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Internationally acclaimed conductor Honna Tetsuji led a concert featuring works by Hungarian composer Franz Liszt and Czech composer Antonin Dvorak at the HCM City Opera House.

A calligraphy exhibition and festival is underway at the Van Mieu-Quoc Tu Giam (Temple of Literature) in Hanoi on October 2 to celebrate the 1,010th anniversary of Thang Long-Hanoi.

Hanoi is scheduled to host the German Festival Kulturfest 2020 between October 2 and October 4 to celebrate the 45th anniversary of diplomatic relations between Vietnam and Germany, reported the Voice of Vietnam.

General Secretary and President Nguyen Phu Trong has sent a letter to all children in Vietnam and Vietnamese children overseas, sharing the joy with them on the traditional Mid-Autumn Festival.

A photo exhibition featuring the career of People’s Artist Minh Vương, a leading artist of cải lương (reformed opera), a traditional genre of southern theatre, will open in HCM City this week.

The central city of Da Nang has introduced a new virtual reality app that allows visitors to see objects on display at the Museum of Champa Sculpture through three-dimensional scanning.

The Miss Vietnam 2020 format will be changed to be shorter with one semi-final round in Hanoi due to Covid-19 pandemic.

Vietnam’s first theatrical work made up of circus and cai luong (reformed arts) – Cay gay than (The Magic Stick) – has recently been launched in Hanoi.

Winners of the Vietnam Heritage Photo Awards 2020 were announced on September 21.

Popular Vietnamese movie Chi Chi Em Em, known as Sister Sister in English, will be shown to viewers at the Busan International Film Fest (BIFF) 2020.

The 11th European – Vietnamese Documentary Film Festival will take place in Hanoi at the Vietnam National Documentary and Scientific Film Studio in Hanoi and the Hoa Sen University in Ho Chi Minh City, from October 1-11.

The Vietnamese Embassy in Romania opened a photo exhibition on the Vietnamese land and people in the capital city Bucharest on September 18 on the occasion of the 75th anniversary of Vietnam National Day (September 2, 1945-2020).

The men in the audience clapped and the women ululated as the band finished singing: it would have been commonplace except the venue was in Iran and the group on stage were all women.

Over 60 outstanding contemporary works will be displayed at the sixth Hanoi – Saigon Sculpture Exhibition which is expected to be held at the Vincom Centre for Contemporary Art (VCCA) in Hanoi from September 9 to October 18.

Vietnamese French painter Cyril Kongo has opened his first gallery in Hanoi with the ambition of showcasing a range of graffiti pieces to local art lovers.