Saigon Chamber Music, which will take place in HCMC Conservatory of Music from August 5 to 11, is the first summer music festival and training with a focus on ensemble music in Viet Nam.

 A music camp will be held by the Ho Chi Minh City Conservatory of Music at its headquarter from August 1-8.

 The film The Island of Aliens or The Way Station by director Hong Anh was honored with the Special Jury Prize at the Eurasia International Film Festival 2017, which ended in Kazakhstan on July 28.

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

 Pham Le Phuong has won the first prize in her age group, for 11-13 year-old contestants, at the seventh Mozart International Piano Competition held in Thailand on July 22-25.

 Trach Xa village is famous for the craft of tailor making Vietnamese traditional long dresses. For many centuries, many generations of tailors in the villages have contributed to preserving and promoting the charm of the Ao Dai.

 There is no cover of Canadian pop singer Justin Bieber’s hit What Do You Mean quite like that of the US-based video producer Kayla Nguyen.

 A new venture promoted by a Harvard-educated business graduate providing a low-cost cinema experience is making many customers happy. 

 The HCM City’s District 1 People’s Committee has announced that the district’s first two street vendor spaces will open on August 28.

 The fourth Vietnam – Japan cultural exchange festival kicked off in the central coastal city of Da Nang on July 28, bringing together over 100 artists from 60 art troupes from the two countries.

Artists from over 15 countries in the world have spent the last year in Phan Thiet city in the south-eastern province of Binh Thuan to create imposing sculpture works using over 300 tons of red sand.

 English photographer Teresa has spent one month travelling through Vietnam to capture some of the most awe-inspiring natural landscapes.

 The Goethe Institute in HCMC said the Notos Quartet, the award winning piano quartet from Germany will perform a special concert in Ho Chi Minh City Conservatory of Music (112 Nguyen Du Street, District 1), on August 5.

 A street dance festival will be held in Da Nang city, from 7:30 pm to 9:30 pm on July 29, which is expected to delight visitors with cheerful music and dances.

The Vietnam - Japan Cultural Exchange Festival 2017 will be held from July 28 to 30 at Han River Port in the central city of Da Nang.

 Fifteen rock bands from ASEAN countries as well as Japan will play at Vietnam’s biggest rock concert, the SoundSlam Festival 2017, in HCM City on August 5.

 Toyota Motor Vietnam (TMV) will hold four concert nights themed “The romantic love songs” in HCM City, Hanoi and central Vinh Phuc province in August.

 Vietnam House opened its doors yesterday and is set to become a landmark in HCMC’s culinary scene as Chef Luke Nguyen oversees the newly-restored restaurant.

 Book Street in HCM City recorded sales of VNĐ19.07 billion (US$840,000) for the first six months, an increase of 27 per cent compared to the same period last year, the Street Book Co Ltd said on Monday.

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