NDO/VNA - Hanoi will spend VND60 billion (US$2.6 million) on preserving and promoting the value of the Co Loa historical site in Dong Anh district during the 2018-2020 period after the site is reported to be encroached seriously.  

NDO - Nguyen Phuc Hung, the leading choreographer at the Ho Chi Minh City Ballet Symphony Orchestra and Opera (HBSO), and his team successfully staged the opera “Der Freischütz – Hunters Pride” in July, as a cooperation project with the Goethe-Institut. He granted an interview to Nhan Dan (People) Monthly Newspaper to talk more about the project as well as his career over the past 20 years. 

Sunset light slanted down on the O Moi Creek in a dark, rosy colour, together with the loud sounds of wild birds and the nursery rhymes of the kids at play under the O Moi foliage at the entrance to the little canal stung the heart deeply. 

NDO – Hanoians recently had an opportunity to admire wonderful images of Truong Sa (Spratly) archipelago through the photographs on display at an exhibition held in the capital city of Hanoi, from August 3 -7. 

NDO/VNA – Vietnamese Ambassador to Germany, Doan Xuan Hung, handed over 18 antiques from different cultural periods to the National Museum of Vietnamese History in Hanoi on August 9.  

NDO – The Vietnam Puppetry Festival will be held, for the first time, at Nguyen Hue Pedestrian Street, Ho Chi Minh City, from August 16-18.  

NDO – Phan Thi Mo – Vietnamese delegate - has defeated 49 contestants from many countries around the globe to be crowned as the World Miss Tourism Ambassador 2018, in Thailand, on August 8.  

NDO – Several ancient Ao dai (traditional Vietnamese dress) samples were presented at the Hanoi Old Quarter Culture Exchange Centre, on August 8. 

NDO – The northern mountainous province of Bac Kan is home to seven ethnic groups, most of them being minority tribes, communities of which have preserved cultural heritages for generations, particularly ancient documents, bibliographies, antiques and relics. Over recent years, the local authorities have taken proper measures to collect and digitise the documents for preservation and promotion. 

NDO/VNA - Despite his tight schedule with new film projects in the US, the director of Hollywood blockbuster “Kong: Skull Island”, Jordan Vogt-Roberts, has still managed to contribute to Vietnam’s film industry.  

NDO –French quartet Arod and talented pianist Nguyen Viet Trung will perform at the French Cultural Centre L'Espace, No.24 Trang Tien Street, Hoan Kiem, Hanoi, at 8pm, on August 25, as part of the Vietnam Connection Music Festival. 

NDO - The third national festival of professional magicians is scheduled to take place at the Ho Chi Minh City Opera House from October 14-15. 

NDO – Music lovers will have a chance to enjoy well-known masterpieces of symphonic music, ballets and operas, as well as contemporary dancing and classic Vietnamese works at a concert entitled “Autumn Melody” 2018, to be held at the Hanoi Opera House on August 16. 

VNS/VNA - Hue city, the central province of Thua Thien-Hue, has announced plans to restore a palace in the former royal citadel in an attempt to give visitors a glimpse at how the former kings of the Nguyen Dynasty (1802-1945) lived.