The French Ambassador to Việt Nam, Bertrand Lortholary, on December 5, gave the Knight of Arts and Letters title to Đặng Thanh Tùng.

Rap superstar Eminem's long-awaited album finally has a release date — December 15 — and it will feature an array of star collaborators.

A variety of ornamental trees and birds from around the country are on display in an exhibition that opens today in Phúc Thọ District on the outskirts of Hà Nội. 

Eighty artworks conveying the unique personalities and styles of 40 contemporary Vietnamese artists are on display at the exhibition Listen, Watch and Tell.

Lubaina Himid, 63, on Tuesday became the oldest winner of the Turner Prize, Britain's most prestigious yet controversial visual art award, for her works celebrating black creativity.

The Hanoi Goethe Institute will hold a series activities for the Christmas season at Cửa Bắc Church. They will begin on December 14.

For artist Trần Thị Thu, abstract expressionist painting is a medium in which she can find herself. It’s fitting, then, that her first solo exhibition at the Việt Nam Museum of Fine Arts bears her name, titled Thu.

The HCM City Ballet Symphony Orchestra and Opera (HBSO) will open the Christmas season this week with the ballet The Nutcracker at the Opera House this week, featuring a conductor from Norway and dancers from Japan.

Last Friday, Vietnamese poet Mai Văn Phấn received the prestigious Cikada Prize from chairman of the jury, Dr Lars Vargo, a distinguished fellow from Sweden’s Institute for Security & Development Policy at the Temple of Literature in Hà Nội.