The Indian Cultural Centre in Hanoi will organise an Indian cookery show on Sunday.

 An art and street food space will be launched at Trinh Cong Son street and adjacent areas in Hanoi’s Tay Ho district from August 19, according to the People’s Committee of Tay Ho district.

 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.

 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.

 The Quang Ngai Sea and Island Culture Week will be held on the South Central Coast of the Quang Ngai Province and other coastal districts at the end of August.

Firmly establishing its place as Vietnam’s premiermulti-day festival, Quest will return from November 10 -12 at Dong Mo, Hanoi for an unforgettable weekend of music, art, discovery and magic. 

 A Vietnamese opera titled “Story of the Red River” will be presented to music lovers at the Vietnam-Soviet Friendship Labor Culture Palace in Hanoi on July 22-23.

VietNamNet Bridge – The one-month exhibition entitled “Community • Co-design • Architecture” will be held at Nanoco Gallery, 83 Lang Street, Hanoi from July 6 through August 5.

Every visitor to the ancient city of Hoi An is impressed by the rows of ancient houses with their roofs covered by moss, as well as the beautiful pottery and terra-cotta zodiac animals on the streets. 

French director Oliver Lorelle’s ‘Ciel Rouge’ (Red Sky), which is set in Vietnam in the early years of the Indochina War and shot entirely in Vietnam’s northern mountainous areas, will be shown in mid-July in France and in October in Vietnam.

 Grammy-winning soul singer Joss Stone tops a long list of artists from 10 different countries performing at the second Monsoon Music Festival (MMF) in Hanoi in October.

 Rural Vietnamese landscapes are portrayed in original lacquered paintings at an exhibition which is taking place in Hanoi.

 A concert by Vietnam National Opera and Ballet (VNOB) will feature Carmina Burana, a popular choral work of the 21st century, on June 7 and June 8 at Hanoi Opera House.

 A free classical music concert featuring prize-winning Vietnamese musicians will be held at the Cultural Salon – Saturday Coffee on June 19.

 French breakdance artist Valentine Nagata-Ramos will perform in the Japanese tragedy Sadako at the HCM City Institute of Cultural Exchange with France (IDECAF) on June 9 as part of her Asian tour.

 Thanh Chiem Palace (1602-1883), which was a cradle of Vietnamese romanized script, has been recognised as a National Relic by the ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism.

 Two Tibetan bears which were illegally possessed in southern Tay Ninh province were sent to Hon Me Rescue Centre in the southern province of Kien Giang.

 Viet Nam is the third largest footwear maker in Asia and fourth in the world (behind China, India and Brazil), accounting for about 10 per cent of global production.

 Experts said that regulations on the establishment of private universities should be stricter.

 HCM City has urged the Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment to strengthen promotion of eco-friendly plastic bag usage, to limit the impact of nylon bags on the environment.