Việt Nam is facing a “brain drain” of young music talent as more artists are moving abroad to work, experts have said.

The number of international tourists arriving in Việt Nam reached over 800,000 in July, a 41.2% year-on-year increase, the Vietnam National Administration of Tourism said.

Young filmmakers are called to join Talent Campus, a part of the Hà Nội International Film Festival 2016.

The second International Fingerstyle Guitar Festival was held in Hà Nội and HCM City last week, attracting both Vietnamese and foreign audiences to the performances.

Culture Vulture speaks to guitarist Huang Chia Wei from Chinese Taiwan, founder of festivals involving fingerstyle guitars, including the Việt Nam festival.

Songs and colourful images were the highlight when HCM City’s leading puppet troupe, Nụ Cười (Smile), debuted Aladdin Và Cây Đèn Thần (Aladdin and Magic Lamp) this week.

Private drama troupe TKC will stage a solemn play today based on the life of soldiers to mark the Day for Invalids and Martyrs (July 27).

Two Vietnamese projects have won International Architecture Awards (IAA) in the green design category.

The winners are Vietnamese collective H&P Architects’ Cheering Forestaurant (forest and restaurant) in Hà Nội, and the toigetation (toilet and vegetation) project in the northern Cao Bằng Province.

The culture ministry has decided to facilitate regular drama, chamber music and traditional opera shows at the Hà Nội Opera House beginning this autumn.

Young patients receiving treatment at the National Cancer Hospital will have a chance to enjoy a free performance at the Việt Nam National Drama Theatre on Thursday morning.

Two ethnic Mông minority women carrying bundles of wood they collected on the side of a stream in Mù Căng Chải Commune in the northern province of Yên Bái. – VNA/VNS Photo Phạm Bằng

The Đông Á College has launched an 8,000sq.m open-air library for students and the community – the first of its kind in this coastal city and the central region.

The tourism sector in the central province of Phú Yên made a strong start with its 2011 National Tourism Year, but has shown little progress since then.

The first Tài Tử Music Festival for Children, to be held at HCM City’s Labour Cultural House next week, will include participants under 15 years old performing songs and instrumental pieces.

Veteran musician Nguyễn Cường is back and better than ever, with his new musical work entitled Đà Giang – Đại Hợp Xướng (Đà River – Masterpiece Chorus).

The imposing scenes and thrilling beauty of Hạ Long Bay, Tràng An Complex and mountains in Quảng Bình Province are showcased in the official trailer for the Hollywood blockbuster Kong: Skull Island.

Archaeological evidence of an old trading port have been found at a recent excavation conducted in the central Bình Định Province.

Travel products including hotel bookings, tour and packages will be auctioned for the first time in Việt Nam with the aim to bring more benefits for customers and boost the local travel market.

Nearly 30 talented classical music artists from Việt Nam and the US will gather to present the beauty of Baroque music -- a style of European classical music from the years 1600 to 1750 -- during the Viet Nam Connection Music Festival.