A special mountain market by ethnic groups in the northern province of Điện Biên will be set up on the outskirts of Hà Nội.

Đặng Văn Chu and several other witnesses of the country’s transition from the subsidy economy during the renewal period offered objects from this period to the National Museum of Vietnamese History. The objects will be displayed in August to mark 30 years since the country started the renewal process.   

Painter Nguyễn Quốc Dân said that portraying different human emotions is also a way to express his own sensations and viewpoint about life. The characteristic of these works is creating impressions through endless strokes, or “colour cords” in the painter’s words.

The city’s first Ornament Plant and Pet Festival is to take place from Wednesday to May 5 in Vinhomes Riverside ecological urban area in the Long Biên District.

Young songwriter-singer Vũ Cát Tường won her second consecutive award for favourite composer at this year's HCM City's Television (HTV) Awards.

Emerging singer-songwriter Sơn Tùng-MTP won Singer of the year award at the annual Music Devotion Awards by the Vietnam News Agency’s Sport & Culture daily on Sunday.

“My Name Is…”, a new music game show based on the format of Dutch-based media company Endemol International, will be broadcast on HCM City Television (HTV) early next month.

More than 100 documents and photos featuring the life of late veteran Vietnamese-French painter Lê Bá Đảng and his art are on display in Huế City.

Young people are encouraged to participate in a contest of finding hip-hop dancers for a show staged by the French-based art troupe Compagnie par Terre in HCM City early May.