A concert will be held at the Vietnam National Academy of Music in Hanoi on April 17 and 18, featuring international award-winning artists. 

 The People’s Committee of Thua Thien- Hue province yesterday said that the central province granted a cemetery land for late musician Trinh Cong Son according to his family wishes.

Le Thu, a talented Vietnamese-born guitarist, winner of the “Best Guitarist from Asia” award at the Calcutta Classical Guitar Festival, will join guitarist Thierry Bégin, winner of numerous international prizes on the stage of L’Espace.

 Vera Quartet from world-renowned Curtis Institute of Music will perform in Vietnam for the first time the Curtis On Tour: Vera Quartet concert in the cozy space of the HCMC Conservatory of Music’s Concert Hall on Saturday, April 20.

Artists from Vietnam’s Ho Chi Minh City Ballet Symphony Orchestra and Opera will perform the “Cinderella” ballet with Japanese partners at the HCM City Opera House on April 13-14. 

Phu Lien meteorological station was originally built on Dau Son mountain in 1902. It has been used as an active observation station for over 100 years by the World Meteorological Organisation.

 A number of Vietnamese child models put in a range of impressive performances during Shanghai Fashion Week in China which took place on April 3.

 The Japan Foundation Center for Cultural Exchange in Vietnam will hold the JF Garage Concert No.19 featuring Hanoi Brass Band and friends in the capital city on April 19, starting at 7 p.m.

 The second vintage motorbikes and cars festival will be held at Dam Sen Park in HCMC on April 6 and 7. Jointly held by the park operator and the Saigon Classic Car Club, the event will showcase a great number of unique old vehicles.

 The Hoi An International Food Festival 2019 is scheduled to take place between April 11 and 14 at the An Hoi Sculpture Park in the ancient town of Hoi An, according to the Centre for Culture, Sports, Radio, and Television in Hoi An.

 Vietnam International Fashion Week 2019 (VIFW) has been set to be held in HCM City on April 11-14.

 The Spring concert “Meeting with The World Music Talents” will take place at the Vietnam National Academy of Music in Hanoi on April 17 and 18.

 The La Ha ethnic minority lives in Vietnam’s northwestern region where they farm and perform some unique customs and rituals, including a ceremony of new rice worshipping to remind the younger generation to appreciate rice.

 Vietnamese designer Do Trinh Hoai Nam has introduced his latest Ao Dai collections during a fashion show held at the UNESCO headquarters in Paris.

 Preparations in the central city of Da Nang are stepping up with the city planning to host the Sea Festival 2019 between April 26 and May 1 during National Reunification Day, which falls on April 30, and May Day, May 1.

 Lie Sang Bong, a famous fashion designer from the Republic of Korea, is set to debut his collection at Aquafina Vietnam International Fashion Week 2019 (VIFW), set to take place between April 10 and 14 in Hanoi and Ho Chi Minh City.

 The five hundred-year-old Mao Dien Temple of Literature is evidence of the development of Confucianism and academic examinations in Hai Duong province in the past.

Vietnamese rapper Suboi has become the first Vietnamese artist to be featured on Vogue Japan fashion magazine.

A festival is held annually in the northern port city of Hai Phong on the 8th day of the second lunar month in memory of female general Le Chan, who is credited with having founded the city nearly 2000 years ago.

 A famous Vietnamese comedian has died on a tour in the US, according to some artists.