A solo oil on canvas exhibition entitled Hiện Thực Qua Đôi Mắt (Reality through the Eyes) of young artist Nguyễn Đinh Duy Quyền will be held at the Việt Nam Fine Arts Museum on August 5.

French director Regis Wargnier and actress Catherine Deneuve of Indochine — which won an Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film — will attend the 4^th Hà Nội International Film Festival (HANIFF), festival organisers said.

Professional and amateur singers of vọng cổ (nostalgic tunes), a traditional genre of southern music, have been invited to take part in an online contest. 

The Quảng Bình People’s Committee has approved a three-year pilot project for using electric vehicles to transport tourists on several main roads in Đồng Hới City from August 2016.

Beautiful songs about Hà Nội’s autumn will be performed at the DIVA Việt Nam: Autumn Reunion­ concert that is held at Cultural Friendship Palace on August 13.

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The perennial music composed for the animations of Japan’s Studio Ghibli will come to audiences at concerts held August 19 and 20 at the Rec Room venue.

Violinist Sindri Lederer from German, viola artist Juliet White-Smith from the US, cellist Zoe Martlew from England, Pianist Antonio Koster of German and Vietnamese Trio Brio will perform at Đà Nẵng Chamber Music 2016 at the Nguyễn Hiển Dĩnh Theatre on August 21^st.

Creative and trendy fashion designs by graduates from the Hà Nội-based London College for Design and Fashion Studies (LCDF) will be introduced next weekend at a fashion show and exhibition entitled "Limitless".