The fifth annual Việt Nam Heritage Photo Awards is accepting submissions from amateur and professional photographers living in Việt Nam and abroad.

The teen band Soul Club of HCM City won the Golden Prize at the Asia Arts Festival in Singapore on Sunday.

The amateur group, HCM City D.N.S. Crew, won first prize at the Contemporary Dance Group Festival 2016 held by the city’s Young People’s Committee this week.

Renowned journalist Hàm Châu, who was famous for writing profiles of outstanding Vietnamese and foreign scientists, died of a stroke in Hà Nội on Monday. He was 83 years old.

The Vietnam Connection Music Festival -- Viet Nam’s largest classical music event -- will be held in HCM City and Ha Noi from August 7. Presenting tens of talented international and Vietnamese classical musicians who will perform at five grand concerts, the festival is an initiative of award-winning violinist Bui Cong Duy.

Tây Hồ lotus tea is listed among 1,793 intangible cultural heritages in Hà Nội according to the city’s Department of Culture and Sports.

Photo of the day for August 03

Three Hong Kong actors will arrive Việt Nam  this week to perform in a TV series by the HCM City Television’s Film Studio.

In her latest book, author Nguyễn Phan Quế Mai compares herself with a grain of salt in the ocean.