Hanoi International Queer Film Week 2018 (HIQFW), a series of film screenings and discussions projecting voices from the LGBTQ community, is taking place in Hanoi on August 12-17. 

A selection of noteworthy artistic and cultural events that will take place in Hanoi and Ho Chi Minh City this week.

 "Almost all ancient houses that contain sediments of many generations have gradually disappeared from Hanoians’ minds," lamented painter Nguyen The Son at the recent exhibition "Hanoi Architects and the city".

 Over the last couple of years, Hanoi has made much effort to ease the pollution at its craft villages through incentives of capital, land and technologies.

 A duo exhibition featuring Truong Que Chi and vn-a as joint collaboration of visual art and architecture will be held at The Factory Contemporary Arts Centre in District 2, HCMC from September 28 to November 18, 2018.

 Hang Bac is a busy street which is considered the core of Hanoi`s Old Quarter.

 The Muong are the fourth-largest of Vietnam’s 54 ethnic groups. The Muong people inhabit northern mountains, mainly in Hoa Binh and Thanh Hoa provinces, where they still maintain their unique culture, an important element of which is Dum singing.

 The 2018 Hanoi International Piano Festival will begin a week of piano masterclasses, conferences and workshops at the National Academy of Music on August 11.

 Dong Lac communal house at no.38A in Hang Dao street of Hanoi formerly worshipped the gods of Cao Son, Linh Lang, Bach Ma and offered silk yem under the Le dynasty in the 17th century. 

 Creative Sessions 11, scheduled to be held at The Factory Contemporary Arts Center in HCMC’s District 2 on August 22, 2018, will feature famous photographer Maika Elan as guest speaker.

 The village is about 50km away from the center of Hanoi capital, in the town of Son Tay. It is a famous tourist site of Hanoi in specifically, and Vietnam generally.

 The following black and white photos of Hanoi were taken by a French photographer in 1991.

 The XQ Embroidery Art Museum in Hue city attracts both tourists and artists. The museum offers visitors a chance to explore and experience traditional Vietnamese embroidery craft.

The Corn Festival is a traditional celebration of the Cong people in Muong Te district, Lai Chau province. 

 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.

Vietnamese contestant Phan Thi Mo has defeated 50 contestants from many countries to be crowned as the World Miss Tourism Ambassador 2018 in Thailand on August 8.

 The Vietnam Tuong (classical drama) Theatre has staged a “tuong” play entitled “The legend of Redhill”, featuring Tuong artists of Vietnam and drama and dancing artists from Singapore.

 The 33rd Mekong Delta photography festival, spotlighting the local people and land along with regional development, opened in Chau Doc city, An Giang province, on August 8.

 The history of establishment and development of "Thang Long - Hanoi is preserved in Hanoi`s Old Quarter.

 The French cultural center L'Espace in Hanoi will screen favorite French films this weekend, allowing Hanoi audience to indulge in French culture, lifestyle and arts.