A propaganda poster exhibition, highlighting Ho Chi Minh’s life and career, officially opened at the Ho Chi Minh Museum in Hanoi on May 10.

A selection of noteworthy artistic and cultural events to take place in Hanoi and Ho Chi Minh City.

The southern province of Ben Tre and a Hanoi-headquartered company are in dispute over their co-operation contracts with Miss Earth 2018 Nguyen Phuong Khanh.

An exhibition on the swiftlet-breeding sector is being held in the southern central province of Khanh Hoa’s Nha Trang City, displaying more than 60 works.

Plans to knock down a 134-year-old church in the northern province of Nam Dinh have been postponed.

Drawings dating from the 16th century reflecting the history of Peru are on display at an exhibition that opened yesterday in Hanoi.

Vietnamese horror-comedy Lật Mặt: Nhà Có Khách (Face Off: The Walking Guests) will appear in selected cinemas in the US from May 10 and in Australia from May 15. 

A special programme entitled ASAES that embodies the five flavours of the gastronomy world will take place on May 16 in Hanoi.

A show featuring the heritage of Vietnam and Asian countries will be held by Vietnam National Television (VTV) on May 12.

As many as 16 classical dramas and seven folk operas will be performed between May 11 and 19 in central city of Thanh Hóa as part of the National Classical Drama and Folk Opera Festival 2019.

More than 200 photos highlighting the beauty of natural landscapes and people of central coastal and Central Highlands regions are being on display in Nha Trang city of Khanh Hoa province.

The weekend calendar is packed with arts performances, live music, exhibitions and blockbuster theater shows and here are our recommendations.

Nguyen Ngoc Bao Anh, the Vietnamese representative at Little Miss Universe, was announced as the winner of the 2019 pageant during the grand finale held in Batumi, Georgia, on May 9.

Vuon Chuoi archaeological site in Hanoi’s outskirts district of Hoai Duc is believed to be Hanoi’s first human settlement.

More than 600 artists will showcase their talent at the National 'Tuong' (Classical Drama) and Folk Singing Festival 2019, which will take place in Thanh Hoa province from May 11 to 19.

The K-pop Lovers Festival will be held in Dong Kinh Nghia Thuc square in Hanoi along with the qualifying round of the Changwon K-pop World Festival 2019 between May 11 and 12.

A firework show will take place near the beaches of Khanh Hoa to celebrate the opening ceremony of the 2019 National Tourism Year as well as the ninth Nha Trang-Khanh Hoa Sea Festival scheduled for May 10 in Nha Trang.

The Miss Vietnam Global Business pageant will be held in Seoul, the Republic of Korea in June, brining together businesswomen from 32 member countries of the Business Association of Overseas Vietnamese.

A screening of Russian composer Tchaikovsky’s opera Eugene Onegin, performed by the New York-based Metropolitan Opera, will be held at the C. Bechstein Showroom in HCM City on May 18.

Evidence of primitive humans have been found in several sites in the mountainous area of Chiem Hoa district, the northern province of Tuyen Quang, according to archaeologists.