Pop star Quang Dung will give performances marking his 20-year singing career at home and abroad on March 18-May 14.

Vietnam’s most in-vogue pop singer Ho Ngoc Ha joined Gucci's Fall/Winter 2017 Show at Milan Fashion Week (MFW) in Italy on February 22.

 Nominations for the Devotion Music Awards 2017 were announced by the Vietnam News Agency’s The Thao & Van Hoa (Sport and Culture) newspaper in Hanoi on February 22.

 Platinum Cineplex, the biggest cinema operator by screen in Ha Noi, will be forced to cease operations at three Vingroup trading centres on Friday ahead of an expiration date agreed in the lease with Viet Nam’s largest real estate company.

 The đàn bầu, Vietnam’s indigenous monochord zither produces sounds which represent the Vietnamese soul. It fascinates locals and foreigners and is an important part of the nation’s musical legacy.

 One of the country’s largest festivals, the Quan The Am festival in central Da Nang city, will be held on March 16 at the Quan The Am Pagoda in Hoa Vang district.

 The London Symphony Orchestra based in London, UK will give a performance in Hanoi on March 4.

The art of writing on “buong” leaf of Khmer ethnic minority people in the Mekong Delta province of An Giang has been recognised as national intangible heritage.

 Vietnam Fashion Week Fall – Winter 2017 will take place from February 24 – 26, at the Vietnam Television Station at 43 Nguyen Chi Thanh, Hanoi. 

 The masterpiece “Truyen Kieu” (The Tale of Kieu) by Nguyen Du, one of Vietnam’s greatest poets in the 18th century, will be revived on stage with the remake of modern music, reports Vietnamplus.

 A concert featuring pieces of classical music by the Saigon Philharmonic Orchestra will take place at Ho Chi Minh City Conservatory of Music on February 24.

 American stand-up comedian William Childress William Childress will perform at Game On Saigon in Ho Chi Minh City and at Standing Bar in Hanoi on February 22 and 23.

 Nguyen Le, a French Jazz musician and composer of Vietnamese ancestry, will tour Vietnam in a programme entitled “Hanoi Duo” from February 24 to March 1.

 The President has decided to present ten Ho Chi Minh Awards and 56 State Awards for Literature and the Arts to outstanding works from across the country.

 Quang Binh provincial authorities have announced the submission of a proposal to hold the national costume round of Miss Grand International 2017 at the Thien Duong Cave.

VietNamNet Bridge - Winner of Vietnam’s Next Top Model 2011 Hoang Thuy and Trang Pham are two Vietnamese models to grace the catwalk at the London Fashion Week 2017.

The co-organisation board of the HCM City – Gyeongju International Cultural Festival 2017 made its  debut at a ceremony held by authorities of the Vietnamese city and Gyeongsangbuk-do province of the Republic of Korea (RoK) on February 21. 

The first-ever Hanoi Mardi Gras Festival, which aims to highlight and celebrate the city’s LGBT community, will hold its main celebration March 24 at the Australian Embassy.

Meetings within the framework of the first Senior Official Meeting of APEC are taking place in Nha Trang. The meetings will determine APEC activities throughout 2017 which will change global growth, trade and investment.

Miss Vietnam 2016 Do My Linh has been selected as an ambassador of media images at the Ao Dai festival set to take place March 3-17 in Ho Chi Minh City.