Vietnamese-American singer Quang Le will stage a solo performance at the outdoor Trong Dong Music Stage in HCM City this weekend.

The Vietnamese movie “Song Lang” (The Tap Box) by producer Ngo Thanh Van has continued to win new international awards, most recently from the Australian Cinematographer’s Society.

The Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism opened an exhibition featuring Vietnamese lacquer paintings in Moscow on May 23 as part of activities within the “Vietnamese Culture Days in Russia 2019” from May 21-28.

The Ho Chi Minh City Ballet Symphony Orchestra and Opera (HBSO) will present a program featuring Rachmaninov’s Second Piano Concerto and Beethoven’s Seventh Symphony at the Saigon Opera House on May 26.

A design contest has been launched with the aim of selecting a national costume which the Vietnamese representative at the upcoming Miss Universe 2019 pageant will wear. 

IDECAF Stage, a leading private drama troupe in HCM City, is preparing to stage a new play for children and young audiences this weekend to welcome Children’s Day on June 1 and summer holiday. 

Soloists from the Saigon Classical Music and International Chamber Players will perform at the “Along the Two Worlds” concert in HCM City on May 31.

Truong Thi May, runner up of Miss Ethnic Vietnam 2007, looked incredible whilst wearing a fabulous black Vietnamese traditional dress as she hit the red carpet at the ongoing Cannes Film Festival yesterday.

The Old Quarter's Musical Story by Đông Kinh Cổ Nhạc (the Ancient Music Group of Tonkin) will be performed on May 25 with the theme 'A Beautiful Summer'.

Some Vietnamese celebrities are featured in the ‘Proud of Vietnam” photo project. 

Manzi Art Space will present A Starry Night - a drum concert by Hanoi percussionist Tran Xuan Hoa (aka sound hunter) on Saturday.

A film screening in the project Landscape will take place on Saturday at the Heritage Space.

A circus with an environmental message opens in Hanoi this week. Its aim is to entertain and educate youngsters to mark International Children’s Day on June 1.

Paintings and photos of Russian and Vietnamese cultures, landscapes and people are on display at an exhibition that opened on May 22 in Moscow.

Guitarist Bill Frisell, widely known as one of the most versatile players in jazz history, will perform for the first time in Vietnam at the "Bill Frisell: Summer on Guitar" concert.

Painter Tran Cuong will open an exhibition of 16 of his artworks at the Vietnam Fine Arts Museum in Ba Dinh District, Hanoi on May 23.

The 2019 version of the ASEAN Music Festival is scheduled to take place in the norther port city of Haiphong city from May 25-31.

The Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism has attempted to incite public criticism against model Ngoc Trinh's revealing dress at the Cannes Film Festival.

Vietnamese movie star and music producer Ngo Thanh Van, known as Veronica Ngo, plays a Vietnamese woman named Hanoi Hannah in a US film directed by Oscar winner Spike Lee.

The southern province of Binh Duong has kicked off its summer events with an exhibition featuring the beauty of the province’s traditional ceramic arts.