Several festivals were recently held during the ongoing seventh Buon Ma Thuot Coffee Festival in the Central Highlands province of Dak Lak.

 Vietnamese violin talent, Nguyen Le, has won the first prize at the “12th International Competition Arthur Grumiaux, Belgium-Brussels 2019".

 Phở Thìn – a family-run noodle shop in Hà Nội open for 30 years – has opened its first franchise in Tokyo.

 Nominations for the Devotion Music Awards 2019 hosted by The Thao & Van Hoa (Sports & Culture) newspaper of the Vietnam News Agency were announced at a ceremony in Hanoi on March 12. 

Valeria Vazquez Latorre, Miss Supranational 2018, and Prathamesh Maulingkar, Mister Supranational 2018, arrived at Tan Son Nhat International Airport on March 11.

A ceremony took place on March 11 in Ban Don district, Dak Lak province, to pray for elephants’ health and the mahouts' safety and prosperity.

 The Ban (Bauhinia) Flower Festival will take place at the Hanoi Museum, the first of its kind in the capital city, from April 4 to 14, according to Hanoimoi newspaper.

 A Black Thai woman in Vietnam’s northwestern region ties her hair into a tall bun on top of her head to indicate that she has got married. A ritual is held to comb and tie up her hair before she goes to her husband’s house.

 The unique festival aims to preserve traditional Vietnamese culture and build international cultural friendships.

 Grammy Award-winning American conductor Jeff von der Schmidt will lead the Hanoi New Music Ensemble in a concert at the Vietnam National Academy of Music on March 22, starting at 8 p.m.

 Gong casting performances are being introduced in the Central Highlands province of Dak Lak from March 11-13 as part of the seventh Buon Ma Thuot Coffee Festival to promote local cultural space of the gongs.

 An annual cultural program called “Spring colors across Vietnam” has been recently organized in Vietnam’s National Village for Ethnic Culture and Tourism in Hanoi. 

 "Hai Phuong” or “Furie” has become the first Vietnamese film to be released in the US, receiving significant compliments from movie-goers and critics. 

 Belgian travel photographer Kevin Faingnaert recently spent time traveling through northern Vietnam, soaking in the atmosphere of this Southeast Asian gem.

 Using modern digital technology, more than 30 masterpieces by Vincent van Gogh – the world’s most famous post-impressionist artist, are on display at an ongoing exhibition at the Vincom Center for Contemporary Arts in Hanoi.      

 The 2019 cherry blossom – Yen Tu yellow ochna flower festival opened at the Yen Tu Truc Lam culture centre in the northeastern province of Quang Ninh’s Uong Bi city on March 9.

San Art, a non-profit fine arts organisation in Ho Chi Minh City, has launched a residency camp for visual artists living in Vietnam and other Southeast Asian countries. 

 The Da Nang Museum on March 10 held the “Japanese Culture Festival” 2019 to popularise the beauty of the culture, land and people of Japan to locals and visitors.

 Overseas Vietnamese director Leon Le and his movie “Song Lang” have been honoured at the third edition of the Sharm El-Sheikh Asian Film Festival (SAFF).

On March 9, thousands of people joined in a carnival within the framework of the Buon Ma Thuot Coffee Festival in Dak Lak province.