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The world-renowned London Symphony Orchestra (LSO) has arrived in Hà Nội and is ready for their tonight concert – the first ever concert by a British orchestra in Việt Nam, the LSO managing director Kathryn McDowell said at a

The seventh Traditional Craft Festival is scheduled to take place in the ancient imperial city of Hue, the central province of Thua Thien-Hue, from April 28 to May 2, according to the provincial People’s Committee.

The prices for the Danang International Firework Festival this year which will start from April 29 will range from VND300,000 (USD13.15) to VND500,000.

Top Vietnamese female swimmer Nguyen Thi Anh Vien failed in both women’s 200m breaststroke and 400m freestyle stroke at the first day competition of Arena Pro Swim Series in the US on February 3.

As many as 150 cherry blossom trees and 7,000 cherry blossom branches imported from Japan will be put on show in downtown Hanoi as part of a Japanese cultural exchange in Hanoi slated for March 10 – 12.

The French Institute in HCM City will host Hanoi Duo music show featuring popular Vietnamese French guitarist Nguyen Le and local composer Ngo Hong Quang at Idecaf in HCM City’s District 1 on March 1.

The Hoàng Sa District People’s Committee will display a shipwreck that was rammed by Chinese boats in Vietnamese waters off the Hoàng Sa (Paracel) Archipelago at the city’s Hoàng Sa Museum.

Though it has yet to be approved, a plan to establish a Music Street that would host both amateurs and professionals in downtown HCM City looks likely to get the go ahead.

Launched in 2016 by members of the Dai Viet Co Phong (Ancient Great Viet) group, Hoa van Dai Viet (“Patterns of Great Viet”) has created a rich database of typical Vietnamese patterns dating back from the Ly to the

A deeply moving film debut by a promising director from Vietnam, Father and Son has been praised by foreign film critics as one of the best works from the Vietnamese cinema world in the past decade.

The Platinum chain of cinemas, one of the largest in Vietnam, will stop operations at three Vincom shopping centres from February 24 due to debts and weak services.

Vietnam’s shooting team will be competing in the ISSF World Cup in New Delhi, India from February 24 to March 1, the first stage of the 2017 ISSF World Cup Series.

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