With more than ten years of standing on her toes, ballerina Tran Hoang Yen from the Ho Chi Minh City Ballet Symphony Orchestra and Opera (HBSO) has won a number of dance prizes. 

 Internationally renowned pianist Lang Lang performed at the Hanoi Opera House on August 31 night in a show organised as part of the Hublot Loves Art programme produced by the Swiss luxury watch brand.

When you think of musical instruments for stage productions, you do not typically conjure up cooking pots, knives or cutting boards.

 Local people in Bao Dap village of Hong Quang commune, Nam Truc district, Nam Dinh province, are busy making star-shaped lanterns as the Mid-Autumn Festival is soon to arrive.

 The annual paragliding festival themed “Flying in the yellow season” will return to the northern mountainous province of Yen Bai from September 21 to 23.

 Hanoian artist Nguyen Duy Nghien has just launched his painting collection themed “The Return”, featuring the old-fashioned Mid-Autumn festival.

 German violin soloist Christian Tetzlaff will perform in a concert by the Tokyo-based NHK Symphony Orchestra at Hanoi Opera House on September 7.

 Manzi Art Space in Hanoi will host “Shades of the Sounds”, a contemporary music concert by the Hanoi New Music Ensemble and Dong Kinh Co Nhac on September 8, 2018, starting at 8 p.m.

 Vietnamese-Australian superstar Van-Anh Nguyen will be a major attraction in the HBSO concert in the Saigon Opera House on September 9.

 An exhibition showcasing 50 Vietnamese folk paintings opened at the Imperial Citadel of Thang Long in Hanoi on August 29, as an event to celebrate Vietnam’s National Day (September 2).

 Vietnamese pop singer My Tam will host a live concert at Jangchung Gymnasium in the Republic of Korea on September 15.

 The Miss University Vietnam 2018 contest was launched in Hanoi on August 29 for students aged 18-24 nationwide.

Winners of the 11th “Bui Xuan Phai: For the Love of Hanoi” awards were announced at a ceremony in Hanoi on August 29. 

 Actress and film producer Truong Ngoc Anh has received an invitation to serve on the jury of the 58th Asia-Pacific Film Festival set to run from August 30 to September 2 in Taipei (Taiwan).

A cultural exchange event featuring traditional costumes of members of the Association of the Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) took place in Hanoi on August 28.

 A folk games festival is taking place in Hanoi. The event is expected to spread the unique cultural values of Vietnamese folk games.

 Paris-based Vietnamese model and fashion show producer Jessica Minh Anh will celebrate the seventh iteration of the Catwalk on Water fashion show on September 4.

 Artists of different nationalities and backgrounds will co-organise an event that features an interplay of literature, art and music from the East and West in Hanoi next month.

 The southern province of Binh Phuoc announced the Prime Minister’s decision to recognise an ancient Loc Hoa lithophone as a national treasure during a ceremony in the provincial museum on August 28.

 Vietnamese model Duong Nguyen Kha Trang will represent Vietnam to participate in Super Model International modeling contest 2018 on September 3 in Thailand.