Pakistani women have always played a key role in improving the economy, social standards, and norms of Pakistan.

Vietnamese rural areas in the 1970s and the process of urbanisation will be reflected in a new series on Việt Nam Television. Titled Gia Phả Của Đất (Annals of Land), the short films will be broadcast starting this Thursday. Director Trần Quốc Trọng spoke with Minh Thu about the filmmaking process.

Themed March - Season of Honey Bees, the programme will include performances of traditional gongs, a festival of shooting crossbows, an exhibition of Central Highlands forest products, reflections on traditional customs and folk games on these three days.

Young talented dancers will gather on March 30 for a performance at the Hà Nội’s Cultural Palace which is expected to draw thousands of spectators, according to choreographer Tuyết Minh.

A popular historical play from the 1990s will be restaged by HCM City Tuồng Theatre this weekend at Sen Hồng Stage in District 1, as part of the theatre’s efforts to preserve tuồng (classical drama), a symbolic form of traditional art originating in central Việt Nam.

 Nguyễn Lâm Thảo Tâm, a grade 10 student from HCM City’s Đinh Thiện Lý High School beat over 7,000 other Vietnamese students .

Famous saxophonist Trần Mạnh Tuấn has released his latest jazz album after several months of working in a prestigious studio in HCM City.

The world’s largest Buddha statue, made of jade, has been brought to Việt Nam. It will be displayed soon in the central Quảng Bình Province before it is exhibited in other northern localities.