A new production of the operetta The Merry Widow, the ballet Rite of Spring, revivals of the opera Der Freischutz and the ballets Café Saigon, Giselle and Cinderella will be performed in 2019.

 The Japan Foundation Center for Cultural Exchange in Vietnam will hold the JF Garage Concert No.19 in Hanoi on January 13 to introduce Japan’s traditional instruments Shakuhachi and Shamisen.

H’Hen Nie, Minh Tu, and Phuong Khanh are the three Vietnamese girls to have been listed among the Top 25 semifinalists of the Timeless Beauty award by Missosology.

 Music fans in Hanoi will be enthralled by some amazing performances by Vietnam’s leading rock bands at V-Rock 2019, which will take place at the Bach Khoa stadium in Hanoi on January 12.

 The traditional ‘wife abducting’ custom of the H'mong ethnic group has been criticised after a recent case where three men tried to abduct a girl in Hoa Binh Province without her consent.

 Hanoi will host Vietnam – Japan Cultural Exchange and exhibition of the cherry blossom flower at Ly Thai To statue during the Lunar New Year.

 After nearly a month of construction, the mural street in Buon Ma Thuot city, Dak Lak province has become an attractive destination for many local residents and visitors.

 The Ban Flower Festival will be held from March 13-18 this year in the northwest province of Dien Bien and featuring a wide range of activities, heard a press conference in Dien Bien Phu city on January 7. 

 Events in Hanoi and HCMC on January 7-13 

 A wooden burial jar with bronze drum discovered in Phu Chanh commune in the southern province of Binh Duong has been recognised as a national treasure by Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc.

 Five artists have collaborated to share the beauty of early spring in an exhibition in Hanoi.

 Xuan Pha is a traditional dance in Xuan Truong commune, Tho Xuan district, Thanh Hoa province.

“Le hoi cau mua” (bumper-crop praying ceremony) of the San Chay ethnic minority group in Thai Nguyen was granted the status of national intangible cultural heritage on January 5.

 The northern province of Phu Tho will launch a short film in Vietnamese and English to introduce and popularise the Hung King Temple and traditional Vietnamese beliefs.

 Vietnamese filmmaker Linh Nga’s ‘Inside This Peace’ has won the prize for the Best Feature Documentary at the California Women’s Film Festival.

 Miss Ocean Vietnam 2017 Le Au Ngan Anh is preparing to sue the Department of Performing Arts for not granting her a licence to take part in the Miss Intercontinental 2018.

 Two large mural paintings, featuring lotus flower ponds, were inaugurated at Terminal 2 at Noi Bai International Airport in Hanoi on January 3.

 Since its launch in 2016, Matca (literally translated as Fish Eye) - a website on the contemporary photography of the world and Vietnam at www.matca.vn - has established itself as an interesting address for photography lovers.

 Can Ty village in Quan Ba district, Ha Giang province, is famous for flax growing and weaving.

 An additional 22 artefacts have been recognised as national treasures under a recent decision by the Prime Minister, raising the total number of national treasures to 164.