Three songs written by Vietnamese music icon Trinh Cong Son, which have never been heard before, could be performed in memorial concerts organised by his family for his 10th death anniversary.

Actress Van Trang representing Vietnam won three prizes in the Miss ASEAN TV Charming beauty pageant 2011 which ended in HCM City on March 12.

Twenty countries have registered to take part in the 2011 International Boat Racing Festival, which is scheduled to take place in Mui Ne in the southern province of Binh Thuan from March 17-20.

A photo exhibition of students from Vietnam and Laos’ fine art universities opened on March 10 in the Lao capital city of Vientiane. 

More than 100 professional artists will work together to portray the Vietnamese people’s life through different stages of evolvement at an installation art show to be held in Hanoi in March.

The six-time champion, DJ Craze, will give a night show in Hanoi on March 19.  

An art group of the central province of Quang Nam will perform at a festival to be held from May 26 to June 5 in the city Bergamo of Italy.

The Japanese pianist, Yosuke Yamashita, will greet audiences at a jazz concert to be held at the Hanoi Opera House on March 12-13.  

German conductor Lior Shambadal of the Berliner Symphoniker orchestra will stage a concert at the HCM City Opera House on March 9, accompanied by the HCM City Ballet Symphony Orchestra and Opera (HBSO). 

Critics have tipped one of the many historical films nominated to win this year's national Golden Kite awards.

Eighteen women television personalities from ASEAN member countries are in Ho Chi Minh City for the second Duyen Dang Truyen Hinh (Charming Television) contest that opens on March 7.

The Semiscon Vocal Band from China’s Taiwan on March 6 gave a performance in the northern city of Hai Phong, reported the Hanoi Moi daily.

Ten female artists from Hanoi and Ho Chi Minh City are showcasing their latest paintings at an annual exhibition at the Women Artists Club.

Ray Edmondson, Chair of the Asia-Pacific Regional Committee for Memory of the World Programme, saw wood blocks printed with Buddhist Sutras that are seeking for UNESCO’s World Documentary Heritage recognition at Vinh Nghiem pagoda in the northern province of Bac Giang.

The Vietnamese film “Don’t Burn” began its tour of three continents, including Asia, Africa and Latin America, this year at the ALBA Cultural House in La Havana, Cuba on March 4.

The Vietnamese documentary film days will take place in Hanoi from March 8-10, according to the National Documentary and Scientific Film Production Studio (DFS).

Almost 165 antiques dating from Vietnam’s Nguyen dynasty in the 19th century are currently on display in Gyeongju in the Republic of Korea (RoK) from February 28 - March 15.

An exhibition of Furoshiki, Japanese wrapping cloths, was held in Hanoi by the Japan Foundation Centre for Culture Exchange in Vietnam on March 3.  

The sixth Chilean film week was launched in Hanoi on March. 2. 

World-acclaimed Spanish conductor Carlos Cuesta led an orchestra of Spanish and Vietnamese musicians in a classical concert held at the Hanoi Opera House on March 2.

A wide range of activities will take place as from April 7 (the fifth day of the third lunar month) in the northern province of Phu Tho to commemorate the death anniversary of Hung Kings and celebrate the Hung Kings Temple Festival in 2011.

The Central Highland province of Dak Lak is ready for the third coffee festival scheduled for March 10-15, Vice Chairman of the provincial People’s Committee Tran Hieu said. 

Canadian Vietnamese bubble artist Fan Yang will perform in Hanoi and Ho Chi Minh City by the end of April to raise fund for Nghia Tinh Truong Son (Sentimental Attachment for Truong Son) charity programme.

Artists from Australia and Radio the Voice of Vietnam (VOV) performed a free concert in Hanoi on February 28.

A concert will be jointly held by the Vietnam Symphony Ochestra (VNSO) and the Austrian Embassy in the Hanoi Opera House on the evenings of March 3 and 4 to mark 100th death anniversary of Austrian composer Gustav Mahler.  

Vietnam is taking part in the 9th Asia Pacific Choral Summit (APCS) in Macau, China from February 24-27.

The first runner-up of the Miss Vietnam 2010 beauty pageant, Vu Hoang My, has been nominated to take part in the Miss Asia Pacific International 2011 pageant, according to a representative from the Elite Company.

Foreign ambassadors to Vietnam are helped to gain more understanding about the host country’s Buddhism and culture through a visit to the Phat Tich pagoda in the northern province of Bac Ninh on February 26.

Hanoi Radio and Television (HTV) on February 25 announced it intended to broadcast the Oscar awards ceremony live this year.

Vietnam’s tourism industry has set a target to welcome 5.3 million international visitors, serve 30 million domestic tourists and earn VND110,000 billion by the end of 2011.