Arts & Entertainment

An exhibition displaying 37 art photos promoting the values and diversity of Vietnamese people and culture by renowned French photographer Réhahn has opened in Ho Chi Minh City.

International Movie Database (IMDb), the catalog of the global film and TV industry, has ranked Vietnamese actress Ngo Thanh Van, aka Veronica Ngo, as one of the most popular actors in their weekly-updated STARmeter Top 100.

The Ho Chi Minh City People’s Committee plans to kick off a Tet Flower Festival on February 10 in Tao Dan Park of District 1 and will open 130 Tet flower markets around the city.

11 Japanese films will be screened at the Le Do Cinema in Da Nang City from January 5 yo 7 and 13 to 14 as part of an annual cultural exchange programme between Japan and the central city.

An Vietnamese - Australian man purchased the photo “Hidden smile” by French Photographer Réhahn at US$30.000.

Exhibition of 120 multi-material artworks by 8 artists from artist group GẶP (MEET).

According to Chairman of Hanoi People`s Committee Nguyen Duc Chung, Hanoi people and tourists alike will be treated to with a dazzling firework display at 30 sites across the city on the 2018 Lunar New Year’s Eve.

A series of four posters featuring characters from an ancient tuong play (classical drama) by Vietnamese designer Dang Thi Bich Ngoc has been named a winner of the 2017 American Graphic Design Awards.

A total of 30 artworks by four lecturers from the Vietnam University of Industrial Fine Arts are being displayed at an exhibition that opened at the Korean Cultural Centre in Hanoi on December 26.

Local and international artists will gather for a world-class lights show featuring traditional and contemporary music scheduled for New Year’s Eve 2018 on Nguyen Hue Pedestrian Street in downtown Ho Chi Minh City.

Vietnam National Football Team is the Southeast Asia’s new number one team following the release of the FIFA world rankings for the month of December.

An art exchange programme staged by artists from the Vietnam Contemporary Art Theatre was held in Sydney.

South Korean band GOT7 are set to liven up Ho Chi Minh City with a concert on January 19 along with the participation of numerous Vietnamese singers.

An exhibition themed “Vietnam - Destination of Cambodia in 2017” opened in Cambodiana hotel of Cambodia’s capital city of Phnom Penh, aiming to promote Vietnam’s landscape, people and culture to Cambodia.

A festival featuring films from South Korea is running in the central province of Quang Nam from December 11 to 17.

The Vietnam Fine Arts Association held a ceremony in Hanoi marking its 60th anniversary (1957 – 2017).

Hanoi’s very first German Christmas Market is on the way to rock the city.

Vietnam has to date owned ten elements inscribed on the UNESCO-recognized list of Intangible Cultural Heritage and two others listed as heritages in need of urgent safeguarding.

A multimedia exhibition on the false beliefs of the practice of Chinese medicine in Vietnam.

A pop-up exhibition and sale by Squared Furniture which includes work that has been created over the last 6 months.