The Vietnam National University - Hanoi on February 28 announced that its three training branches have been named in the world top 500-600 by education organisation Quacquarelli Symonds (QS).

 The third Hue International Hot Air Balloon Festival will take place from April 27-29 in the central province of Thua Thien-Hue. 

The Ministry of Information and Communications collaborated with the Ministry of Foreign Affairs to announce the launch of a stamp set commemorating the second historic meeting between US President Donald Trump and DPRK Chairman Kim Jong-un in Hanoi.

 Heritage Space Library in Hanoi will hold a talk themed “Finding the Souls of Cities” on March 2, featuring associate professor Pham Thuy Loan as guest speaker and Dr. Dang Hoang Giang as host.

 The Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism has approved a plan to preserve and develop traditional costumes of ethnic minority peoples throughout Viet Nam.

 Vietnamese-American duo Phuong Thao and Ngoc Le, who have more than 25 years in the industry, have released their latest music video (MV) on YouTube.   

 Local authorities in the Mekong Delta have warned about forest fires during the dry season as temperatures in the last two days reached 34 degrees without any rain.

 A seminar on the film industry will take place at Hoa Sen University in Ho Chi Minh City on February 19 to help young Vietnamese filmmakers gain access to regional and international film festivals.

 A spring-themed exhibition is running at the Center of Art-Photography Exhibition in Hanoi to depict spring from artists’ diverse dimensions.

 For those who love traditional Vietnamese cakes, bánh da lợn (literal translation “pig-skin cake”) should be at the top of your list during the Tết (Lunar New Year) holiday which welcomes in the Year of the Pig.

 Traditional theatre art forms in Vietnam

 Antonin Dvorak’s Symphony No. 9 ("From the New World"), often known as the New World symphony, will be performed by the HCM City symphony orchestra at the city’s Opera House at 8pm at 7 Lam Son Square in District 1 on March 9.

H’Hen Nie, Miss Universe Vietnam, and Catriona Gray, Miss Universe 2018, were among the special invitees who attended a fashion show by Vietnamese designer Phuong My as part of New York Fashion Week.

Yao leaf soup is an essential dish of Ede ethnic people during Tet (Lunar New Year) holiday.

 Local people in Ky Anh District, Ha Tinh Province have set up a protest camp outside the Phu Ha Waste Treatment Plant for a third time, complaining it has seriously polluted the environment.

 The traditional Tich dien (ploughing) festival was held in Doi Son commune of Duy Tien district, the northern province of Ha Nam, on February 11 to pray for bumper harvests and prosperity for all.

 Vietnam possesses an array of intangible cultural heritages that have been recognized by UNESCO.

 A “Mam Ngu Qua” or five-fruit tray is indispensable for each Vietnamese family as among the numerous offerings that are required to decorate ancestral altars during the traditional Lunar New Year (Tet) festival. 

 The 39th spring flower festival 2019 was opened at Tao Dan Park in District 1, HCMC today, January 31, featuring over 3,000 flower-related exhibits.

 Visiting the Hanoi’s Old Quarter in the days nearing the Tet holiday, visitors can find the atmosphere of the old Tet with familiar images.