The Tokyo-based band VM5 will host a music show at Yoko Café on March 26 as part of the VM5 Asia Tour 2017.

 The International Comedy Festival will be held in HCM City on March 20, 21 and 22 with three shows at different venues.

 The Rotten Grapes – the one and only English-speaking comedy club in Hanoi, invites everyone to their improvisation comedy show on Saturday.

 The Manzi Art Space in Hanoi will present a Spring Chamber Concert tomorrow night with famous compositions by Bach, Beethoven and other international and Vietnamese composers.

 Famous Belgian pop singer Axelle Red will present a concert at the HCM City Opera House on March 20.

 The biennial Hue Traditional Craft Festival 2017 will be held in Hue, the capital city of Thua Thien-Hue Province on April 24-May 2. 

 The traditional dress competition of the upcoming Miss Grand International 2017 will be held at Thien Duong Cave in Quang Binh Province.

 The annual Hindu festival of colours will be organised soon in Hanoi.

 The consulate General of the US in HCM City will host a film screening of Jack of the Red Hearts, directed by Janet Grillo -- an award winning filmmaker and Emmy Award winning producer – in Da Nang on Friday.

 Masterchef France 2015 winner, Huynh Khanh Ly will be in Hanoi on March 17-23 to introduce French gastronomy as part of the Goût de France/Good France 2017 in the framework of the Francophone festival.

 As Kong: Skull Island tops box offices worldwide and shatters records in Vietnam, its director, Jordan Vogt-Roberts, has taken on a new role: Vietnam’s Tourism Ambassador for the 2017-2020 tenure.

 German pianist Hinrich Alpers and Vietnamese violinist Bui Cong Duy will present a free concert in HCM City on March 16.

 The Gie Trieng have developed a unique culture while adopting cultural features of other groups in the northern Central Highlands.

 The Gout de France/Good France 2017, a global event on the French gastronomy, in Vietnam will bring together chefs from 24 restaurants in Hanoi, Hoi An, Da Nang, Hue and Ho Chi Minh City on March 21.

 The first wax museum of Vietnam’s celebrities, which is located on level 1 of Hoa Binh Theater in HCMC’s District 10, will be open to the public on April 11.

 Around 50 top models in the country will walk in the “Life in Color” fashion show featuring latest designs by Do Manh Cuong. 

Miss Tourism Vietnam 2017 First Runner-up, Nguyen Thi Thanh has resigned from her title following accusation that she has undergone cosmetic surgery.

Learning the art of brocade weaving since the age of 13 from her mother, artisan Vang Thi Mai has kept in mind that practicing and preserving the traditional craft is the responsibility of every Mong women. 

Dr To Lan from the Institute of Sino-Nom Studies has been featured prominently as one of only a few young female researchers who have immersed themselves into the treasure trove of the forefathers’ language heritage.

 The Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism has proposed the Hanoi authorities to construct a 3-dimensional model from the blockbuster film Kong: Skull Island near Hoan Kiem Lake.