Two famous bands Boney M and Joy arrived at Noi Bai International Airport on March 7 for a concert the next day in Hanoi.

With passionate enthusiasm and tremendous efforts, locals in Dong Ngu water puppetry village have sought a way to revive its glory days of the past, reaffirming the vitality of their ancestors’ age-old practice.

 In the past the Cao Lan people in Khe Nghe hamlet, Bac Giang province, had a self-sufficient lifestyle. They practiced many crafts, including making poonah paper. Older villagers say making poonah paper was a popular craft.

Pho Trach Village in Thua Thien-Hue Province has been a renowned location for rush mat weaving for hundreds of years.

 Van-Anh Nguyen and others to play at exclusive culinary and musical event on March 22 and 24.

 A photo exhibition on Bru-Van Kieu ethnic minority people in Vietnam kicked off in Huong Hoa district of the central province of Quang Tri on March 7.

 French gastronomy will come into the spotlight with the screenings of documentary and feature films by young French directors during a film month scheduled for March 12-27 in Hanoi.

 The Vietnamese Embassy in Bangladesh on March 6 introduced the Bengali language version of the book “Ho Chi Minh’s Biography”, published by The Gioi Publishers.

 Thousands of locals and tourists joined the first ever Pác Bó Returning to Roots Festival held at the Pác Bó revolutionary base in Ha Quang District, the northern province of Cao Bang on Wednesday.

 An exhibition of photographs shot by female members of the HCM City Photographers’ Association is open to celebrate International Women’s Day on March 8.     

 The Viet Nam premiere of multimedia concert Streaks (or Vet in Vietnamese) will take place on Saturday, March 16 at L’Espace.

 Gau Tao festival is the most important festival for Mong ethnic people. It is held annually in early spring to express gratitude towards gods and to pray for a prosperous and lucky year.

 The Big Fat Quiz Movies night will be held from 6.30pm to 8.30pm on March 21 at the Hive Saigon in 94 Xuan Thuy, Thao Dien, HCM City’s District 2.

 For the first time, the ambiance of the Carnival in Rio de Janeiro, the biggest carnival in the world, is being brought to Hanoi to satisfy all of your senses with sight, sound and taste.

 A Violin Solo Recital will feature Kim Il Yang at a concert at 8pm on March 16 at the Erato School of Music and Performing Arts on 107 Tôn Dật Tiên Street in HCM City’s District 7.

 The Sunspiration City Festival will be held from 9am to 11pm on April 6 at Sala City Residential complex, 10 Mai Chí Tho Street in HCM City’s District 2.

 The Hanoi Paragon Hill Resort in Van Hoa commune, Hanoi’s outskirts district of Ba Vi, has been recognised for setting three records by the Vietnam Record Association. 

 Mozart’s opera Die Zauberflote (‘the magic flute’) is one of HBSO’s most popular productions, and it is being revived for a single performance on March 31 at the Saigon Opera House.

 Riyo Mori, Miss Universe 2007, will be a special guest in attendance at the “Son 3” concert, set to take place at the National Convention Centre in Hanoi on March 30-31.

 A museum is calling for the donation of documents and objects linked to the Dien Bien Phu Campaign, which saw Vietnam defeating the French colonialists to put an end to their rule in Indochina in 1954.