A workshop on Thái ethnic hand embroidery, an heirloom technique mastered by Thai ethnic artisans in Quỳ Châu Disrtict Nghệ An province, will be held on July 1.

Sipping juice in a small café in Hà Nội in early June, Willem Schaftenaar relaxes before his flight home to the Netherlands. Previously, he was busy in Bản Đôn village in Đắk Lắk province’s Buôn Đôn district working with officials of the provincial Elephant Conservation Centre (ECC) to save near-extinct elephants in Việt Nam.

On Thursday, June 22, the FVH (Friends of Vietnam Heritage) Film Night will present the black-and-white movie Bến Không Chồng (Wharf of Widows) by director Lưu Trọng Ninh, who also plays the film’s main character Nguyễn Vạn. Based on a well-known novel of the same title by author Dương Hướng, which was granted the Việt Nam Writers’ Association Award in 1991, the movie was a Berlin International Film Festival selection.

An exhibition by the artist residency group Cụng, Đụng, Chạm (literally meaning ‘touch’) and ethnic minority groups goes on display from tomorrow at the Hà Nội Old Quarter Culture Exchange Centre from 7pm tomorrow.

German composer, drummer and installation artist Manos Tsangaris will make his first-ever performance in Việt Nam tomorrow night at the Goethe-Institut Hanoi.

Tomorrow, L’Espace will open the lacquer painting exhibition Nature – Nostalgia, which showcases artworks by three artists: Đặng Thu Hương, Lý Trực Sơn, and Nguyễn Thị Quế.

“Fire Fest”, a craft beer and barbeque festival, will be held at Oxygen in District 2 on May 20.

The outdoor bar Saigon Outcast will host a two-day Soul Carnivale music and arts festival on May 27 and 28.

The Friends of Vietnam Heritage’s FVH Film Night will screen the Vietnamese classical movie Làng Vũ Ðại Ngày Ấy (The Old days of Vũ Ðại Village) at the Việt Nam Feature Films studio (VFS) on May 25.