The London Symphony Orchestra based in London, UK will give a performance in Hanoi on March 4.

 The masterpiece “Truyen Kieu” (The Tale of Kieu) by Nguyen Du, one of Vietnam’s greatest poets in the 18th century, will be revived on stage with the remake of modern music, reports Vietnamplus.

Miss Vietnam 2016 Do My Linh has been selected as an ambassador of media images at the Ao Dai festival set to take place March 3-17 in Ho Chi Minh City.

A large number of local people and visitors joined the Pig Procession festival in La Phu village, Hoai Duc, Hanoi on February 9.

 The HCM City People’s Committee has scheduled the fourth Ao Dai (traditional long dress) festival for March 3-17.

 The Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment (MoNRE) responded to the World Wetlands Day with a ceremony in northern Thai Binh province on February 5, stressing the role of wetlands in disaster risk reduction.

 29-year-old Dương Anh Vũ from the central province of Bình Thuận currently holds four memory world records.

Some photos of Nguyen Hue Flower Street 2017 in Ho Chi Minh City before its opening on January 25.

 The Ban Flower Festival 2017 will take place on March 12 together with the fifth Culture – Sports – Tourism Festival in the northern province of Dien Bien.

The annual book street festival during the Tet holiday season will open on January 25 and run until January 31 (on December 28- January 4 of the lunar calendar), announced the HCM City Information and Communications Department.

 Dong Xuan market in Hanoi’s Old Quarter was the first market in Hanoi. Its history is closely associated with the trade development of Hanoi. It is not just a market but also a cultural venue that reflects the lifestyle of Hanoians.

 As many as 77 penmen will join the 2017 Calligraphy Writing Festival at the Literature Lake at Temple of Literature, Hanoi from January 21 to February 11.

 The Ibaraki Day, Lantern, West Town and Hapu Village Festivals are just a few of the plethora of new year celebrations Hanoians can partake in over the TET holidays to ring in the New Lunar Year.

 Anger broke out on social networks when it was discovered that an iconic building in the former imperial capital city of Hue had been changed completely while being restored.

 Famous composer Nguyen Quoc Trung has just called on local artists to boycott comedian Minh Beo who has just returned to Vietnam after serving nine months in jail in the US for child sexual assault.

 The second national costume museum in Vietnam has opened at 18 Au Co Street in the Tay Ho district of Hanoi.

 Cua Ong Temple Festival in the northern province of Quang Ninh was one of 17 new items on the national intangible cultural heritage list recognised by the Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism.

 A programme highlighting tourism and culture of the ancient imperial city of Hue, central Thua Thien – Hue province, will take place from December 13-16 at the Hanoi Opera House.

 Hue City will move abandoned sculptures at local public places to parks along the Huong River, according to the director of the municipal Department of Culture, Sports and Tourism Phan Tien Dung.

 Capital authorities have approved a plan to set up a fixed book street on December 19 Street, which links Hai Ba Trung and Ly Thuong Kiet Street in downtown Hanoi.