CULTURE AND SPORT

After a year of taking the industry by storm, three pop bands in HCM City have become new music icons for young audiences.

President Tran Dai Quang attended the annual Tich Dien (“Ploughing”) festival in Doi Son Commune, the Red River Delta province of Ha Nam, which hopes for a bumper rice harvest in 2017—the Year of the Rooster.

Vietnam expect to beat Hong Kong for the third time in a row in the first round match of Davis Cup’s Group II, Asia Oceania zone, on Friday.

Young Vietnamese actress/director/producer Ngo Thanh Van has revealed that she is joining the cast of Hollywood blockbuster ‘Bright’ directed by David Ayer.

Thousands of Buddhists and visitors have arrived at the Huong and Bai Dinh pagodas to join the two largest spring festivals in the north which opened on February 2.

The German Resonanz Ensemble will present their Urban String concert in Hanoi on February 13 as part of their Asian tour.

Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc attended Dong Da festival in Hanoi on February 1(the fifth day of the Lunar New Year), which marked the 228th anniversary of Ngoc Hoi – Dong Da victory over the Chinese Qing invaders.

Many spring festivals and cultural activities kicked off on January 31 or the fourth day of the first month as per the lunar calendar.

A musician in the northern province of Phu Tho is running a permanent exhibition of his own music instruments collection at his home. His house has become a tourism destination for visitors to Thanh Thuy district.

The Ban Flower Festival 2017 will take place on March 12 together with the fifth Culture – Sports – Tourism Festival in the northern province of Điện Biên.

A 24-year-old woman from Paris won the Miss Universe crown on Monday, in a three-hour show in the Philippine capital that focused on diversity and overcoming life struggles, besting 85 hopefuls from all over the world.

A Khèn (panpipe) Festival will open for the first time from January 30 to February 12 in Sa Pa in the northern province of Lào Cai.

Hoi An architects and cultural activities were illuminated and recreated in 3D sculptures and light at Hoi An's first festival of light to celebrate Lunar New Year.

Horse racing and motorcycle races will kick off on January 29 in Bình Dương Province’s Đại Nam Course.

French photographer Réhahn Croquevielle has recently opened a Precious Heritage Gallery Museum in the central coastal province of Quang Nam.

A fashion show to highlight ao dai (Vietnamese traditional dress) will open the Ao Dai Festival 2017 on HCM City’s Nguyen Hue Pedestrian Street in District 1 on March 3.

Italian motorcycle racing icon Valentino Rossi will visit Vietnam on February 12, Yamaha Vietnam announced on its Facebook fan page.

As many as 77 penmen will join the 2017 Calligraphy Writing Festival at the Literature Lake at Temple of Literature, Hanoi from January 21 to February 11.

Many of the newly-excavated locations at the Imperial Citadel of Thang Long in Hanoi will be opened for visitors during Tet Holiday along with various activities.