With the success of last year’s event, the German Business Association continues to team up with the JW Marriott Hanoi hotel to host the 6th Hanoi Oktoberfest on the lakeside, from 6pm till midnight from Thursday to Saturday of October 22 - 24.

This year’s Singapore Food Festival, its biggest one yet, is held from July 20 to August 2, featuring 13 gastronomic events across the country, according to the Singapore Tourism Board.

After the success of last year’s Shhhh, Just Dance!, US choreographer and solo dancer Emily Navarra will continue instructing dance enthusiasts to experience themselves via choreographic movements in the Movement Kitchen workshop which will take place at ZeroStation art studio on July 26.

The InterContinental Hanoi Westlake has been running a monthly program to promote local fashion brands and talented designers.

(VOV) - The Raglai have many kinds of musical instrument - Ma La flat gongs, the Sarakel wind instrument, and the Chapi. In the Raglai’s cultural life musical instruments are treasured possessions and close friends. 

Hanoi audiences will be able to enjoy a selection of the best Italian movies for a week from July 21.

A special art performance titled ‘Vietnam: Ho Chi Minh Era’ will take place on the night of September 2 in Hanoi to mark the 70th anniversary of the August Revolutionary and National Day.

A cultural centre opened in Hanoi on July 20 to provide the public with information on Hoan Kiem Lake, a special national heritage and popular destination in the capital city.

(VOV) -The young and good looking Avinash Mukherjee who became famous as a childhood star for his role as Jagya in the Indian television drama series Balika Vadhu is coming to Vietnam.

(VOV) - Nguyen Thuy Doan, the reigning Miss Deaf Vietnam, was crowned Miss Deaf World 2015 second runner up at the conclusion of the international pageant held on July 18 at the Top Hotel in Prague. 

Swan Lake, one of the world’s well-known ballets, will be staged live and in a 3D format in Hanoi early next month.

(VOV) - Raglai people believe that there is a world for the living and another for the dead and only the world of the deceased is eternal.

(VOV) - Tố nữ dân ca – “The lady singing folk songs” – is a Chèo, or traditional Vietnamese theater performance at the French Institute Hanoi. 

(VOV) - The passing of 94-year-old musicologist Tran Van Khe on June 24 was a great loss to people who love traditional Vietnamese music. Professor Khe has dedicated his entire life to preserving Vietnam’s culture and introducing it to the world. 

Local kids will have the opportunity to see a DisneyLive! - Mickey’s Music Festival scheduled at Hoa Binh Theater in Ho Chi Minh City’s District 10 from September 30 to October 6 and the National Convention Center in Hanoi from October 9 to 11.

Work to restore Hanoi's 112-year-old Long Bien Bridge will be finished this year, instead of next year like initially planned, a local official has recently told Thanh Nien.

(VOV) - The historical movie Khat Vong Thang Long (Thang Long Aspiration) opened on July 17 at AMC Empire 25, New York City as part of Vietnam Film Week and the festivities celebrating the 20th anniversary of diplomatic ties between the nations. 

The Toyota Classics Concert 2015 will take place at the central city's Trung Vuong Theatre on August 9, the event's organising committee has announced.

(VOV) -Samsung Electronics Vietnam Co Ltd has launched “Culture Explorer- Vietnam”, a new mobile application to facilitate understanding and appreciation of specific destinations across Vietnam via location technology of Google maps.

Russian-German musician Zedd will bring his "True Colors" tour to Ho Chi Minh City on August 7, his website officially announced.

(VOV) -The DEZEEN architecture and design magazine has praised a new residence named the Termitary House designed by Vietnamese Tropical Space architects.

(VOV) -200 photos and 50 documentary films on ASEAN are on display at an exhibition in Quang Binh province.

Film-maker Nguyen Quang Tuyen's first film, Cau Vong Khong Sac (Rainbow Without Colour), will compete in the First Films World category at the Montreal Film Festival 2015.

(VOV) -First runner-up of the 2014 Miss Vietnam pageant, Nguyen Tran Huyen My posed in a photoshoot on the streets of  some big cities in  the US during an exchange programme marking 20 years of Vietnam – US diplomatic ties (1995 -2015).

In 2015, France and Vietnam continue to tighten their relationship, based on friendship, mutual trust and understanding.

The former imperial capital of Hue is commemorating victims of a war between French troops and the feudal Vietnamese army in 1885, in a custom that showcases a high sense of humanitarianism among the city's residents.

Central Danang city has found a new way to make “tuong” (classical dramas) more accessible to the public: performing it on streets. 

(VOV) - On July 11, twenty-one contestants representing overseas Vietnamese (OVs) in the Czech Republic, Romania, Russia, Ukraine, Germany and Italy participated in the final round of Sao Mai singing contest in Prague.

Pop star My Tam has won the Best Selling Artist of Asia award on the official Facebook page of the Big Apple Music Awards (BAMA).

The 2015 Southern Don Ca Tai Tu (traditional musical art form of the south) Festival, competing for Golden Lotus Awards, opened at a ceremony in Ho Chi Minh City on July 11.