A flag hoisting ceremony and exhibition of calligraphy and painting kicked off the annual Quán Thế Âm (Avalokitesvara Bodhisattva) Festival in Da Nang’s Ngũ Hành Sơn district yesterday.

A jazz concert by Belgian trio The Poets’ Souls featuring Vietnamese guest Hoa Đăng will be held in Hà Nội and HCM City on March 19 and 21.

HCM City-based boy band 365’s first MV (music video) has been nominated for the 2017 Cống Hiến (Devotion) Award for Best MV by the Vietnam News Agency’s Thể Thao & Văn Hóa (Sports & Culture) newspaper. 

As Kong: Skull Island tops box offices worldwide and shatters records in Việt Nam, its director, Jordan Vogt-Roberts, has taken on a new role: Việt Nam’s Tourism Ambassador for the 2017-2020 tenure.

In an interview, he spoke about his hit film and his plan for his new mission.

HCM City’s publishing houses have released dozens of new books featuring the history of South Việt Nam as part of the city’s cultural activities to celebrate the 42nd anniversary of Reunification Day on April 30. 

German pianist Hinrich Alpers and Vietnamese violinist Bùi Công Duy will present a free concert in HCM City on March 16.

The annual Hindu festival of colours will be organised soon in Hà Nội.

A sculpture of a courageous young girl installed temporarily in New York to champion gender diversity is so popular that thousands of people have signed a petition demanding it remain permanently.

A new-look newspaper kiosk appeared on a Paris street on Monday, the first of hundreds that will replace the iconic domed structures that have dotted the city since the 1860s.