The weekend calendar is packed with arts performances, live music, exhibitions and blockbuster theater shows and here are our recommendations.

Nguyen Ngoc Bao Anh, the Vietnamese representative at Little Miss Universe, was announced as the winner of the 2019 pageant during the grand finale held in Batumi, Georgia, on May 9.

Vuon Chuoi archaeological site in Hanoi’s outskirts district of Hoai Duc is believed to be Hanoi’s first human settlement.

More than 600 artists will showcase their talent at the National 'Tuong' (Classical Drama) and Folk Singing Festival 2019, which will take place in Thanh Hoa province from May 11 to 19.

The K-pop Lovers Festival will be held in Dong Kinh Nghia Thuc square in Hanoi along with the qualifying round of the Changwon K-pop World Festival 2019 between May 11 and 12.

A firework show will take place near the beaches of Khanh Hoa to celebrate the opening ceremony of the 2019 National Tourism Year as well as the ninth Nha Trang-Khanh Hoa Sea Festival scheduled for May 10 in Nha Trang.

The Miss Vietnam Global Business pageant will be held in Seoul, the Republic of Korea in June, brining together businesswomen from 32 member countries of the Business Association of Overseas Vietnamese.

A screening of Russian composer Tchaikovsky’s opera Eugene Onegin, performed by the New York-based Metropolitan Opera, will be held at the C. Bechstein Showroom in HCM City on May 18.

Evidence of primitive humans have been found in several sites in the mountainous area of Chiem Hoa district, the northern province of Tuyen Quang, according to archaeologists.

Belgian conductor Michel Jakobiec will perform with the National Academy of Music of Vietnam during a concert in Hanoi on May 9.

Many visitors have complained about promotional destination signs being drilled into two historically-unique towers at the Cham temple complex in Binh Dinh Province.

Seven Asian art troupes from India, Japan, China, Bhutan, Thailand, Indonesia, and Sri Lanka are expected to perform at the heritage avenue programme hosted by the Vietnam Television (VTV) on May 12.

The Vietnam Circus Federation has hosted a circus show re-enacting the Dien Bien Phu battlefield in Hanoi to celebrate the 65th anniversary of the victory.

Drawing Words, an exhibition of children’s book illustrations commissioned by the British Council and curated by illustrator Lauren Child from Children’s Laureate Foundation, is on at the French Institute in Hanoi.

Hoang Thuy, the first runner-up of Miss Universe Vietnam 2017, has been officially chosen to represent Vietnam at the upcoming Miss Universe 2019 beauty pageant.

The Goethe Institut in Hanoi will hold a theater performance of “Woyzeck”, an excerpt from a play by German doctor and poet Georg Buchner.

The organising board of Miss Vietnam Global Business 2019 has announced that Tieu Vy, Miss Vietnam 2018, will be a member of the judging panel for the upcoming beauty pageant.

Typical features of Saigon during the 1990’s such as old buildings, vehicles transporting bread and noodles, and barbers working on street corners have been reproduced in the form of miniature models. 

A special exhibition featuring the heritage, development and achievements of Italy opened in Hanoi on May 6.

Despite the importance of the cartoon genre in the seventh art and its attractive financial value, Vietnamese cartoons have not won the admiration of the public yet, even though the potential domestic human resources are quite huge.