The island district of Hoàng Sa (Paracel) in Đà Nẵng city has launched a contest for designers to create a logo and slogan for the island’s museum – one of the most visited sites on Sơn Trà peninsula.

Thrillist, the New York-based travel site, has named Lan Hạ Bay near the northern coastal city of Hải Phòng as one of the best  places to visit in Southeast Asia.

At Phan Kim Ngân’s house, visitors can make their own local traditional cakes and enjoy a buffet consisting of nearly 50 kinds of cakes. Ngân’s is one of many households offering community-based tourism services on Cồn Sơn or Sơn Islet, located in Bình Thủy District in the southern city of Cần Thơ.

A group of artists from Việt Nam known as Art Labor and Joan Jonas will attend the 57th Carnegie International at the Carnegie Museum of Art in Pittsburgh, the US.

Madonna, the Queen of Pop, appears to have travelled to the former imperial city of Marrakech in western Morocco to celebrate her 60th birthday yesterday.

The capital city’s first ever rose park will open soon in Long Biên District, 10km east of the city centre.

An exhibition of 200 photos and documents of the Nghê – a sacred animal that guards temples and communal houses – has been in display at the central city’s Fine Arts Museum, promoting the unique feature of the traditional art of Việt Nam that had been preserved in the community for centuries.

Japanese popular singer Ueno Yuuka, who was appointed the Goodwill Ambassador for the 16th annual Hội An-Japan Cultural Exchange, will join environmental protection activities in Cẩm Thanh commune as part of the annual event on August 17-19.

An arts programme of music, poems and plays will be held at the Hanoi Opera House on August 26 to commemorate the 30th anniversary of the death of renowned Vietnamese poets and married couple Lưu Quang Vũ and Xuân Quỳnh.