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Overseas Vietnamese have been encouraged to register for joining the annual “Xuan Que Huong” (Homeland Spring) programme scheduled to take place at the National Convention Centre in Hanoi on February 7, 2018.

Local and international artists will gather for a world-class lights show featuring traditional and contemporary music scheduled for New Year’s Eve 2018 on Nguyễn Huệ Pedestrian Street in downtown HCM City.

Hundreds of visitors have come to the colourfully-decorated house of Vietnamese pop star Dam Vinh Hung as he opened it for fans during Christmas.

The HCM City Magic Club’s 44 magicians, most of whom work for traditional art theatres and circus troupes, will begin performing this week in the city.

Nearly 50 photos featuring the Literature Temple by night are on display at an exhibition being held at the temple in downtown Hanoi.

Noted water puppeteer Phan Thanh Liêm has just opened his second miniature theatre for water puppetry at his private home in Hanoi’s Long Biên District.

A festival will be organised in Hanoi with the aim of introducing Bulgarian wine to Asia. The special beverage holds a significant place in Bulgarian culture, habits and traditions.

The 10th HCM City Book Fair will be held from March 19-25 at District 1’s Lê Văn Tám Park, according to the city’s Department of Information and Communication.

Xoan singing from the northern province of Phú Thọ has been added to the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organisation’s (UNESCO) list of intangible cultural heritage of humanity.

An exhibition entitled ‘French culture’s imprint through archives’ officially opened at the National Archives Centre 1 in Hanoi, aiming to celebrate the 45th anniversary of Vietnam – France diplomatic ties (2018).

Eighty artworks conveying the unique personalities and styles of 40 contemporary Vietnamese artists are on display at the exhibition Listen, Watch and Tell.

Foreigners working and living in the central city of Da Nang will compete in ‘Da Nang’s Expat Got Talent 2017’, themed ‘New Year coming’, at the city’s Trung Vuong Theatre on December 17-18.

A photo of Trường Sa Lớn Island in the Spratlys seen from a seaplane won a gold medal from the International Federation of Photographic Art (FIAP) in the landscape section.

A German style Christmas Market will take place for the first time at Cua Bac Church, No.56 Phan Dinh Phung, Hanoi from December 14 to 16.