Vietnamese writer Nguyễn Du’s classic Tale of Kiều will be performed at the Việt Nam National Drama Theater until March 10 to celebrate International Women’s Day, which falls today.

A photo exhibition featuring more than 100 works of 35 women photographers is being held in HCM City on the occasion of International Women’s Day.

Võ Tấn Tân, operator of Hội An Kayak Tours service, has launched the River Clean Up tours on Kayak along the Thu Bồn River, Nipa Palm forest in Cẩm Thanh village and Hội An city.

A rare opera by Franz Liszt has been meticulously restored by a scholar, who described the work as unique in the history of music.

Bánh trôi is in the size of a grape and made of rice, with a palm sugar cube inside; bánh chay is the size of an egg, with mung beans inside, and is served with thick sweet sauce. While bánh chưng (square sticky rice cake) is a must for the Vietnamese Lunar New Year,  trôi and chay dumplings are eaten in almost every Vietnamese family on Cold Food Day, which falls on the third day of the third lunar month (March 30th this year). 

The world famous London Symphony Orchesstra performed a free concert by the city’s historic Hoàn Kiếm Lake in the heart of Hà Nội on Saturday.

The internationally-acclaimed band Bad Boys Blue cancelled their upcoming concert in Việt Nam after the group was involved in an accident in Russia, and singer John McInerney suffered severe injuries.

Young amateur filmmakers aged 16-28 nationwide are eligible to participate in the fifth Sfilm Contest 2017, to be launched in HCM City this week.