A ceremony was held on March 20 to receive a certificate recognising Soong Co folk singing by San Diu ethnic group in Lap Thach, Tam Dao and Binh Xuyen districts and Phuc Yen city as a national intangible cultural heritage. 

 A contemporary art exhibition themed “Bridge” featuring 35 artworks and multi-modal installations by US multimedia artist Mark Cooper and Vietnamese-French artist Vu Trong Thuan opened in the central city of Da Nang on March 20.

 The Friends of Vietnam Heritage (FVH) will present a screening of the movie Ba Mua (Three Seasons) written and directed by Vietnamese-American director Tony Bùi on Saturday.

The Dragonfly Theatre Company will stage the play Every Brilliant Thing, written by English playwright and director Duncan MacMillan and British comedian, writer and performer Jonny Donahoe, from March 28-31.

Saigon Outcast will host the Saigon Burger Festival which will feature burgers from nine local restaurants on Saturday. 

 French singer-songwriter and producer Chaton will perform at L’Espace in Hanoi on Saturday, as part of International Francophonie Day.

 Vietnamese-Australian pianist Van-Anh Nguyen will share the stage with top vocalist Doan Trang at Hotel Des Arts Saigon’s Social Club Restaurant on March 22.

 Vietnam will soon officially ask the UNESCO to consider putting the country’s Xoe Thai dance in the list of Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity and Cham pottery making art among Intangible Cultural Heritage in Need of Urgent Safeguarding.

 Hanoi will be hosting its first Singapore Festival on March 23-24 with a wide range of cultural activities.

 The annual event aims to introduce the beauty of French cuisine, a culinary art has been declared a “world intangible heritage” by the UNESCO.

 The Da Nang International Fireworks Festival 2019, themed “Stories by the Rivers”, will take place in the central city of Da Nang from June 1 – July 6.

 German and Vietnamese experts from Karcher Company and the Hue Monuments Conservation Center (HMCC) are cleaning up the Noon Gate of Hue Imperial City as part of a series of cultural programs funded by Karcher.

A book fair, titled "The Hidden Book 2019”, took place in Hanoi on March 17, attracting thousands of book lovers in the city.

With over 5,000 gong sets, accounting for more than half of the gongs in the Central Highlands, Gia Lai is one of the localities which have made efforts in preserving traditional cultural values.

 A special market took place in Dien Bien province as part of the 6th Ban Flower Festival. Market-goers had a chance to experience the unique cultural beauty and customs of ethnic people in the northwest region.

The Cau Ngu festival, an annual festival where fisherman pray for a good haul of fish from their catch, took place in Khanh Hoa between March 16 to 18.

 A Vietnam-Japan Friendship Concert, themed ‘Spring of Music and Friendship’, will take place at the L’Espace Centre in Hanoi on March 20.

 Over 100,000 people participated in activities at the Ao dai (Vietnamese traditional long dress) festival, the sixth of its kind, which concluded in Ho Chi Minh City on March 17.

 A new dance Bleu Neon co-created by Vietnamese and French contemporary dance artists will be staged at the Factory Contemporary Arts Centre in District 2 on March 22.

 Singaporean culture highlighted in capital on March 23 and 24.