Young amateur filmmakers aged 16-28 nationwide are eligible to participate in the fifth Sfilm Contest 2017, to be launched in HCM City this week. 

 A traditional wedding ceremory of the Red Dao ethnic community in the northern province of Yen Bai takes place in modern setting.

 Journalist-turned-artist Nguyen Thu Thuy brings her 10 installation works to the ’Bulgarian Rose Festival with Friends’ on an island in Thong Nhat (Reunification) Park.

 The great Austrian composer Anton Bruckner's Requiem will perform for the first time at Ho Chi Minh City Opera House on March 9.

 Nguyen Thi Thach Thao, Tran Thi Lan Huong and Mai Thanh Duy won the champion in the category of Individual of the 2017 Charming Ao Dai Contest in Ho Chi Minh City on March 5.

Over 3,000 girls wearing Ao Dai attended a parade on March 5 at Nguyen Hue Pedestrian Street, HCMC, to form the S-shaped map of Vietnam within the framework of the ongoing Ao Dai Festival.

 Japan has helped conserve the tangible and intangible values of the Complex of Hue Monuments – a world heritage site in Hue, the imperial capital of Vietnam during the Nguyen Dynasty.

 A painting exhibition of 9 artists from Hanoi opened at Ho Chi Minh City Fine Arts Museum on March 3.

 A concert introducing Italian songs will take place at HCMC Conservatory of Music on March 19.

Artwork by eight contemporary artists from Vietnam and South Korea are on display at an exhibition, which opened in Hanoi on March 3 under the theme Undefined Boundaries.

 A music night featuring jazz manouche, also known as Gypsy jazz, will be held on March 11, at 8pm, at L’Espace, 24 Trang Tien Street, Hanoi.

 After the failure in box office of various home-made films, domestic filmmakers are looking for new gems from scriptwriters in other countries including South Korea and Thailand.

 An art troupe from Japan and a delegation of Theravada Buddhists from Myanmar will join the annual Quan The Am (Avalokitesvara Bodhisattva) Festival in Ngu Hanh Son District on March 14-16.

 A unique painting exhibition displaying art works of people with autism is opening in downtown Hanoi.

 The Agency of Foreign Information Service under the Ministry of Information and Communications has joined hands with the Institute for Southeast Asian Studies, Vietnam Pictorial and The Gioi Publishing House to release “Vietnam Yearbook 2016” book.

 Mother Goddess worship, or Dao Mau”, is very popular belief in an agriculture-based country like Vietnam, where farmers strongly depend on nature.

 The Thien Ngan (Galaxy) Studio, one of the country’s leading private film companies, has launched a new project featuring movie star Truong Ngoc Anh.

Hanoi’s Culture and Sport Department has started a programme to freshen up the appearance of the capital city, especially during major holidays and celebrations.

 Models in áo dài (Vietnamese traditional dress) performed in a fashion show to open the annual Áo Dài Festival 2017 on HCM City’s Nguyễn Huệ Pedestrian Street in District 1 late on Friday. 

The world-renowned London Symphony Orchestra (LSO) has arrived in Hà Nội and is ready for their tonight concert – the first ever concert by a British orchestra in Việt Nam.