International brandnames are starting to grab the attention of HCM City's clothes-conscious people, clearing the way for more ready-to-wear clothing stores in Việt Nam.   

A new classical music programme will be staged twice a month in HCM City with the aim of attracting young people to the genre.

The annual singing and dance festival for children Búp Sen Hồng (Pink Lotus) will be held in HCM City from July 17-19.

HCM City has two new venues for puppetry and circus art at Trần Hữu Trang Theatre and Children’s House of HCM City.

The Đại Hưng Pottery Workshop has kept its fire burning for nearly 160 years. Located in Tương Bình Hiệp District in southern Bình Dương Province, the workshop produces tens of thousands of pottery pieces every year, with its main product line consisting of water vases of various sizes.

Muscle Contest Viet Nam will be held for the first time at Military Zone 7 Competition Centre on August 19.

A two-hectare wild-orchid reserve in the Troh Bư Botanic Garden in Đắk Lắk Province has been recognised as the largest of its kinds in the country by the Việt Nam Record Organization (ViệtKings).

Việt Nam has become a major tourist market for Japan and the island nation hopes to attract more Vietnamese visitors, said Kuroiwa Yuji, governor of Kanagawa Prefecture, at a seminar held on Thursday in Ha Noi to promote Kanagawa tourism.

Hope the blue whale took over as the centrepiece of the revamped atrium of London's Natural History Museum on Thursday despite a spirited campaign to keep its much-loved predecessor, Dippy the dinosaur.