Tran Quoc Huy, known as TuypTran, will show his latest paintings in a solo exhibition opening at Dia Projects today.

Conical hats produced in Thua Thien - Hue Province are similar to those made in other regions in the country. But innovations by local artisans have added charm and made Hue hats famous. 

 These special photos reflect different views of Hanoi at night from above.

 The annual Culture and Sports Week for ethnic groups, a platform for connecting different ethnic communities in the region, kicked off on Thursday in Tien Yen District, Quang Ninh Province.

 The Goethe Institute in HCMC said the Notos Quartet, the award winning piano quartet from Germany will perform a special concert in Ho Chi Minh City Conservatory of Music (112 Nguyen Du Street, District 1), on August 5.

 Fifteen rock bands from ASEAN countries as well as Japan will play at Vietnam’s biggest rock concert, the SoundSlam Festival 2017, in HCM City on August 5.

 More than 10 art works by classic Vietnamese masters will be auctioned in Hanoi on July 30.

 Viet Nam National Drama Theatre’s artists will stage Shakespeare’s Romeo & Juliet. The global masterpiece will debut in October. 

The water coconut tree is a great source of materials for people in Cam Thanh commune, Hoi An city to build their houses. Recently, a group of artists used the tree to produce a kind of paper. 

Wood carving and lacquered painting is a profession with a long tradition in Vietnam. These types of objects have been found in the Dong Son period’s tombs excavated in many sites in Vietnam. Some objects’ images are now on show.

 During Vietnam’s imperial era, the country’s old capital, Hue, became home to many lotus ponds grown to fit the needs of the royal family.

 The Israel Film Festival will be held in the central coastal city of Da Nang on May 19-23.

 A museum featuring waxworks of more than 100 Vietnamese artists and entertainers is now open to public in Ho Chi Minh City. All the waxworks were made by Vietnamese artisans.

 The HCM City Department of Information and Communication plans to open more “book streets” to meet local residents’ reading and entertainment demand.

 Charming “Then” singing, a traditional kind of performing art of several ethnic minority groups in Vietnam, has regained its spotlight, thanks to the effort by local artists in the northern mountainous province of Tuyen Quang.

 The Vietnamese Embassy in India and Hyatt Regency Hotel co-organised an event in New Delhi on March 18 to promote Vietnamese cuisine.

 The Music Training and Development Center under the HCM City Conservatory of Music will host the HCM City Piano Competition 2017 for local and international amateur and professional contestants aged between 6 and 24 from June 14-18.

 In the Lunar New Year (Tet) season, there are folk games across the country, including tug-of-war, swinging and cock fighting. For many Vietnamese, the games are part of their childhood.

 Sakura cherry trees – the beautiful symbol of Japan – blossom in their full glory every March in Vietnam, says Ngo Van Quy, vice chair of the Hanoi People’s Committee.

 Vietnamese films failed to attract more viewers than foreign movies at local cinemas during the holiday period.