After winning second prize at the prestigious national singing contest Sao Mai Điểm Hẹn (Morning Star – Rendezvous) in 2013, singer Pham Thuy Dung will have her debut concert on September 29.

Artist Ly Truc Son and his student Trieu Quoc Chien are displaying sơn mài (lacquer) paintings at Vietnam National Museum of Fine Arts.

An exhibition of paintings and sculptures by People’s Teacher, art critic and painter Uyen Huy is opening at the HCM City Fine Arts Museum.

Vietnam’s leading violinist Bui Cong Duy will give a solo performance in a concert at the HCM City Opera House on September 28.

Artist Pham Hong began creating contemporary art in 2005. Her latest piece, entitled Sự Im Lặng (The Silence), was named as one of 14 finalists in the Dogma Award 2019 and was displayed last month in HCM City.

Noted designer Minh Hanh was among the five guest speakers invited to attend Fukuoka Prize's the 30th Anniversary Symposium held recently.

People in many Asian countries worship Guanyin as a goddess of mercifulness and protection. However, the symbol of Guanyin in each country has some differences.

Many once-secret documents and photos relating to the success of the 1954 Geneva Conference and the role of the Soviet Union-Vietnam co-operation were unveiled for the first time in a book released recently in Hanoi.

Talented Vietnamese singer Vu Cat Tuong will be Vietnam’s representative at the Asia Song Festival 2019, which is scheduled to take place at the Ulsan stadium in the Republic of Korea from October 11-12.

The “Cinema for the Ears” electro-acoustic night music will be held from 7pm to 8.30pm on September 24 at Salon Saigon in 6D Ngo Thoi Nhiem Street, District 3.

Ngoc Chau and Tran Manh Khang have been selected as the Vietnamese representatives at the Miss/Mr Supranational 2019 pageant, which is scheduled to get underway in Poland from November 18 to December 6.

Through colourful murals of elephants, rhinos and pangolins, international and local artists expressed their concerns about wildlife protection.

A concert to raise funds for underprivileged children will take place at Hanoi Opera House on September 25.

Cool Cats Jazz Club, on Saturday, September 21, will dedicate a night to the Spanish unique art form – flamenco.

A workshop on woodblock printing with clay will be held at the Vincom Centre for Contemporary Art (VCCA) on Saturday, September 21.

An art exhibition by children with autism opened in Hanoi on Wednesday.

Fashion designer Phuong My’s brandname, Phuong My Bridal, has been nominated for the Best Emerging Bridal Fashion Brand presented by the UK-based Bridelux Industry Awards 2019.

Veteran writer Nguyen Nhat Anh’s latest book for children has been released and is now available at bookshops.

The Embassy of Argentina in Vietnam will host Argentina’s Gastronomic Week in HCM City from September 18-22.

Vietnamese film producer and actress Truong Ngoc Anh is working on a sequel for her award-winning action movie Hương Ga (Rise) about the life of a female gangster named Dieu.