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Around 90 talented artists from the over-100-year-old London Symphony Orchestra will deliver classical symphonies in Hanoi on March 4, according to the municipal Department of Culture and Information.

The 2017 Winter-Autumn Fashion Week is scheduled to be held in Hanoi on February 24-26, introducing around 1,000 designs.

The Saigon Orchestra and dozens of veteran and young artists will participate in a contemporary music programme launched this week to serve tourists in HCM City.

Miss Vietnam 2016 Do My Linh has been selected as an ambassador of media images at the Ao Dai festival set to take place March 3-17 in Ho Chi Minh City, Tran Vinh Tuyen, vice chairman of the municipal

Vietnamese photographers won two gold medals in the tourism category at the second International Photo Contest – 2017 which has recently taken place in India.

The South Korean string JK Chamber Orchestra will perform at Việt Nam National Accademy of Music’s Grand Concert Hall in Hà Nội on February 18 to mark the 25th anniversary of the establishment of diplomatic ties between Việt Nam

The Goethe Institute in Vietnam is introducing 10 new German films during its Spring Cinema programme in HCM City and Hanoi.

Devon Nguyễn will present her Spring/Summer collection at the Paris Fashion Week from February 28 to March 8. She is the first Vietnamese ready-to-wear clothing designer to attend such a prestigious fashion event.

Vietnamese pop singer Son Tung M-TP has once again become record breaker with his new hit Noi nay co anh (I Am Here).

The Thang Long Water Puppetry Theatre will represent Vietnam for the first time to participate the Materia Prima–International Festival of the Form Theatre in Cracow, Poland.

Vietnamese representative Nguyen Tien Dat entered Top 6 of Mister International 2017 on the final night in Bangkok, Thailand on February 13.

Vietnamese representative Minh Tu has come to Singapore to compete at Asia's Next Top Model 2017, according to Kenh14.vn online newspaper.

Designer Luong Minh Son, founder of fashion brand Son Collection, will introduce traditional Vietnamese silk to the world at the upcoming New York Fashion Week.

The sixth Buon Ma Thuot coffee festival and the 2017 Central Highlands gong culture festival will take place in the Central Highlands province of Dak Lak from March 8-13 with the theme “Converging quintessence – Promoting identity – Connecting

Bulgaria is well known primarily for the Black Sea and its roses, especially its famous rose oil.

The Vietnam Tourism Association has announced it will sponsor the first-ever international street food festival in Hanoi, which will run April 6-9 and coincide with Vietnam International Travel Mart 2017.

An ao dai tunic worn with skirts is proving controversial with conservative fashion observers. Many people said this has affected the image of Vietnam’s traditional long dress.