A group exhibition featuring six contemporary artists of Vietnam will mark the grand opening of Manzi’s new exhibition space at 2 Hang Bun Street in Hanoi.

The Viet Nam Fatherland Front Central Committee in HCM City and HCM City Television will broadcast a special music programme on Vietnamese seas and islands on August 29 to mark the 74th anniversary of National Day.

Designer Phuong My exhibited her first bridal collection “Espoir” (Hope) at HCM City’s Park Hyatt Saigon on Friday.

A set of stamps marking the 50-year implementation of late President Ho Chi Minh’s testament was launched at the Ho Chi Minh Museum in Hanoi yesterday, August 27.

Winners of the 12th “Bui Xuan Phai: For Love of Hanoi” Awards were announced at a ceremony in Hanoi on August 27.

Vietnamese designer Do Trinh Hoai Nam has introduced his Ao Dai collection which will represent Vietnam at New York Fashion Week 2019, slated for September 6.

Conductor Le Phi Phi is Vietnam’s own classical music artist whose name has become popular throughout Europe.

A play has just been staged with the unique combination of four traditional vocal arts, including cải lương (renovated opera), chèo (traditional opera), xẩm (singing by blind busker) and Hue’s hát văn (folk ceremonial singing of Hue).

Calligrapher Ngau Thu will display his works featuring poems by Heinrich Heine at an exhibition at the Ha Noi Goethe Institute.

Overseas Vietnamese singer Tuan Ngoc and young Vietnamese pop singer Duc Tuan will perform a live show at the central city’s Phoenix Wedding Centre on September 5.

An exhibition of 52 paintings by local artist Duy Ninh is on display at the city’s Fine Arts Museum, 78 Le Duan street, in celebration of the 74th National Day.

The first ever bilingual photo book featuring President Ho Chi Minh’s Testament has been published by the Vietnam News Agency Publishing House in conjunction with the Ho Chi Minh National Politics Institute and the Ho Chi Minh Museum.

Quang Nam has come up with plans to celebrate the 20th anniversary of UNESCO’s recognition of Hoi An ancient town and My Son Sanctuary as World Heritage Sites and the 10th anniversary of Cu Lao Cham’s recognition as a biosphere reserve.

Ma Chau silk village, at Nam Phuoc town, Duy Xuyen district, Quang Nam province, is a famous traditional handicraft village associated with the history of Duy Xuyen district. 

The Muong Lo Culture and Tourism Festival and The Discovery Mu Cang Chai Terraced Fields will take place from September 20 to 25 in the northern mountainous province of Yen Bai.

Young Ta oi ethnic men and women are free to choose their partners in a unique group date called ‘sim’.

The Vietnamese Embassy to Argentina and Paraguay has hosted Vietnam Days in Asuncion, the capital of Paraguay, to mark the 25th anniversary of the two countries’ diplomatic ties (May 30, 1995 – 2020).

The ancient city of Hoi An kicked off the second Hoi An lantern festival at Marktplatz Square in Wernigerode, its German twin town, on August 24 to mark the 5th anniversary of cooperation between the two cities.

Le Tran Dac Ngoc is to become the first Vietnamese designer to take part in the Bangkok Kids International Fashion Week 2019 which will start on September 1.

Visitors to a collection of kerosene lamps owned by Tran Thanh Tung in Hanoi’s Hao Nam street are amazed by the oil lamps of many types and sizes on display in his living room.