The concert “The Four Seasons”by the HCM City Ballet and Symphony Orchestra (HSBO) will take place at the HCM City Opera House, No. 7 Lam Son Square, District 1, on July 19.

 VietNamNet Bridge – A photo exhibition on Buddhist sites/heritage will be held at the Indian Cultural Center, 63 Tran Hung Dao Street, Hanoi, from July 17 through 28.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Percussionist Tran Xuan Hoa’s show entitled “From the Wood” will take place at Heritage Space, 6 Nguyen Hoang Street, Hanoi on July 8.

 A full-day music and arts event called Thien Rinh Rap: Arts and Awareness will be held on July 1 at Mix & Paint in District 2.

 An ancient stone stele featuring the name of a Nguyen Dynasty emperor's wife was found underground in an ongoing car park project near the Tomb of Emperor Dong Khanh and Tomb of Emperor Tu Duc in Hue.

 Global Beauties, the leading online resource for international beauty pageants, has selected Vietnamese supermodel Kha Trang as ‘Sexiest Woman Alive’ in Asia in 2016 & 2017.

 Vietnamese students and international students from nine countries are exchanging innovative ideas and culture in the 2nd International Student Science Forum that opened on Thursday in HCM City.

VietNamNet Bridge - The famous opera “The Magic Flute – Die Zauberflöte” by Mozart will be back again on June 30 and July 1 at the HCM City Opera House, No. 7 Lam Son Square, District 1, HCM City. 

 The Hanoi Party Committee has promulgated a resolution to enhance environmental protection to 2020 and the following years.

 May Mohab began researching about Vietnamese water puppets in 2008 for her thesis and since then has remained passionate about this form of art. 

 Vietnam's Thang Long Water Puppetry Theatre will stage a number of special water puppet performances in Madrid, Spain from May 21-27.

 People’s Artist Le Ngoc Canh is known as Vietnam’s first dance professor. Over the past 70 years, Canh has carried out research on the folk dances of different areas of Vietnam and created dances of highly artistic value.

 The private film company Thien Ngan (Galaxy), in co-operation with its partners, has introduced its latest film in hopes of drawing young audiences away from South Korean and American  productions that have dominated cinemas this summer.

A short time after its inauguration in HCM City, the 4,000sq.m Snow Town Saigon currently welcomes up to 6,000-7,000 customers a day. This proves the huge attraction of this amusement park.

 Then singing dossier submitted for UNESCO recognition

 On the evenings of April 26-27 aficionados of the music of Franz Peter Schubert will be able to hear the Vietnam National Symphony Orchestra all-stars play his chamber music masterworks at L’Espace.

 Nearly 100 Vietnamese movies and documentaries will be screened from April 25 to May 23 to celebrate Liberation and National Reunification Day, Labour Day, Dien Bien Phu Victory Day, and late President Ho Chi Minh’s birthday.

An exhibition hall featuring more than 100 life-size statues of Vietnamese artists working in theatre, movie and music was opened in Ho Chi Minh City on April 11.

 Vietnam International Fashion Week Spring-Summer 2017 will make a comeback in town from April 25-28 at the Gem Center in HCMC’s District 1.

 Minh Loc, a former photojournalist with Vietnam News Agency, is celebrating the 42nd anniversary of Liberation Day with a showcase of his photos of soldiers and citizens who took part in the resistance war against the US.