Veteran and young cải lương (reformed theatre) artists will perform at the HCM City Drama Theatre for a charity show this month to raise funds for poor theatre artists.

The Philadephia Boys Choir & Chorale (PBCC) will perform the Vietnamese folk song Trống Cơm (The Cylindrical Drum) at the Việt Nam Youth Theatre on July 15. 

The first festival to honour the Vietnamese brocade culture will be held from December 27 to 30 in the Central Highlands province of Đắk Nông. 

Two women from the Vietnamese communities in Germany and Poland won the first áo dài contest for Vietnamese women in Europe held June 17 in Prague, Czech Republic.

The last batch of late legendary winemaker Henri Jayer's Burgundies -- which include some of the world's most expensive wines -- was sold for a mouth-watering 30 million euros (US$35 million) in Geneva on Sunday, well in excess of the estimated price.

Paul McCartney on Monday teased news of Egypt Station -- presumed to be the title of his next album -- as the former Beatle celebrated his 76th birthday.

The artist Christo on Monday unveiled 7,506 coloured barrels floating on a lake in central London, a puzzling installation designed to stimulate debate as much as the senses.

Pop star Đông Nhi will represent Việt Nam at the second Japan – ASEAN Music Festival 2018 in Tokyo in October.

Japanese violists Masakazu Saito, Shunichiro Sato, Kumiko Nakagawa and Tetsuya Osawa are set to perform in Việt Nam’s central city of Đà Nẵng to mark the 45th anniversary of diplomatic ties between the two countries on June 26-27.