A new classical music programme will be staged twice a month in HCM City with the aim of attracting young people to the genre.

The annual singing and dance festival for children Búp Sen Hồng (Pink Lotus) will be held in HCM City from July 17-19.

HCM City has two new venues for puppetry and circus art at Trần Hữu Trang Theatre and Children’s House of HCM City.

The Đại Hưng Pottery Workshop has kept its fire burning for nearly 160 years. Located in Tương Bình Hiệp District in southern Bình Dương Province, the workshop produces tens of thousands of pottery pieces every year, with its main product line consisting of water vases of various sizes.

Muscle Contest Viet Nam will be held for the first time at Military Zone 7 Competition Centre on August 19.

A two-hectare wild-orchid reserve in the Troh Bư Botanic Garden in Đắk Lắk Province has been recognised as the largest of its kinds in the country by the Việt Nam Record Organization (ViệtKings).

Việt Nam has become a major tourist market for Japan and the island nation hopes to attract more Vietnamese visitors, said Kuroiwa Yuji, governor of Kanagawa Prefecture, at a seminar held on Thursday in Ha Noi to promote Kanagawa tourism.

Hope the blue whale took over as the centrepiece of the revamped atrium of London's Natural History Museum on Thursday despite a spirited campaign to keep its much-loved predecessor, Dippy the dinosaur.

As Game of Thrones returns for its penultimate season Sunday, fans of the award-winning fantasy epic are getting an early fix at a pop-up bar in Washington, complete with a fire-breathing dragon, coats of armor and bartenders who are dressed the part.

Vietnamese-French violinist Stephane Trần Ngọc will give a solo performance at the HCM City Opera House on July 19.

More than 60 kite artists will take part in the kite festival Đà Nẵng on Mỹ Khê Beach in Sơn Trà district on July 15-16, the city’s Festival and Event Organising centre said tourists will enjoy the entertainment event on beach.

On top of Múa Mountain, the picturesque scenery of the northern province of Ninh Bình unfolds before the eyes.

On occasion of the National Day of France on July 14, Việt Nam News presents an article written by the Ambassador of France to Việt Nam,  Bertrand Lortholary

 Central Thanh Hóa Province’s intangible heritages - Trò Chiềng Festival and Sing and Dance under Bông Tree Festival - are being recorgnised as national culture intangible heritages by the Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism.

Photo of the Day - Folk singers

A photo exhibition on the architectural styles in Hà Nội from ancient times to now has opened in downtown.

 An exhibition on Buddhism by photographer Shri Benoy K.Behl will be held at the Indian Cultural Centre from July 17 to 28. 

 The 1st ASEAN Award will be presented at the 20th Việt Nam National Film Festival, marking the 50th anniversary of the founding of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN).