NDO - The Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism has ratified Ninh Thuan provincial People’s Committee’s proposal to compile a dossier on Cham ethnic people’s traditional pottery to secure UNESCO recognition as an intangible cultural heritage in urgent need of safeguarding. 

NDO/VNA – Pop star Dong Nhi will represent Vietnam at the second Japan-ASEAN Music Festival 2018 in Tokyo in October. 

NDO/VNA – The original lead guitarist for the chart-topping British rock band 'The Police', Henry Padovani, will perform in Hanoi for five nights this week. 

His mother always urged him to get married, but he ignored her. Though he was over 30, his career remained a big fat zero. It was impossible to get married. He was too proud for that. If he got married, he should be able to take care of his wife and kids, not vice versa. 

NDO – The World Press Photo Exhibition mark its first arrival back in Hanoi after 15 years when it opened on June 16 evening, showcasing 130 most memorable press photographs from around the globe. 

NDO – Twelve noteworthy literature works and contributions to literary development in the region were honoured in the ninth Mekong River Literature Prize at a ceremony, in Hanoi, on June 15.  

NDO – Many Vietnamese are familiar with the legendary ABBA music band from Sweden, and they will now have a chance to enjoy another well-known Swedish cultural feature – the Swedish “fika” coffee – thanks to the opening of Wayne's Coffee’s first store in Vietnam on June 13. 

NDO – The Tuoi Tre (Youth) Theatre recently introduced three new plays, entitled ‘Nang Tien Ca’ (The Little Mermaid), ‘Niem Vui Cua Dam Ga Nha’ (The Joy of Chickens), and ‘Can Bep Dai Chien’ (Kitchen Clash), to entertain children this summer. 

NDO – Inspired from her passion for Hang Trong folk painting, designer Trinh Thu Trang established S-River, a group of youngsters who share a common interest in ancient Vietnamese culture, and launched ‘Hoa Sac Viet’ Vietnamese Colours and Patterns) project with the aim of stimulating a revival of public interest in the old traditional folk genre. 

NDO – The second Yen Chau mango festival 2018 officially opened in Yen Chau district, Son La province on June 10, attracting a large number of visitors and local people. 

NDO/VNA – The live entertainment show “The Quintessence of Tonkin” recently won the Gold Stevie Award for Innovation in Media, Visual Communications & Entertainment, beating projects from all over Asia. 

To put it frankly, I did not want to attend Tra’s birthday party, for I knew that I would be out of place there.  

NDO – Mask dancing is a long-standing traditional practice which has been performed throughout many generations of the Tay and Nung ethnic groups in the northern province of Lang Son.  

NDO - An exhibition entitled “Literature and Arts during the Resistance War (1945-1954)” opened in Hanoi on June 8.