Vietnam is waiting for guidance from UNESCO in helping to reclassify xoan singing from being a world’s intangible cultural heritage in need of urgent protection, to simply being an intangible cultural heritage of humanity.

 The 2nd season of Vietnamese X-Factor will be aired on television in coming time.

  After their arrival in Vietnam last weekend, T-ara Eun Jung and Qri from Korean girl pop group wore Ao Dai (Vietnamese traditional dress) to attend a meeting with their fans at a studio in Ho Chi Minh City on March 14.

 Green Monday Vietnam, a large-scale vegetarian buffet which is part of a Humane Society International-supported global campaign, will be launched in Ho Chi Minh City on March 25 from 6:30 p.m. to 9 p.m.

 A group of local Vietnamese has launched an organization to introduce and support the Korean culture wave of hallyu, which has been earning widespread popularity across Vietnam.

 Hairdresser Michael Barnes, of London hairstyling fame, will appear along with supermodels Pham Huong and Ha Anh on March 23 at a free public fashion event of five emerging local designers in HCM City.

 The beauty of the central coastal province of Quang Ngai, homeland of the Hoang Sa Flotilla, has been featured through 150 art works at a photographic exhibition which opened in Hanoi on March 12.

 Disfigured kitchenware, stained and wet books and flashlights are among the items left behind by fierce typhoons that have hit in the central region of the country.

 The ninth Hue Festival 2016 will be held from April 29 to May 4, honouring cultural and historical values of the former capital city.

 VietNamNet Bridge - Referred to as the "floating road amid the ocean," Diep Son Islands is a new, attractive destination thanks to its wild and unique beauty.

 One of the country’s largest festivals, the Quan The Am (Avalokitesvara Bodhisattva) festival in Da Nang city, will be held on March 25-27 at the Quan The Am Pagoda in Hoa Vang district.

 While researchers and followers are anxiously waiting for UNESCO recognition of the Vietnamese worship of Mother Goddesses as a cultural heritage, the len dong ritual is becoming more favoured by the community and promoted in various ways.

 Talented artists from the Vietnam National Drama Theatre will perform Hamlet at Singapore’s Victoria Theatre and Concert Hall on March 25, said Nguyen The Vinh, the theatre director.

 The Vietnam Posts and Telecommunications (VNPT) spend a billion VND (45,000 USD) on the 2016 Hue Festival under an agreement signed in the central city on March 11.

 Vietfest 2016, the second year of the festival, will be held at University College London (UCL) on March 14 to introduce Vietnam’s unique and charming culture to local people.

 The golden apricot flowers in Yen Tu mountain will be displayed for the first time at the 2016 Ha Long cherry blossom festival, which will take place in Ha Long city in the northern province of Quang Ninh from March 18 to 21.

 French photographer Rérahn Croquevielle has presented his world-renowned photograph of a smiling old lady in Hoi An titled ‘Hidden Smile’ to the Vietnamese Women’s Museum.

The Vietnam National Museum of History has said that an exhibition themed ‘Imperial Treasures – Golden Books of Nguyen Dynasty’ will be opened at the museum in Hanoi on March 31. 

 The acclaimed British choreographer Aakash Odedra is to perform in Vietnam on March 23, 26 and 27.

 VietNamNet Bridge - In 1987, Mr. Chau, 88, won a national fine art handicraft prize for his bamboo-made lobsters, and since then bamboo shrimps have become the main source of income for his family.