Bui Vu Nguyet Minh from Ho Chi Ming City Conservatory of Music has won third prize at Isidor Bajic Piano Memorial in Novi-Sad, Serbia.

VietNamNet Bridge - Le Hang and other contestants have joined the first activities of the Miss Universe 2016 pageant in the Philippines.

 The Hanoi Museum has launched a major exhibition presenting life in the capital City during the French War period (1945-1954).

 American rapper and producer T-Pain will have a gig at Envy Club on December 18.

 Richard Marx, American pop/rock singer, songwriter, musician and record producer, who is famous for the songs "Right here waiting" and "Now and forever" will have a performance in Hanoi this month.

 A ceremony was held in Hanoi on December 12 to present the 2016 Vietnam Folk Arts Awards to 78 of the most outstanding folk art works produced in the country.

 The second national costume museum in Vietnam has opened at 18 Au Co Street in the Tay Ho district of Hanoi.

 The Hanoi – Saigon sculpture exhibition, the fourth of its kind, opened in Hanoi on December 12, introducing the latest works by sculptors from the two cities. 

 A special exhibition on Vietnam’s national treasures will take place for five months from January 10, 2017, to May, 2017, the Museum of History announced on December 12.

 The annual book street festival during the Tet holiday season will take place from January 25-31 (on December 28- January 4 of the lunar calendar).

 A talk on Vietnamese and Thai literature will be held at HCM City’s Social Sciences and Humanities University on December 15.

 Three sculptures and 20 paintings by renowned Vietnamese and other Southeast Asian artists will go under the hammer at an auction in HCM City this Saturday.

An installation art exhibition introducing the public to Hanoi’s finest traditional handicrafts has opened at the Ly Thai To Flower Park at Hoan Kiem Lake in Hanoi.

 Vietnamese director Phung Dinh Dung and his animated short Painted Flower made the final round for the China's KingBonn Award, propelling him into the Top 41 best directors of the 7th China International New Media Short Film Festival (CSFF) 2016.

 The Nguyen Hue Flower Street 2017, an annual biggest and most anticipated event welcoming the lunar New Year in Ho Chi Minh City will be organized from January 25-31 (on December 28- January 4 of the lunar calendar).

 The large water park inside Tuoi Tre (Youth) Park, Hai Ba Trung District, has been abandoned for years despite supposedly being a key Hanoi leisure option.

 Vietnam has just added 17 new items on the national intangible cultural heritage list.

 Hanoi is the cradle of ca tru, an ancient genre of chamber music featuring female vocalists. Many talented singers have emerged from Hanoi’s Ca tru clubs.

 Mother Goddess Worship or Dao Mau, which began in the 16th century in Vietnam has been recognized by UNESCO as an intangible cultural heritage of humanity.

 Two classical music concerts will be held in HCM City on December 12 to welcome the Christmas season.