The American Center in Hanoi will hold a workshop on music and dance therapy for Vietnamese veterans from 10:30 to 11:30 a.m. on Tuesday, May 7.

The weekend events calendar is packed with arts performances, live music, exhibitions and blockbuster theater shows and here are our recommendations.

The Vietnam Circus Federation will host a circus show re-enacting the Dien Bien Phu battlefield in Hanoi on May 5 to celebrate the 65th anniversary of the victory.

A festival that runs from April 26 to May 2 in Thua Thien-Hue province has honoured the essence of Vietnam’s craft villages and contributed to preserving and promoting traditional values.

In the world of Vietnamese literature, ethnic minority poets occupy a special place. The Voice of Vietnam will introduce four Cham poets whose works in both Cham and Vietnamese have added richness to Vietnamese poetry.

Giang Quoc Co and Giang Quoc Nghiep performed their head-balancing act in minus 10 degrees in Canada.

Trumpeter Dominik Fuss and pianist Jorg Leichtfried from Austria will hold a jazz concert at Binh Minh Jazz Club in Hanoi on May 5 and another at Sax n’ Art Jazz Club in HCMC on May 7.

Photographer Viet Van from Labour newspaper has become the only representative of Vietnam to win a prize in the Street Food category of the Pink Lady Food Photographer of the Year 2019 in the UK.

The HCM City Dragonfly Theatre will stage a new play The Best Laid Plans on May 17-18 and 23-24. Photo from the organiser’s Facebook page

Vietnamese actor and scriptwriter Le Bình, who made his fame with the role of a Southern farmer in the 1997 TV series Đất Phương Nam (The Southern Land), died on Wednesday morning at the age of 66.

Firework displays took place in Ho Chi Minh City on the evening of April 30 to mark the 44th anniversary of Southern Liberation and National Reunification.

The ongoing Hue Traditional Craft Festival 2019 has become a popular attraction among both local people and tourists. The festival features a wide range of cultural activities that are perfect for all ages.

The annual kite flying festival of Ba Duong Noi village in Hanoi’s outlying district of Dan Phuong is held on the fifteenth day of the third lunar month.

As Norway’s modern artist that has mastered a modern and flexible language of painting, drawing and prints, Henrik Placht has an extremely strong connection with Vietnam and is dreaming big for this beautiful country.

Readers can join over 50 activities which include book presentations, readings, workshops, exhibitions, films, among others.

Vietnamese dishes were served to people from the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) members during an event held in Malaysia on April 29.

A festival on ao dai (Vietnam’s national dress) took place in the former imperial city of Hue, the central province of Thua Thien-Hue, on April 28.

A bronze drum casting contest using traditional crafting methods was launched in Yen Dinh district on April 29 in celebration of the 990th founding anniversary of the north-central province of Thanh Hoa (1029-2019).

HCM City’s drama and cải lương (reformed opera) troupes are offering new shows about Vietnamese history during the Reunification Day and Labour Day holidays, which begin on April 27 and end on May 1.

A Vietnamese cultural event took place in the southern Czech city, Ceske Velenice, on April 26, as a highlight of the ‘Vietnam Culture Month’ programme that runs throughout April in the city.