Vietnamese-French pianist and zither artist Tri Nguyen not only has a great passion for Dan Tranh (Vietnamese zither is also known as Dan Thap Luc or sixteen-stringed zither), but also effort to preserve and develop traditional music.

 Residents in Ly Son Island, Quang Ngai Province, have expressed concern about the shortage of underground water as drought looms over the island as summer starts.

 A relatively intact bronze drum, believed to belong to the Dong Son civilization, was recently discovered in Bao Thang district, the northern mountainous province of Lao Cai.

 Illegal logging is threatening the protected forest of Sông Tranh in the central province of Quảng Nam’s Bắc Trà My District, with hundred-year-old trees being felled, Nhân Dân online newspaper reported. 

 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.

 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.

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

 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 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.

 A young man in the central city of Da Nang and his cousin have joined the global Challenge for Change movement to collect litter at Son Tra Peninsular.

 The fifth annual French culinary festival Goût de France on March 21 will feature 51 restaurants from Vietnam.

 A wide variety of unique activities imbued with the Italian culture are being held in Hanoi during March under the third Italian Design Day themed ‘Cities of the Future and Heritage Preservation’.

 A large number of university students in Hanoi gathered at a dialogue on March 13 to discuss gender equality and safety for women and children.

 An annual cultural program called “Spring colors across Vietnam” has been recently organized in Vietnam’s National Village for Ethnic Culture and Tourism in Hanoi. 

San Art, a non-profit fine arts organisation in Ho Chi Minh City, has launched a residency camp for visual artists living in Vietnam and other Southeast Asian countries. 

 Overseas Vietnamese director Leon Le and his movie “Song Lang” have been honoured at the third edition of the Sharm El-Sheikh Asian Film Festival (SAFF).

With passionate enthusiasm and tremendous efforts, locals in Dong Ngu water puppetry village have sought a way to revive its glory days of the past, reaffirming the vitality of their ancestors’ age-old practice.

 Vietnamese girl Myra Tran, auditioning for American Idol, has stunned Lionel Richie, Katy Perry and Luke Bryan with her rendition of One Night Only.

12 UNESCO Intangible Cultural Heritage elements of Vietnam