A total of 36 precious artifacts, from the Nguyen dynasty period (1802-1945), are on display at an exhibition that opened recently at Lam Dong museum in Da Lat city.

 The Vietnam National Museum of History in Hanoi will exhibit its collection of around 100 red lacquer trimmed with gold wooden artefacts from the 15th century, starting June 20.

Korean pop star Jessica Jung, ex SNSD (Girls’ Generation) member will headline the card at a concert this coming June 24 in Ho Chi Minh City.

 Thirty contestants from Southeast Asian countries have gathered in Tuy Hoa city of the south central province of Phu Yen to join the finale of the Miss Friendship of ASEAN 2017 that takes place from June 15 to July 2.

For generations, the Mong ethnic minority group in the Dong Van Karst Plateau, northern Ha Giang province, has woven threads made of flax plant into colourful fabrics.

Vincom Center for Contemporary Art’s  inaugural event is the contemporary art exhibition “Tỏa / The Foliage” taking place from June 6 to August 6, at Level B1 – R3 Royal City, 72 Nguyen Trai, Thanh Xuan District, Hanoi. 

“Then I can turn the world upside down”, an exhibition of works on paper by five Vietnam-based contemporary artists will open for two months (June 15-August 15) at Salon Saigon, 6D Ngo Thoi Nhiem, Ward 7, District 3, HCM City.

VietNamNet Bridge - On the occasion of the 71st anniversary of the Italian Republic, the Embassy of Italy and the Vietnam Museum of Ethnography will jointly hold – for the first time ever in Asia – the exhibition “Raffaello: Opera Omnia”.

Having run for three months, a project titled “Vietnamese Fine Arts and Cultural Diplomacy” has successfully called on Vietnamese artists to donate their pictures for the country’s representative offices abroad. 

 Vietnam’s first art painting live show is expected to take place in Ho Chi Minh Television’s theatre on July 29 and the Pham Hong Minh, 1991, born in Binh Dinh will be the first artist to make it.

 The Dam Sen Water Park in HCM City has just been fined VND45 millions for organising a show featuring female dancers in bikinis which has caused public outcry.

Japanese actress and MC Rika Takeuchi has been crowned Miss Vietnam Festival in Japan.

Two lacquer paintings by artists Nguyen Gia Tri and Phi Phi Oanh are being exhibited at gallery 1 of the National Gallery of Singapore.

Jordan Vogt-Roberts, director of the blockbuster “Kong: Skull Island”  will serve as head judge in the 48 Hour Film Project in Vietnam.

 The fashion show titled “Away We Wow - Things we do for love" featuring latest designs by Adrian Anh Tuan will take place in  Ho Chi Minh City on June 18.

 The third Vietnam Junior Fashion Week will be held at Gamuda Gardens in Hanoi on June 16-18.

Locals and tourists in Hanoi will have the opportunity to taste different cuisines during a food festival at the Octagon House near Ly Thai To flower garden from June 16-17.

Veteran sculptor Ta Quang Bao was recently honoured at the 2016 Ho Chi Minh Awards for Literature and the Arts for his endless contributions to the country’s development of the arts. 

 CEG Music Festival 2017 (CMF 2017) will take place from July 29 to August 6, promising to offer a professional art playground with a series of art activities.

 Grammy-winning soul singer Joss Stone tops a long list of artists from 10 different countries performing at the second Monsoon Music Festival (MMF) in Hanoi in October.