Fifteen rock bands from ASEAN countries as well as Japan will play at Việt Nam’s biggest rock concert, the SoundSlam Festival 2017, in HCM City on August 5.

HCM City’s Youth Union and Youth Cultural House have launched a new music programme at schools, universities, industrial parks and export processing zones to mark the 70^th anniversary of War Invalids and Martyrs Day on July 27.  

Thousands gathered at central Quảng Trị Citadel last week for a mass ceremony to pray for fallen soldiers of summer 1972 historic battle for the citadel. The battle, which raged on for 81 days, went down as one of the bloodiest battles in Vietnamese history with casualties from both sides estimated to total nearly 20,000.

A photo exhibition on Tuesday (July 25) was launched on Nguyễn Huệ pedestrian street in HCM City’s District 1 to celebrate the 70^th anniversary of War Invalids and Martyrs Day.

The HCM City Conservatory of Music on Monday (July 24) has received valuable books on music from Bùi Thanh Tùng, husband of the late musician Hoàng Lan.

To mark the 65th anniversary of Egypt’s July Revolution, Việt Nam News presents an article written by Youssef K. Hanna, ambassador extraordinary and plenipotentiary of the Arab Republic of Egypt to Việt Nam.

As many as 20 books on culture, landscapes, ancestral traditions and customs of Peru were donated to the National Library of Việt Nam on July 26 by the representatives from Peruvian Embassy to Việt Nam.

An afternoon on West Lake in Hà Nội. — VNS Photo Việt Thanh

Organisers of the Toronto International Film Festival (TIFF) — the largest in North America – will focus this year on female directors, screenwriters and actresses, in response to criticism that such events are too male-dominated.