The Vietnam Centre, based in Australia, has recently kicked off a crowd-funding project. The money will be used for publishing a book on royal customs and costumes of Đại Việt (the old name for Việt Nam) in the Early Lê reign from 1437 to 1471.

Culture, sports and tourism minister Nguyễn Ngọc Thiện has signed a decision to award a certificate of merit to the acrobatic brothers Giang Quốc Cơ and Giang Quốc Nghiệp.

Nine localities of the central region of Việt Nam attended a ceremony in Bình Định Province for the formal reception of UNESCO recognition of bài chòi art as an item of world intangible cultural heritage.

The EU Ambassador to Việt Nam has praised the government initiative to keep cars off the roads around Hoàn Kiếm Lake, saying it brings communities together and gives Hanoi a European feel.

To celebrate 100 years of cải lương (reformed theatre), some 90 traditional artists from noted cải lương theatres such as Việt Nam Cải Lương Theatre in Hà Nội and Trần Hữu Trang Theatre in HCM City performed the play Thầy Ba Đợi (Teacher Ba Đợi) together at the Hà Nội Opera House on May 27 and 28.

Internationally acclaimed jazz guitarist Nguyên Lê and leading Vietnamese  jazz saxophonist Trần Mạnh Tuấn will perform in a joint concert “Oriental Moods” in HCM City on May 6.

IDECAF Stage, one of HCM City's leading private drama troupes, is preparing to stage a new play aimed at young audiences this summer. 

My first time in Kon Tum Province in the Central Highlands was to visit a relative. I was left speechless by the small and tranquil city of Kon Tum. There is beauty present in the many vestiges of the French colonial period, as well as in the native villages surrounding it.

Việt Nam will extend visa exemptions for citizens from the UK, France, Germany, Spain and Italy for the next three years, starting from the beginning of July.