Two Vietnamese films – “Yellow Flowers on Green Grass” and “Yen’s Life” – are competing in the first ASEAN Film Festival in Hong Kong (China).

The southern coastal city of Vung Tau hopes to attract crowds of around 150,000 next month when it hosts its first beer festival, featuring food culture and music.

Over 50 works created by painters made up of French teachers of École des Beaux-Arts de l'Indochine (Indochina School of Fine Arts) are set to be showcased at Sotheby’s second exhibition in Vietnam this August.

The once-popular boyband singer will perform at the international music festival Hay Fest 2023 next month.

Travelling through 17 countries and overcoming 17,000 km by bike, Clément Nothhmob embarked on a trip that was much more than just an adventure.

Many Vietnamese fans were delighted to discover that the K-pop girl group BLACKPINK's seventh anniversary video was filmed at a luxury hotel in Hanoi during the band’s stay in Vietnam for the two-night concert in late July.

The first Hanoi Fall Festival, themed Come to Fall in Love in 2023, will be held from September 29 to October 1.

Vietnamese workers in various industries have made an important contribution to the country’s development.

Ronan Keating, the lead singer of Irish group Boyzone, and the Republic of Korea (RoK)’s hip-hop trio Epik High have been confirmed as acts for the HAY Glamping Music Festival, which is slated to take place on September 29-30 in Hanoi.

A Vietnam-Indonesia exchange art exhibition opened at the headquarters of the Ho Chi Minh City Fine Arts Association on August 7, to strengthen friendship and to promote art exchanges between artists of the two countries.

The HCM City Book Street Company achieved its highest half-year revenue during the first half of 2023, amounting to VNĐ32.2 billion (US$1.35 million), a year-on-year increase of 56 per cent.

"The Reading Point" has opened a space for reading and activities to children in HCM City during the summer break.

Entertainment and cultural events in Vietnam's major cities from August 7 to 13.

A special adaptation of the classic operetta Die Lustige Witweer (The Merry Widow), composed by Franz Lehár to libretto by Viktor Leon and Leo Stein, will premiere at the HCM City Opera House on August 12 and 13.

Vietnamese actress Kim B of Dem toi ruc ro (The Brilliant Darkness) won the title "Best support actress” at the ASEAN International Films Festival & Awards (AIFFA 2023) that took place from August 2-4 in Kuching island, Sarawak, Malaysia.

The Hanoi Department of Tourism on August 5 announced that out of 70,000 peopple flocking to Korean girl band Blackpink’s concert at the Hanoi-based My Dinh National Stadium on July 29 and 30, over 3,000 ones are international visitors.

In 2016, Nguyen Trong Hung from Tan Thanh district in Long An Province saw a mua bong roi (queer dance) performance on TV. The wonderful performance of the artist impressed Hung.

The river festival aims to preserve and promote the city’s culture and history, and make use of its waterways to boost the economy and tourism, in order to build the city’s brand as a culturally rich riverside urban area.

Two Vietnamese movies, namely Memento Mori: Dat (Memento: Earth) and Dem toi ruc ro (The Brilliant Darkness), have been nominated in four categories of the ASEAN International Films Festivals & Awards (AIFFA) 2023.

Japanese conductor Tetsuji Honna will lead the Vietnam National Symphony Orchestra (VNSO) to perform in the central coastal city of Da Nang on August 10.