The Japan Foundation Centre and the General Consulate of Japan in HCM City will host an exhibition of Hokusai Manga, considered the origin of today’s manga, from May 12-26.

An old story about the starfish has inspired Austrian investment bankers to set up a foundation to build schools for needy children in Việt Nam.

Saigon International Comedy Club will present Canadian comedian and singer-songwriter Phil Nichol at Game On on May 12.

On Sunday, Manzi Art Space will host A Sifted Gaze by Dan Drage - an American artist based in Hà Nội.

On Saturday, the Friends of Vietnam Heritage will hold an excursion to Lai Xá photography village in Kim Chung Commune, about 15km west of Hà Nội.

KBBV, the Breton Society in Việt Nam, will organise a celebration of Gouel Breizh, the National Day of Brittany, in HCM City on May 20.

A pop up shop, film screening and art talk on skateboarding will be held from 6pm to 10pm tonight at Work Room Four.

L’Espace will open an art exhibition entitled Cử Động Của Ký Ức (The Gesture of Memories) by Florian Nguyen from 6pm tomorrow. to run until June 4.

Hà Nội Museum has recently added a special item to its collection: a wooden replica of Mông Phụ Village Gate, one of the unique architectural structures in the ancient village of Đường Lâm on the outskirt of Hà Nội.