The HCM City Ballet Symphony Orchestra and Opera (HBSO) will perform at the “From the New World” concert at the Opera House on April 29.

 Pambil, a drums band from Colombia, will perform traditional music at the Hanoi Opera House on May 3.

The BandFest 2018 will gather internationally acclaimed jazz guitarist Nguyen Le and his band along with four other young Vietnamese bands. Composer and music producer Anh Quan, who is the initiator of the BandFest.

 Supermodel Minh Trung has revealed his latest photoshoot in which he shows off the national costume he will wear at the Mister International 2018 to be held in Yangon, Myanmar from April 30.

Phung Hung street in Hanoi’s Old Quarter has been revived with beautiful mural paintings recalling Hanoi in the past. Opened to the public in early February, it is now a favorite photo location and cultural space for city dwellers and visitors.

 The winner of Miss Southern Vietnam 2018 will represent the country at the Miss Globe contest in Italy in November.

 Many people in Hanoi were thrilled when attending a cultural event called “Dó bay” or says “Drifting Poonah paper” held recently at a book house on Nguyen Thai Hoc street in the capital city.

 About 400 artists will perform in a ceremony on May 5 in Quy Nhon city to honorarily recognise Choi singing (a genre of folk music practised in Vietnam’s central region) as an Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity by UNESCO.

 Worshipping goddesses of Motherhood, the protectors of babies, is an important ritual of the Red Dao in Lao Cai province. Their ceremony pays gratitude to the goddesses and asks them to bless a baby with good health and obedience.

 Spectacular light shows will bring extra excitement to the Danang International Fireworks Festival (DIFF) 2018 and transform the Danang skyline into an outdoor audiovisual feast.

 Thanh Son district in Phu Tho province has launched a program to preserve and promote Muong culture by establishing cultural spaces in schools.

 The palanquin and offering procession was organised by seven communes and wards surrounding the Hung Kings Temple Complex in the northern province of Phu Tho on April 23.

 A folk cultural programme will be held from April 28-29 at the Vietnam Museum of Ethnology to meet the entertainment demand of capital dwellers during the upcoming Liberation Day (April 30) and May Day national holidays. 

 The War Remnants Museum in HCM City has opened a display of around 190 items, documents, and photos related to the US army’s use of bombs, mines, and toxic chemicals during the past war in Vietnam.

 The Vietnam Festival 2018 will take place at the Yoyogi Park in Tokyo between 10 am and 8 pm on May 19 and 20.

 A resident in the southern province of Dong Thap found a statue of Vishnu dating to the seventh century.

 The media centre for the Hue Festival 2018 opened on April 23 at No. 1, Phan Boi Chau street, Hue city, serving reporters to cover the biennial event. 

 Craft villages in the central province of Thua Thien – Hue are in a rush to show their best products at festivals scheduled for later this month.

On the occasion of the Hung Kings Temple Festival, scheduled to take place between April 20 and 25 in Phu Tho province, Xoan singing performances will be held between 8:00 am and 4:00 pm every day. 

 The Sri Lanka Cultural Festival will take place at the Vietnamese Women’s Museum (VWM) in Hanoi from April 27-29, featuring diverse activities, according to Sri Lankan Ambassador to Vietnam S.H.U Dissnayake.