Painter Nguyễn Tư Nghiêm, one of Vietnamese greatest artists, passed away yesterday at 10.30am. He was 94. The famous painter had a stroke earlier last month and had been hospitalised ever since.

The Goethe Institute and the Hà Nội New Music Ensemble (HNME) will present a contemporary music program on June 18-19.

A free concert celebrating World Music Day will be held at the Institute for Cultural Exchange with France (IDECAF) on June 21.

Saigon Outcast will host a concert of Balearic music, an eclectic blend of DJ-led dance music that emerged in the mid-1980s, on June 25.

Future Shorts, the largest short-film network in the world, will present the best local and international short films at Saigon Outcast on June 24.

The documentary film Learning from Light: The Vision of I.M. Pei will be presented in English with Vietnamese subtitles in Hà Nội and HCM City, and entry will be free of charge.

French photographer Sebastien Laval has become quite popular among photography lovers in Việt Nam, leaving his mark in several photo exhibitions and art projects in the country over the past ten years.

A film about the forgotten history of 20,000 young Vietnamese who were forced to work in France on the eve of the second World War and under the German Occupation will be screened at the L’Espace.

The 2016 SEA Pride music festival will showcase the region’s musical diversity, create a safe space to celebrate the vibrancy of the LGBT (lesbian, gay, bigender and transexual) community, and promote workplace diversity in Việt Nam.