The male pop group Backstreet Boys (BSB) will perform in Vietnam in March, following their tour to Latin America.

A large number of Hanoians joined a gala at the My Dinh National Stadium in Hanoi on January 19 welcoming the success of the 11th National Party Congress.

The Republic of Korea’s National Palace Museum is hosting a special exhibition entitled the Treasures of the Vietnamese Nguyen Dynasty to offer insight into the history and culture of Vietnam through a pan-Asian perspective and the shared culture of the two countries.

The Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism held an awards ceremony for the Mitsubishi Asian Children's Enikki Festa and the logo design contest for the annual summit of the Asian Development Bank in Hanoi on January 19.

The Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism, the Hanoi Municipal People’s Committee and the Vietnam National Commission for UNESCO will organise a ceremony to grant UNESCO certificate to the saint Giong Festival as a world heritage in Hanoi on January 22.

Six documentaries on national defence and construction will be screened from January 20-22 to mark the success of the 11th National Congress of the Communist Party of Vietnam (CPV).

The National Political Publishing House has brought out the third edition of the complete works of President Ho Chi Minh, which is published to acknowledge the 11th National Party Congress.

A Spring Flower and Beverage Festival 2011 will be held in Hanoi on January 25-30 at the Vietnam Culture and Art Exhibition Centre in Hanoi.

The dragon, lion dance festival will be held at the Lanh Binh Thanh sports complex in Ho Chi Minh City from January 26-28.

A Vietnamese Entrepreneur Festival programme will be held in Hanoi on January 22 to welcome the 11th National Party Congress and recognize the outstanding entrepreneurs’ contributions to the national economy.

Art performances to welcome the 11th National Party Congress, including one in My Dinh Stadium on January 19, will be organised by the Department of Performing Arts under the Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism.

The 2011 Spring Press Festival will be held at the Youth Culture House in District 1, HCM City on January 20-21.

The Cuu Long (Mekong) Delta city of Can Tho has become the first locality in the country to be featured in a colorfully illustrated tourist guide book that its promoters call MComic.

The memories of his homeland and his love for it suffuse the works of Vietnamese-Polish artist Hoang Ngoc Huu whose works are on display at an exhibition in HCM City.

An exhibition of Vietnamese paintings and literature works is taking place in the French southwestern city of Chaniers from January 10-26.

More than 10 dance sport duos will perform in the first-ever “Vietnam dance sport stars festival”, to be held at Trinh Hoai Duc Competition Hall in Hanoi on January 14. 

The Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism (MOCST) held an awards ceremony for the artists that attended the contest of composing propaganda posters for the 11th National Party Congress on January 12.

Hanoi will set off fireworks at 29 locations for 15 minutes (0-0.15 am) on February 3 (the first day of Lunar New Year Festival), a municipal official said.

Vietnam’s music awards 2010 will be presented to winners in three categories, including vocal music, instrumental music and music research, announced the Vietnam Musicians’ Association.

Miss World 2010, Alexandria Mills, has announced her plan to do charity in Hong Kong (China), Malaysia, the Philippines and Singapore in 2011.

A folk painting exhibition of Vietnam opened in the Lao Capital of Vientiane on January 10 to mark the 81st anniversary of the Communist Party of Vietnam’s foundation (Feb. 3, 1930 - Feb. 3, 2011), the 11th National Party Congress and the Lunar New Year (Tet) holiday.

The Ho Chi Minh City Book Distribution Joint Stock Company (Fahasa) in coordination with the Youth, Culture and Literature Publishing Houses has opened a book exhibition at 40 Nguyen Hue street, District 1, HCM City.

More than 100 domestic and foreign professors, researchers and scholars gathered at an international seminar on “don ca tai tu” (amateur musical performance) in Ho Chi Minh City from January 9-11.

Vietnamese artists have joined with others from Japan, the Republic of Korea and the US in a “Peace” concert at Carnegie Hall in New York.

The ASEAN Golden Voice Festival 2011 closed in Ho Chi MInh City on January 8, Vietnamese singers Thu Minh and Kasim Hoang Vu won the Gold Cup for folk song, silver medal in pop music and the Favourite Contestant title.

Miss World 2007, Zhang Zhi Li, arrived in Ho Chi Minh City on January 7 to join a fashion show, representing the well-known trade name.

King of Football Pele is expected to show up and deliver a speech at an upcoming coffee festival in the Central Highland province of Dak Lak, but this time as a coffee ambassador from the world’s largest coffee supplier.

A music festival took place at the Cultural Friendship Palace in Hanoi on January 7.

The Vietnam National Administration of Tourism will attend Travex’s Expo 2011 to be held in Phnom Penh, Cambodia from January 18-21.

An exhibition of artistic works by artists from Guangxi, China, opened in the Temple of Literature in Hanoi on January 5.