Internationally acclaimed conductor Honna Tetsuji will lead a concert featuring works by Czech composer Antonin Dvorak at the HCM City Opera House on June 19 night.

More than 1,200 people joined a yoga protocol performance at Hanoi’s Indoor Athletics Palace on June 16 in response to International Day of Yoga (June 21).

Anyone who has tried banh te or banh rang bua (rice cake filled with brown onion) will never forget its delicious taste.

The original lead guitarist for the chart-topping British rock band 'The Police', Henry Padovani, will perform in Hanoi for five nights this week.

Pop star Dong Nhi will represent Vietnam at the second Japan-ASEAN Music Festival 2018 in Tokyo in October.

Japanese violists Masakazu Saito, Shunichiro Sato, Kumiko Nakagawa and Tetsuya Osawa are set to perform in Vietnam’s central city of Da Nang on June 26-27 to mark the 45th anniversary of diplomatic ties between the two countries.

The Mrs Ao Dai Vietnam Europe 2018 pageant took place in the Czech Republic from June 15-16 (local time) with the aim to honour the graceful and delicate beauty of Vietnam’s traditional long dress.

The first festival to honour the Vietnamese brocade culture will be held from December 27 to 30 in the Central Highlands province of Dak Nong.

The first multi-media exhibition featuring Shan Tuyet tea is giving visitors a chance to try a rare kind of Vietnamese tea with senses.

Nguyen Trong Tuan and Pham Nguyen Quoc Trung, 12, are representing Vietnam at the sixth Gazprom Football for Friendship International Programme in Moscow, Russia, on June 11.

A concert featuring jazz fusion and world music by four artists will be staged at HCM City’s VOH Music One this week.

Myanmar has introduced the traditional Vietnamese martial art vovinam in the curricula of six national sport academies in Nay Pyi Taw, Yangon, Madalay, Mon, Rayah, Shon and Sagain.

The former imperial city of Hue in central Thua Thien-Hue province is conducting a restoration project in a bid to save Dieu De, which was considered as a national pagoda under the Nguyen Dynasty (1802-1945).

The Vietnamese Embassy in Russia encouraged all staff to enjoy the upcoming World Cup 2018 at a ceremony held on June 13, a day before the event begins.

Lacquer paintings belong to the Vietnamese, said Bui Thi Thanh Mai, Deputy Director of the Vietnam Museum of Fine Arts, while addressing a seminar on lacquer art held in Hanoi on June 13.

The first ever Hanoi International Marathon will take place on April 14 next year, its organising board announced during a press conference in the capital city on June 14.

Renowned Puerto Rican singer and songwriter Luis Fonsi will bring his super hit “Despacito” to the 2018 Cocofest music festival to be held at Cocobay Resort in the central coastal city of Da Nang in July.

Authorities in the central province of Thanh Hoa have allocated more money to further excavate Trieu Tuong Mausoleum site.

The Ho Chi Minh Ballet Symphony Orchestra and Opera and the US’s CREDO choir will stage “Verleih uns Frieden” and “Let there be peace on earth” under the special music programme “summer melody” scheduled for June 14 at Ben Thanh Theatre in Ho Chi Minh City.

The 2018 Asian Women’s U19 Volleyball Championship, LienVietpostbank Cup, opened in the northern province of Bac Ninh on June 10 with the participation of 15 teams from the continent.