The HCM City Ballet Symphony Orchestra and Opera (HBSO) will hold the “A Night of Concertos” concert at the Opera House this week, featuring Japanese and Vietnamese soloists.

 A series of culinary events and trade promotions will be held during “Un Mois En France” (One Month in France) programme in November. 

 Vietnamese-Australian celebrity chef Luke Nguyen’s sublime interpretation of traditional Vietnamese cuisine is attracting diners back to Vietnam House restaurant, long revered for its elegant ambience. 

 Two concerts, entitled ‘Cycle Franz Schubert’, will be held at the French Culture Centre, L'Espace, in Hanoi, on October 18 and 19, promising to delight Hanoi audiences with well-known works by famous composers.

 Hong Kong contemporary artist Yiu Chi Leung will launch his “An Era of Half-Humanity” multimedia exhibition at Vin Gallery from September 22 to November 20.

 Despite rains, book lovers visited the Hanoi Old Book Fair where they can find old books and newspapers on various themes and by different publishers.

 Books are one of humanity’s oldest communications technologies, and this year’s Hanoi Book Fair seeks to highlight their role in the digital age with the theme “Books and Start-ups”.

Literature on Hue royal architecture was honored as a world documentary heritage, the third of the Nguyen dynasty which ruled Vietnam between 1802 and 1945. 

 A Vietnamese culinary month was jointly launched by the Vietnamese Embassy in the Republic of Korea (RoK) and Lotte Seoul Hotel on August 24 in the RoK’s capital city of Seoul.

 Nguyen Minh Thien Khoi, 12, from Ho Chi Minh City won the second season of the singing reality show, Vietnam Idol Kid 2017 that ended in Ho Chi Minh City on August 11.

 A music camp will be held by the Ho Chi Minh City Conservatory of Music at its headquarter from August 1-8.

 Muscle Contest Viet Nam will be held for the first time at Military Zone 7 Competition Centre in HCM City on August 19.

 At Tao Dan Park in District 1, HCMC every Sunday morning, visitors may notice a quiet book reading corner for the public. 

A humble coastal village in Tam Ky city, Quang Nam province has received a makeover with vivid murals as part of an art exchange programme, helping to boost local tourism and improve residents’ lives.

Open-air bar Sky36 in Da Nang City will organise a big party on the night of June 30 to celebrate three years of its establishment.

Family Day or Vietnamese Family Day June 28th, is an important cultural event to celebrate the traditional cultural values of the family - the cell of society. Some photos of the daily life of Vietnamese families by the members of the CFA club.

Vietnamese architect Vo Trong Nghia has bagged the Arcasia Awards for Architecture 2017 of the Architects Regional Council Asia.

 The world famous Ural State Folk Choir from Russia will perform at the Vietnam National Academy of Music on June 12 as part of activities to celebrate Russia’s National Day.

Traditional cultural features of various ethnic groups residing in northern plateau of Moc Chau in Son La Province will be on show at the National Village for Vietnam’s Ethnic Culture and Tourism between April 29 and May 1.

 Vietnam has a rich treasure of traditional musical instruments, of which bamboo instruments are the oldest.