Russian veteran cook Viktor Belyaev, who worked for 30 years in Russia’s Kremlin, will join the Hoi An International Food Festival 2017 which will take place in Hoi An town from March 22-26.

 A 123-year-old house in Tay Ninh city, the southern province of Tay Ninh, has been recognised as an artistic and architectural relic by the provincial People’s Committee.

 Folk paintings are unique cultural feature of Vietnam. However, they have gradually lost their reputation due to social development. Many young artists, with great passion for folk paintings, are reviving these stunning paintings.

 An ongoing exhibition in Hanoi is telling the personal stories of Vietnamese lesbians by displaying their contemporary art works.Join our reporters to find out more.

 For the San Diu ethnic group that lives in the northern province of Vinh Phuc, singing is a daily ritual.

The HCMC Ballet Symphony Orchestra and Opera recently voiced their complaints about the lack of facilities for its operations.

 Veteran director Le Mong Hoang, who rose to fame in the 1960s and 1970s, passed away on Thursday at his home in HCM City after a long illness due to heart disease. He was 88.

 The Yen Tu festival in the northern province of Quang Ninh is one of the most anticipated festivals of the year, attracting thousands of pilgrims and visitors nationwide.

 A deeply moving film debut by a promising director from Vietnam, Father and Son has been praised by foreign film critics as one of the best works from the Vietnamese cinema world in the past decade.

 The festival has been an indispensable part of life in fishing villages in the city and is an important spiritual and cultural event, staged in the hope of winning favour with the sea god.

 There isn’t much room for pottery in the fast-paced modern world but for the residents of Phù Lãng ceramic village in Bac Ninh province, their products are proving not only popular but highly lucrative.

 The cherry – Yen Tu yellow apricot blossom festival is to be held in Ha Long city, the northern province of Quang Ninh on March 11-15, the organising board said at a press conference on February 23. 

 Practitioners performed demonstrations of Vietnamese Mother Goddess rituals in New Delhi, India on February 22, the Vietnam News Agency has reported.

Miss Vietnam 2016 Do My Linh launched Ao Dai Festival 2017 in HCM City today (Feb. 23) at a press conference.

 Pop star Quang Dung will give performances marking his 20-year singing career at home and abroad on March 18-May 14.

Vietnam’s most in-vogue pop singer Ho Ngoc Ha joined Gucci's Fall/Winter 2017 Show at Milan Fashion Week (MFW) in Italy on February 22.

 Nominations for the Devotion Music Awards 2017 were announced by the Vietnam News Agency’s The Thao & Van Hoa (Sport and Culture) newspaper in Hanoi on February 22.

 Platinum Cineplex, the biggest cinema operator by screen in Ha Noi, will be forced to cease operations at three Vingroup trading centres on Friday ahead of an expiration date agreed in the lease with Viet Nam’s largest real estate company.

 The đàn bầu, Vietnam’s indigenous monochord zither produces sounds which represent the Vietnamese soul. It fascinates locals and foreigners and is an important part of the nation’s musical legacy.

 One of the country’s largest festivals, the Quan The Am festival in central Da Nang city, will be held on March 16 at the Quan The Am Pagoda in Hoa Vang district.