More than 300 musicians and artists from around the world has gathered at the third Asia-Europe New Music Festival 2018 that opened at the Hanoi Opera House on November 24.

 Le Hai Yen, author and stage director of the 2018 Sam Son Sea Festival, has won two prizes at the 2018 Stevie Awards given by the American Business Awards organization.

 Polish and Vietnamese artists will perform together during Polish Music Days in Hanoi on November 24, 28 and 30 to celebrate the 100 years since Poland’s Independence Day.

 Hot issues related to corruption were being reflected in a creative new way through drawings, according to Vi Kien Thanh, head of the Fine Arts, Photography and Exhibition Department.

The Dao in Hoanh Bo district, Quang Ninh province, are famous for medicinal herb remedies, particularly herbal baths to cure and prevent diseases. 

With a great passion for chocolate, Bui Darassamy, a Canadian-Vietnamese has founded Kimmy’s Chocolate brand – traditional handcrafted chocolate from Vietnam.

 Outstanding contemporary paintings by Vietnamese and Hungarian artists are being showcased at an exhibition that opened in Hanoi on November 23. 

 Despite using traditional lacquer, celebrated Vietnamese painter Nguyen Quoc Huy chose a difficult way, in which he transformed the weakness of lacquer techniques into his strength.

 A popular music and arts festival planned for this weekend was cancelled at the last minute.

 Like a museum of sea and islands cultural heritage, Ly Son has a long history and cultural traditions. 

 A display of costumes and jewelries of ethnic groups in the Mekong Delta is underway in the southern province of Vinh Long.

 Painter Le Thiet Cuong and Do Minh Duy have curated two different exhibitions depicting life in the capital.

 The Vietnamese Cultural Heritage 2018 exhibition will take place at the Vietnamese Culture and Arts Exhibition Center, 2 Hoa Lu Street, in Hanoi’s Hai Ba Trung district from November 23 to 25.

 In late autumn when the weather becomes cooler, the pure-white daisies are in full bloom, competing with the graceful young Hanoian women who don pure-white ao dai to create a serenely beautiful picture of the capital city.

 The annual boat race of the Khmer people in the southern province of Soc Trang kicked off on November 21, attracting thousands of spectators from Soc Trang and neighbouring provinces.

 A series of cultural activities will take place at the Vietnam National Village for Ethnic Culture and Tourism in Dong Mo Tourism Area in Son Tay Town, Hanoi, from December 1, 2018 to January 2, 2019, to welcome the New Year 2019.

 A French Cuisine Festival, entitled ‘Balade en France’ (Walking in France), will be held on December 1-2 at Hoa Lu Stadium in Ho Chi Minh City.

 A number of Vietnam’s treasured intangible cultural heritages will be introduced to the public for free at a programme held on November 23 and 24 at Thang Long Imperial Citadel in Hanoi.

 A fire dancing festival is reenacted in Huoi Sau village, Pa Tan commune, Nam Po district, Dien Bien province on November 21, as part of the target programme for cultural development 2018.

 As many as 13 national special heritages were introduced to the public for the first time in an exhibition held on November 22 in the Hanoi Museum on the occasion of the Vietnam Cultural Heritage Day (November 23).