Multimedia composer and electroacoustic music performer Luong Hue Trinh will host a multimedia concert titled “Vet” (Streaks) at the French cultural center L’Espace in Hanoi on March 16, starting at 8 p.m.

 Stunning sakuras will be the highlight of the 2019 Japan Cherry Blossom Festival, which will come to Ly Thai To Park beside Hoan Kiem Lake in the heart of Hanoi from March 29-31.

 German band MAM will perform at Viet Nam Youth Theatre tonight (February 21) to kick off the New Music series in Hanoi, which includes concerts, workshops and artist residencies.

 Street dance groups consisting of students from 23 high schools across Hà Nội will compete at the HighSchool Best Dance Crew 2019 - The Warrior Return on March 3.   

 Bluebirds’ Nest Book Cafe in Ba Binh District of Hanoi will hold a workshop on the art of paper cutting Kirigami from 1:45 p.m. to 4:30 p.m. on Sunday, February 24.

H’Hen Nie, who finished in the Top 5 of Miss Universe 2018, has become the ambassador for the sixth Ao Dai Festival, which is set to take place between March 2-17 in Ho Chi Minh City. 

 The Long Tong (going to the field) Festival kicked off in Lang Nung hamlet, Dao Duc commune, Vi Xuyen district, the northern province of Ha Giang on February 19, praying for a new harvest season, good weather and bumper crops.

 The A God Disguised music night will be held at 8pm on March 2 at the HCM City Opera House at 7 Lam Son Square in District 1.

 Seven events featuring concerts, workshops and festivals on New Music will take place in Hanoi from February 21 to April 27, with the participation of Vietnamese and international composers and musicians.

 The Cau Ngu Festival, a festival where fisherman come to pray for a good harvest of fish, opened in Thanh Khe district, Danang city on February 20, the 16th day of the first lunar month.

Ngoc Han, Miss Vietnam 2010, recently introduced her new Ao Dai collection to the overseas Vietnamese community during an event held in New York, the United States.

 A ceremony was held in Thanh Khe district of the central city of Da Nang, on February 20 to receive the certificate recognising the district’s Cau Ngu (whale worship) festival on the national list of intangible cultural heritage.

Thousands of tourists have paid a visit to Hoi An to release lanterns into the Hoai River to pray for happiness, peace, and luck in the year ahead for the Nguyen Tieu festival, which celebrates the first full moon of the new lunar year.

 The international women’s volleyball tournament, LienVietPostBank Cup, will be held on February 22 to March 1 at the Bắc Ninh Province Gymnasium.

 Vice Chairman of Cần Thơ City’s People’s Committee, Trương Quang Hoài Nam, expressed a wish to partner with the Italian Chamber of Commerce in Việt Nam (ICHAM) in fashion and tourism.

 After a month’s break, the HCMC Ballet, Symphony Orchestra and Opera (HBSO) is opening its new season with a major performance by a visiting choir from Sweden.

 Thousands of people flocked to Cho Lon area in District 5 of HCMC on February 19 to celebrate the First Full Moon Festival, or Tet Nguyen Tieu, which falls on the 15th day of the first lunar month.

 Tuong Phieu communal house in Phuc Tho district, Hanoi was designated a national special relic site at a ceremony held on February 18.

 The District 1 Court in HCM City has ruled that painter Le Phong Linh (pen name LeLinh) is to be the only author of popular comic series Vietnamese Land’s Prodigy.

The coastal city of Ha Tien in Kien Giang Province yesterday opened the memorial complex of Chiêu Anh Các, a literary and poetry society established in the city in 1736.