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The British Council in partnership with the Vietnam National Institute of Culture and Arts Studies launched a three-year-project Cultural and Creative Hubs (CCHs) in Vietnam between 2018 and 2021.

A collection of 74 watercolour paintings by Vietnamese and foreign artists is being shown at the HCM City Watercolour Painting exhibition at HCM City’s Fine Arts Association.

Designer Do Trinh Hoai Nam has been invited to open the Ao Dai Festival in the US with the ao dai inspired by the legendary Mother Au Co.

An international painting and sculpture exhibition entitled ‘Silent talk’ opened at the Vietnam Fine Art Museum in Hanoi on May 15.

The United Nations Population Fund announced it has dissolved its partnerships with rocker Pham Anh Khoa as an activist on the prevention of violence against women and girls in Vietnam following his sex abuse scandal.

The United Nations Population Fund has removed all the images and information relating to its former activist Pham Anh Khoa from its Facebook and Website amid the rocker's sex abuse scandal.

Four young people and 15 bands will compete at the K-pop World Festival’s country round at the Vietnam Youth Academy (VYA) tomorrow.

An exhibition of works related to President Ho Chi Minh opened in Hanoi on May 10 as part of events to celebrate the President’s 128th birthday (May 19, 1890 – May 19, 2018).

“Angel Face”, a film invested and co-produced by Vietnamese artist Ly Nha Ky, will vie for prize at the Cannes Film Festival which will take place in France from May 8-19.

A ceremony has been held in Binh Dinh Province to receive a certificate from UNESCO recognising Bai Choi singing as an Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity.

A European Village event is being held in Hanoi as part of the Europe Days 2018 series of activities to mark Europe Day-May 9.

The “Europe Days 2018” program is having a rendezvous with Vietnamese public, proposing a fascinating journey to Europe through the European cultural scene with a series of spectacular activities.

The lacquer painting Thác Bờ (Bờ Waterfall) by Nguyễn Huyến (1915 –94), will be auctioned on April 29 in Hanoi. The starting price is US$120,000.

A special art performance together with a firework display opened the Hue Festival 2018 at Ngo Mon (Noon Gate) Square in Hue imperial city on April 27 night.

Vietnamese film Father and Son has received the best Asian film prize at the 36th Fajr International Film Festival held in Tehran, Iran.

Jazz duo Saskia Laroo and Warren Byrd will join a concert hosted by the Vietnam National Academy of Music and the Embassy of the Netherlands to Vietnam next month.

Nearly 100 photos and more than 40 artefacts of ancient Oc Eo culture are being displayed for visitors at an exhibition which opened at the Van Mieu-Quoc Tu Giam (Temple of Literature) in Hanoi on April 24.