A multimedia performance entitled The Room will take place at The Vincom Contemporary Arts Centre (VCCA) in Hà Nội on Saturday.

Wonder why people are flocking to pagodas today? In Việt Nam, the Vu Lan Festival is like Mother’s and Father’s day combined. On the 15th day of the seventh lunar month, people gather to express love and gratitude for their parents. Through meditation and Buddhist teachings, they remember and respect this lifelong family bond. Many also wear different coloured roses depending on whether their parents are alive or deceased.

This “buffet” was organised as 37 domesticated elephants were fed fruit and sugarcane on boat-shaped trays.

Gusto Thai, a Thai-style restaurant founded by a Vietnamese owner in Hà Nội, has been awarded the Thai Select certificate for the second time in a row.

The Cửu Long (Mekong) Delta province of Bạc Liêu said it will host the Dạ Cổ Hoài Lang Festival in November to promote tài tử music and tourism in the province.

Under the baton of conductor Min Chung, the orchestra and guest pianist Nguyễn Thế Vinh will perform 'Piano Concerto No 1' by Tchaikovsky in the first part of the concert.

More than 10 posters of landscapes and people in Uruguay are now available for the public around the embassy’s walls in downtown Hà Nội

While the number of tourists I’ve seen since the reopening of the border to international tourists in March has allayed any fears I had about the tourism ‘bubble’ being burst in Việt Nam, one thing is still missing, something that a few years ago went hand-in-hand with backpackers and tourists.