(VOVWORLD) - Vietnam’s music fans have learned about Japan’s traditional musical instruments at a recent charity concert in Hanoi involving Vietnamese bamboo ensemble New Vitality and Japanese music group Ryoma Quartet. The event was part of activities to mark 50 years of diplomatic relations between Vietnam and Japan.

(VOVWORLD) - The Political Bureau's Resolution to build and develop Da Nang until 2030 with vision to 2045, will change Da Nang into a smart city and connect it with the network of smart cities in Vietnam and ASEAN by 2030. To realize this goal, Da Nang worked out a digital transformation project, defining digital transformation as an impetus to develop itself into a modern, livable, and smart eco-city.

(VOVWORLD) - Overseas Vietnamese people have always kept in mind that preserving Vietnamese is a way to preserve national culture and traditions. Vietnamese people in the Czech Republic have organized regular Vietnamese classes for the Vietnamese of the second or third generation, considering it a medium to connect overseas Vietnamese and inspire love and pride of the homeland.

(VOVWORLD) - Stretching across mountain slopes between 1,000 and 2,000m above sea level, Son La province’s forests of docynia indica tree are in the harvest season. The docynia indica tree, known in Vietnamese as 'tao meo', provides a livelihood for the local people and increases forest cover.

(VOVWORLD) -With the explosive development of new forms of entertainment, traditional music genres are in danger of fading as they receive little public attention. However, in the heart of Ho Chi Minh City is a group of young people who are passionate about traditional music. They come together in clubs to play and sing rustic folk tunes inherited from their predecessors.

(VOVWORLD) - Yen Bai province in the northwestern mountains of Vietnam is taking steps to boost the local happiness index. A model of building “happy hamlets” is being implemented districtwide in an effort to achieve green growth and happiness targets.

(VOVWORLD) -The People's Committee of Tay Ho district, Hanoi has recently announced a detailed planning for the central area of Quang An peninsula with its spotlight featuring a floating Opera house on Dam Tri Lake. Once completed, the theater is expected to become a cultural icon of the capital city.

(VOVWORLD) - The "Story of the Full-Moon" has been vividly recreated in a musical with the participation of more than 150 child actors from 1-8 years old featuring characters Brother Cricket, Mr. Toad, Ante Brown Bee, and the little worm. The musical, from the Cremusic and Lionbooks, a children's book publisher, brings children fascinating experiences the Mid-Autumn Festival.

(VOVWORLD) - Millions of Vietnamese students are to start their new school year on September 5. In the northern mountainous province of Son La, the Police Force’s Youth Union and educational departments in border districts have sponsored lunch boxes for nearly 2,000 young pupils, facilitating their school performance.

(VOVWORLD) - Many of the various language programs of VOV’s Overseas Service were first broadcast on September 7, but in different years. Since their debut they have developed their own characters, adding to the diversity of VOV5 as a multilingual radio station.