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The Mnet Asian Music Award 2017 will be held in multiple locations for the first time including Vietnam, Japan and Hong Kong.

An LGBTQ art exhibition billed as the first of its kind in Asia opened in Taiwan on Saturday, just months after the island's top court ruled in favour of gay marriage.

Art lovers will have the chance to enjoy work by one of the most talented artists in Vietnam today, the HCM City-based visual artist Le Hoang Bich Phuong, when her solo exhibition opens at Manzi on Saturday.

Many Vietnamese culture experts have expressed their support for the continuing of the Do Son Buffalo Fighting Festival in Haiphong City despite the recent fatal accident.

The 8th German film festival in Vietnam will take place from September 6 to 16 in Hanoi, Hai Phong, Hue, Da Nang and Ho Chi Minh City.

A paintings exhibition by The River Art, a HCMC-based group of artists, will be opened at the HCMC Fine Arts Association in HCMC’s District 3 on September 5 to raise funds for kids under cancer treatment at Children’s Hospital

The Ministry of Culture, Sports, and Tourism has announced a week-long Mid-Autumn Festival starting on September 2 in the northern hill town of Sapa.

Just in time for fall, a fashion show for women with a variety of body types will take place on September 2 with the theme of Autumn Serenade.

A cultural programme will be held at the Vietnam National Village for Ethnic Culture and Tourism in Hanoi throughout September to celebrate the country’s 72nd National Day (September 2).

Many fans in Vietnam, as well as those from the US, Russia and Philippines, were shocked by the last-minute cancellation of Ariana Grande's show in HCM City.

A wide range of activities are being held at the Hoi An – Japan Cultural Festival, which opened on August 19 to mark the 15-year cooperation between Vietnam’s ancient city and the Japanese community.

Designer Do Trinh Hoai Nam will introduce his Golden Lotus ao dai collection in the New York Couture Fashion Week 2017. This is also part of the Vietnamese Beauty Programme to promote traditional values.

Many works and authors devoted to Hanoi have been honoured at the 2017 Bui Xuan Phai – For the Love of Hanoi Awards including the pedestrian streets by Hoan Kiem Lake.

The sixth Vietnam International Book Fair will take place at Hanoi’s Thống Nhất Park from August 23 to 27 with the participation of nearly 100 domestic and foreign book companies and publishing houses.

Miss Vietnam 2016 Do My Linh will join Miss World 2017 which is scheduled to be held in China in November.