Entertainment

The Embassy of Italy in Hanoi has announced it will present a joyous (and delicious) celebration of Italian culture on June 2 at the Casa Italia Cultural Centre located at 18 Le Phung Hieu Street in Hanoi.

Entertainment centres in HCM City offered new shows last weekend on the occasion of the International Day for Children (June 1).

The fifth International Circle Festival – 2016 officially kicked off in Hue city, the central province of Thua Thien – Hue on May 28, gathering nearly 70 artists from Vietnam and a number of international delegations.

Hundreds of appetising dishes and drinks are waiting for local and international gastronomes at the sixth southern food festival 2016, which is underway at Dam Sen Park in Ho Chi Minh City from May 28 to June 1.

Vietnam will host the ASEAN Children Festival 2016 from May 28 to June 2.

On Saturday, artists from Hanoi Guitar Club will present a guitar concert entitled La Fantasia – The Music Inventions.

A very famous Vietnamese singer has been strongly criticised by some for her interpretation of the Vietnamese national anthem before a speech by US President Barack Obama.

The Vietnam Museum of Ethnology in Hanoi will present various games originating in Southeast Asian countries to children this weekend.

HCM City will host its annual Southern Fruit Festival at Suối Tiên Tourist Park in District 9 from June 1-9.

The Bourbon Street Jazz and Blues Festival will be held on Saturday this week at Cargo Bar in District 4, HCMC to raise funds for manufacturing wheelchairs for the disabled in Vietnam.

Many cultural and sports activities will be held on the Cham Island to celebrate the day it was recognised as a World Biosphere Reserve by UNESCO on May 26.

Pham Thuy Trang from northern Hoa Binh province was crowned Miss Sea Vietnam 2016 on the final night of the pageant held in Ha Long city, in the northern coastal province of Quang Ninh.

President Trần Đại Quang yesterday attended a ceremony to celebrate the 2560th birthday of Lord Buddha at Quan Su Pagoda in Hanoi.

Relic designs and objects unearthed between 2008-2009 during the building of the new National Assembly (NA) House have been opened to the public.

Five art works will be presented for auction in Sheraton Hanoi Hotel on the evening of May 28.

A series of activities got underway in cities and provinces nationwide to mark the 126th birthday of the late President Ho Chi Minh (May 19).

The central province of Thua Thien – Hue has opened an exhibition inside the Hue imperial citadel to display a collection of UNESCO world documentary heritages found in Vietnam.

Làng Sen Festival 2016, which will celebrate late President Hồ Chí Minh’s 126th birthday, will officially kick off tomorrow in Vinh City and Kim Liên Commune with a variety of activities.

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