Pham Ngoc, a reporter from Lao Động Cuối Tuần (Weekend Labour) interviews musician Kim Ngoc, director of Đom Đóm — the Hub for Experimental Art & Music, which is helping run the Future of Tradition project on traditional and contemporary art.

An inter-ministry task force will review child protection efforts in cities and provinces across the country in June, said Minister of Labour, Invalids and Social Affair Dao Ngoc Dung

A play on money and love adapted from Honoré de Balzac’s novel Eugénie Grandet by female director Viet Linh will be staged on June 14 at the HCM City Opera House as part of a theatre project launched by the theatre and its partner,

Various cultural and entertainment events for children will be held in Hanoi to celebrate International Children’s Day (June 1).

“Then” is a ritual singing genre of the Tay ethnic people. Female and male Then singers perform Then in front of the altars at sacred places.

Thousands of people donned raincoats and carried umbrellas on May 8, braving the driving rain to enjoy the art performance held to commemorate the 990th anniversary of the central province of Thanh Hoa.

An oil-on-canvas painting featuring a nude woman by master painter Lê Phổ (1907-2001) was sold at nearly US$ 1.4 million (HK$10,925,000) at an auction sale at Christie’s Hong Kong on May 26.

Matchday 11 of the 2019 V.League saw reigning champions Hanoi FC unexpectedly ousted by lower-rated Nam Dinh FC, while Hoang Anh Gia Lai suffered their first defeat under newly appointed manager Lee Tae-hoon.

An event themed “Discovering Korean culture” is set to take place at the Vietnam Museum of Ethnology in Hanoi to mark International Children’s Day on June 1-2.

The My Dinh stadium in Hanoi saw 54 motor racers gather together to compete in round two of the Vietnam Motor Racing Championship 2019.

An ancient ritual was recreated over the weekend in Hanoi. During the Later Le Dynasty (1533 - 1789), kings would host a ritual to give fans to all mandarins during the Doan Ngo festival in summer.

Vietnamese award-winning documentary Remember: You Are Alive will open the 10th European – Vietnamese Documentary Film Festival on May 31 in Hanoi and HCM City.

Seven-hundred years after it was constructed, a sculpture continues to surprise visitors to Bao Ha Temple in Bao Ha Village, Dong Minh Commune, Vinh Bao District in the port city of Hai Phong.

Eight art troupes from different countries are participating in the International Children’s Festival in the ancient city of Hoi An, the central province of Quang Nam.

American Literature students of HCMC Open University staged the drama “The Patchwork Quilt” by Rachel Field last Friday, through which they could gain a deeper understanding of American literature and improve their English skills.

Nearly 500 dishes are to be introduced during a southern cuisine festival which will be held in Dam Sen Cultural Park in Ho Chi Minh City between May 30 and June 2.

Cultural activities will be organised in the northern province of Lao Cai as part of the The Festival of the White Highlands Bac Ha between May 31 and June 9.

Vietnam’s history of resistance wars against French colonialism and American imperialism has given it many heroes and magnanimous stories.

Dam Sen Cultural Park operated by Saigontourist Holding Company has organized the “Dam Sen By Night” program from 6 p.m. to 9 p.m. every evening since April 27.

A selection of noteworthy artistic and cultural events to take place in Hanoi and Ho Chi Minh City.