Mask dancing is a long-standing traditional practice which has been performed throughout many generations of the Tay and Nung ethnic groups in the northern province of Lang Son.

 A good news for Vietnamese movie-lovers that the online movie website, Keeng Movies, has already had the copyright to distribute movies from global studios, such as 20th Century Fox, NBC Universal, Warner Bros, TVB, MBC and KBS.

 Hanoi will reopen six sealed vaults in Gam Cau Street in September to create walkways and an art space for locals.

 Two young artists from Da Nang and Dak Lak province are heralding summer with their art exhibitions in HCM City. 

 Luis Fonsi, best known for his worldwide hit “Despacito”, will perform at Cocofest 2018 in Danang next month.

Vietnamese model Vo Canh will fly to Italy on June 14 to attend a fashion show for the Spring/Summer 2019 collection of Dsquared2 as part of Milan Fashion Week.

 Events in Hanoi & HCMC on June 11-17 

Teams from Portugal and Sweden treated the audience in Da Nang city with their colourful fireworks performances on the banks of the Han River on June 9 to convey the desire for love and friendship. 

 Water puppetry - Vietnam's unique art form

 The 2018 national traditional rowing contest opened in Phan Thiet city of the central province of Binh Thuan on June 10.

 Miss Vietnam Heritage Global 2018 is now accepting applications from Vietnamese women worldwide, according to the organising board of the beauty pageant.

 Hanoians will have a chance to sample different kinds of Korean food at K-FOOD Fair which will take place at My Dinh Stadium in Hanoi on June 9-10.

 The Performing Arts Department under the Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism has officially granted license to model Nguyen Thi Chi to compete in the Miss Asia World scheduled for June 9-29 in Beirut, Lebanon.

 A photo exhibition on Vietnamese land and people is on-going in Ukraine to strengthen the friendship between the two countries. The event is part of the Vietnamese Culture Year in the East European nation.

Solo exhibition “Perfect Reality” by artist Luu Tuyen was opened to visitors at the Vietnam Fine Arts Museum in Hanoi on June 6. 

 Two flamenco and classical guitar concerts by Michel Grizard and Helena Cueto will be hosted by L’Espace on June 21 and 23.

 A photo exhibition on Vietnamese land and people is being held in Ukraine from June 5-8 to strengthen the friendship between the two countries.

Speaker Pujita Guha from Jawaharlal Nehru University’s School of Arts and Aesthetics will host the “A Visitor to the Forest” talk at Hanoi DocLab on June 15 starting 6:30 p.m. The talk will be in English, with Vietnamese translation.

 Talented flutist Le Thu Huong and her friends will bring music lovers in Hanoi a concert “Parfums de Paris” (Perfumes of Paris) at L'Espace French Cultural Centre in Hanoi, at 8pm, on June 9.

 The Department of Performing Arts has given Phan Thi Mo permission to participate in the World Miss Tourism Ambassador 2018 in Thailand this July.