Europeans' fund-raising walk
Two Europeans' fund-raising walk

VOV.VN -Over the past 13 months, Simon Niggli of Switzerland and Christoph Obmascher of Austria have walked more than 7,000 km across 19 countries from Europe to Vietnam to visit two children they had been sponsoring though World Vision.

Two Europeans' fund-raising walk
Ky Cung-Ta Phu Temple Festival in Lang Son City
Ky Cung-Ta Phu Temple Festival in Lang Son City

VOV.VN - Local people dressed in colourful traditional costume paraded through the streets of Lang Son City on March 1 at the biggest festival of the year in Lang Son Province.

Ky Cung-Ta Phu Temple Festival in Lang Son City
40 cartoon “Gender Equality: Picture It!” exhibition
40 cartoon “Gender Equality: Picture It!” exhibition

VOV.VN -The exhibition of top 40 drawings of the “Gender Equality: Picture It!” cartoon contest in Vietnam is open March 1-10 at Women’s Museum, 36 Ly Thuong Kiet, Hanoi.

40 cartoon “Gender Equality: Picture It!” exhibition
Kelly Trang Tran competes at Mrs World 2016
Kelly Trang Tran competes at Mrs World 2016

VOV.VN -Kelly Trang Tran, Mrs Vietnam World 2015, has announced she has departed the US and is on her way to Dongguan, China to represent Vietnam at the Mrs World 2016 pageant taking place March 1 -12.

Kelly Trang Tran competes at Mrs World 2016
Exhibit explores migration, identity
Exhibit explores migration, identity

Two Vietnamese artists based in Germany are showcasing the harmony between the two cultures through an exhibition titled Migration and Identity.

Exhibit explores migration, identity
Laos, Thailand to join flower festival in Dien Bien
Laos, Thailand to join flower festival in Dien Bien

The 2016 Ban Flower Festival will be held in the northwestern province of Dien Bien on March 13-15 with the engagement of neighbours from northern Laos and northeastern Thailand.

Laos, Thailand to join flower festival in Dien Bien
Female ambassadors to go catwalk in Vietnamese ‘ao dai’
Female ambassadors to go catwalk in Vietnamese ‘ao dai’

Several female ambassadors and ambassadors’ spouses will go catwalk in Vietnam’s traditional long dress (ao dai) for the first time during a festival live broadcast in Hanoi on March 4.

Female ambassadors to go catwalk in Vietnamese ‘ao dai’
Tran dynasty wooden seal debated
Tran dynasty wooden seal debated

A scientific seminar, entitled Sac Menh Chi Bao (Wooden Seal found in an Archaeological Excavation at Thang Long Royal Citadel in 2012-14), was held late last month. 

Tran dynasty wooden seal debated
HCM City, RoK province to co-host world cultural expo
HCM City, RoK province to co-host world cultural expo

Ho Chi Minh City and the Gyeongsangbuk-do province of the Republic of Korea (RoK) will co-host the World Cultural Expo in November 2017, a biennial exchange to introduce cultures of participating countries. 

HCM City, RoK province to co-host world cultural expo
Egypt: Photos exhibit Vietnam’s reform achievements
Egypt: Photos exhibit Vietnam’s reform achievements

Vietnam’s reform achievements and its relations with Egypt are the spotlight of a photo exhibition which opened in Cairo on February 29. 

Egypt: Photos exhibit Vietnam’s reform achievements
Lan Khue, Ky Duyen named goodwill ambassadors
Lan Khue, Ky Duyen named goodwill ambassadors

VOV.VN - The Ao Dai Festival organizing board has named Lan Khue and Ky Duyen goodwill ambassadors for the upcoming jamboree set to transpire March 5-20 in Ho Chi Minh City.

Lan Khue, Ky Duyen named goodwill ambassadors
Overseas Vietnam singers go big and go home
Overseas Vietnam singers go big and go home

Overseas Vietnamese singers have returned to perform in their homeland after Tet (Lunar New Year festival), mostly in live shows on large stages instead of smaller venues like bars, hotels and nightclubs as they had done in the past.

Overseas Vietnam singers go big and go home
Haute Couture fashion at Vietnam Fall-Winter Fashion Week
Haute Couture fashion at Vietnam Fall-Winter Fashion Week

VOV.VN - Leading fashion designers including Minh Hanh, Chula, Hung Viet and Cao Minh Tien have introduced high-end fashion designs that were showcased at Haute Couture show. Let’s see latest designs at Haute Couture show:

Haute Couture fashion at Vietnam Fall-Winter Fashion Week
Hanoi hosts Big Day 2016
Hanoi hosts Big Day 2016

VOV.VN - The Harley-Davidson of Hanoi in collaboration with the H.O.G, Hanoi Chapter, Vietnam has held a powerful motorcycle festival titled “Big Day 2016” in the capital city, attracting thousands of bikers from around the country. 

Hanoi hosts Big Day 2016
Tokyo Fashion Week highlights designs by Cong Tri
Tokyo Fashion Week highlights designs by Cong Tri

VOV.VN - It has been unveiled that this year’s Tokyo Fashion Week 2016, March 14-19, will showcase famed Vietnamese designer Nguyen Cong Tri’s latest Lanh My A silk haute couture collection. 

Tokyo Fashion Week highlights designs by Cong Tri
Photos: Le Thuy wearing Ujoh fashion brand
Photos: Le Thuy wearing Ujoh fashion brand

VOV.VN - Supermodel Le Thuy walks the runway at Milan Fashion Week Fall/Winter 2016/17 on February 27 displaying beautifully aesthetic Ujoh creations by Japanese designer Mitsuru Nishizaki.

Photos: Le Thuy wearing Ujoh fashion brand
Photos: Tho Ha Village Festival
Photos: Tho Ha Village Festival

VOV.VN - Local villagers in motley costumes parade through the streets of Tho Ha on February 28 at the triennial village festival.

Photos: Tho Ha Village Festival
US Ambassador visits ‘King Kong’ studio in Ninh Binh
US Ambassador visits ‘King Kong’ studio in Ninh Binh

VOV.VN -US Ambassador to Vietnam Ted Osius has toured ‘Kong: Skull Island’ in Trang An, northern Ninh Binh province to learn more about the filming process.

US Ambassador visits ‘King Kong’ studio in Ninh Binh
Vietnam takes part in filming locations show in India
Vietnam takes part in filming locations show in India

Vietnam is attending Locations Show 2016, India’s largest film tourism event held by the India International Film Tourism Council (IIFTC) and the Film Federation of India (FFI), for the first time. 

Vietnam takes part in filming locations show in India
Ao Dai: From Dong Son bronze drum to int'l beauty contests
Ao Dai: From Dong Son bronze drum to int'l beauty contests

The traditional long tunic and trousers of Vietnam, or Ao Dai, has always been seen as a cultural symbol of the country and people of Vietnam. However, few know that this traditional outfit appeared very early and experienced a lot of ups and downs.

Ao Dai: From Dong Son bronze drum to int'l beauty contests
Germer team unveils New Year concert
Germer team unveils New Year concert

HCMC-based Germer team hosted its first concert in the new year at the Soul Music and Performing Arts Academy in District 3, HCMC at 6:30 p.m. on February 27. 

Germer team unveils New Year concert
'Kong: Skull Island' casts more than 40 Vietnamese as extras
'Kong: Skull Island' casts more than 40 Vietnamese as extras

The cast and crew of the new King Kong film has moved to the northern province of Ninh Binh, its second filming location in Vietnam where it will recruit more than 40 locals as extras.

'Kong: Skull Island' casts more than 40 Vietnamese as extras
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