Pussy galore

More than 70 furry feline contestants joined an international cat show in Việt Nam last weekend. The first of its kind held by the Cat Fanciers' Association, the paw-some event attracted cats from South Korea, Thailand, Malaysia, Indonesia, and across Việt Nam.

Cat show crowns the best of the best

More than 70 cats from South Korea, Thailand, Malaysia, Indonesia and Việt Nam took part in the show, assessed by famous judges Allan Raymond; Bob Zenda; Carol Forgaty; Jan Walker Rogers; John Webster and Russel Webb.

Folk Art Awards 2022 honours 37 outstanding works

Lê Hồng Lý, chairman of the Việt Nam Folk Arts Association explained that the organisers made the decision to not give out the first prize or the second A prize for any work due to objective grounds stemming from the pandemic.

Cities work to preserve tuồng

HCM City and the city of Quy Nhơn of Bình Định Province have co-operated on a new project to preserve the values of tuồng (classical drama), a traditional genre of Vietnamese theatre that began in the 17th century.

Exhibition showcases cat-inspired lacquer artworks

The Meo (Meaw) exhibition features nearly 60 lacquer artworks, a part of the artisan’s collection of 2023 cat figurines created in the past two years to welcome the lunar new year 2023 – the Year of the Cat on the Vietnamese zodiac calendar.

Irish artist exposes her innermost stories in Hà Nội exhibition

Tomkins has been renting the top floor of an old villa on Hà Nội's Đội Cấn Street for the past few years, and she probably never expected that her Vietnamese landlord's bàn thờ (altar for ancestor worship) would become an unexpected source of inspiration.

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