The launch event and round-table discussion on the book L’Art de l’Annam (The Art of Annam) by French author Henri Gourdon will be held next Tuesday.

Sơn Trà Mountain has been planned as a National tourism site in the coastal central region and a top luxury eco-tour resort complex in 2030, deputy head of Việt Nam National Tourism Administration, Hà Văn Siêu said a press conference on the plan yesterday.

A comedy by late Vietnamese dramatist Lộng Chương will be revived on stage over 50 years arter its first performance.

Prime Minister Nguyễn Xuân Phúc has approved the construction of a Hùng Kings’ Temple in Cần Thơ City, Lê Văn Tâm, deputy chairman of the city’s People’s Committee, said.

Suffering from writer's block so severe he felt physically ill, singer Jens Lekman found a way to jumpstart his creative energy - forcing himself to write and release a song, a "postcard", every week.

Vietnamese designer Lương Minh Sơn showcases his fashion brand Sơn Collection of modern designs in traditional Vietnamese silk at the Nolcha Shows, an award-winning event held as part of New York Fashion Week, from February 13 to 16.

The 23rd festival of đờn ca tài tử, the musical art recognised by UNESCO as an intangible cultural heritage, took place in the southern province of Long An on February 12-13.

The Brooklyn Academy of Music has worked with the DMT, the first initiative of its kind in Việt Nam, since last September to plan two workshops for children with autism and deaf-mute students in Hà Nội, in addition to holding two performances in Hà Nội and Hải Phòng.

A heaven and earth sacrifice ritual was held on February 13 at Ngũ Nhạc Mountain at the Côn Sơn-Kiếp Bạc special national relic site in northern Hải Dương Province.