Dozens of TV music shows are attracting millions of viewers who like watching music at home for free instead of going out for live shows.

 Whether the paintings at the Paintings Returned from Europe in HCM City are original or not remain unclear as the exhibition came to an end while investigation is on-going.

 Vietnamese and RoK contemporary painters and sculptors are converging in their first ever exhibition in Ho Chi Minh City to deliver their unique styles exploring the diversity of lively life in their respective countries.

 Talented Vietnamese piano soloist Vu Ngoc Linh will join the Vietnam National Symphony Orchestra to perform at the 19th Toyota concert scheduled to be held in Hanoi on August 5-6 and in Ho Chi Minh City on August 10-11.

After producing several music videos with the participation of hundreds of Vietnamese artists, singer Minh Quan has kicked off a community music project entitled “Vietnam My Homeland" to express the love of Vietnamese people for their country.

A dramatically choreographed ‘artistic’ wedding between famous MC Thanh Bach and the owner of Thuy Nga Productions has been criticised as a crass PR opportunity.

 The Prime Minister has recently signed a decision to recognise four more ancient items under the Nguyen Dynasty (1802-1945), the last feudal dynasty in Vietnam, as national treasures.

 VietNamNet Bridge – The first Miss Vietnam Bui Bich Phuong holds the record as the shortest beauty queen of Vietnam. She was crowned in 1988, at the age of 18, with the height of 1.57 meters.

 The Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism has assigned the authority of the northwestern province of Yen Bai to submit a dossier of the Xoe dance of the Thai ethnic people to UNESCO to seek the title of Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity.

Popular French photographer Rehahn will put on a photo exhibition featuring Vietnamese women in the World Heritage-listed city of Hoi An in Quang Nam Province from July 20 to August 20.

This series of colour photographs from 1910 accentuates the timeless beauty of Vietnamese women - and provides a more historic authentic glimpse of life as it existed at the time.

 The Hanoi People’s Committee recently issued a plan to celebrate the Ao Dai Festival at the Thang Long-Hanoi Preservation Centre from October 14 to 16.

 Three talented Vietnamese musicians will unite for a night of music at Vietnam National Academy of Music’s Grand Hall in Hanoi on July 26.

 Smile For You, a classical concert that aims to spread love and sympathy to impoverished and underprivileged children, will take place at V-Art Club inside the Indochina Plaza Hanoi this Saturday night.

The Radio and Television Station of Binh Thuan Province has stopped broadcasting the Chinese television series “Shanghai Bund”after the film’s actors had protested the Permanent Court of Arbitration's ruling on the East Sea..

 More than 221 brilliant performances will be delivered by artists from Vietnam, Laos, Cambodia, Myanmar and Thailand during the art festival to foster solidarity among ASEAN nations, which opened in the central province of Quang Tri on July 18.

 The Mekong Delta province of Ben Tre on July 18 received a certificate recognising its Nghinh Ong or whale worshipping festival as national intangible cultural heritage, the first of its kind in the locality.

 Four actors and actresses, Shiddharth Shukla, Avinask Mukherjee, Aasiya Kazi and Roop Durgapal, starring in Balika Vadhu (Child Bride), have visited Vietnam and met with fans.

 Beating other talented contestants, Ho Van Cuong from the southern Tien Giang Province has won the first season of Vietnam Idol Kids 2016.

Events in Vietnam's major cities from July 15-30. Daily updated