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When Truong Thanh Dinh came home with a tattoo on his chest, his mother yelled at him, saying that only gangsters get tattoos on their body.

A newly established arts hub called A. Farm in Ho Chi Minh City is showcasing works by artists with diverse styles at its debut exhibition All Animals are Equal.

The most anticipated music event of this year - Cocofest music event in Vietnam is going to cost Empire corporation over 4.3 million USD.

A modest bango made from an aluminium basin was used in art performances during the resistance war against the French that encouraged the soldiers’ morale.

The Ho Chi Minh Ballet Symphony Orchestra and Opera and the US’s CREDO choir will stage “Verleih uns Frieden” and “Let there be peace on earth” under the special music programme “summer melody” scheduled for June 14 at Ben Thanh Theatre in Ho Chi Minh City.

The Vietnam-France Fine Arts Association “La Seine et Le Mekong” opened the second international fine arts exchange exhibition at the Ho Chi Minh City’s Museum of Fine Arts on June 3, showcasing 90 works of Vietnamese and France painters and sculptors.

A duo of Japanese magicians, Ai and Yuki, will perform with Vietnamese comedians for the first time in a show for children on the occasion of International Children’s Day.

The second night of the Da Nang International Fireworks Festival (DIFF) 2018 took place on the banks of the Han River on May 26, featuring firework displays of the teams from France and the US.

The Vietnam Centre, based in Australia, has recently kicked off a crowd-funding project.

A programme entitled “Vietnam Days in Myanmar” kicked off on May 7, featuring a wide range of cultural activities and art performances, photo and handicraft exhibitions, fashion shows, and workshops connecting enterprises from the two countries.

France is one of the main partners of the Hue Festival, which is set to take place in the central province of Thua Thien-Hue from April 27 to May 2.

The 2018 sea festival of Sam Son city of the north central coastal province of Thanh Hoa will take place on April 21, heard a press conference held in the city on April 12.

Japanese and Vietnamese performers will debut a theatre production entitled Without Signal! by director Shuji Ondera at Vietnam Youth Theatre on March 30 and 31.

A silk painting by Nguyen Nam Son (1890-1973), one of the leading artists in modern Vietnamese fine art, was auctioned at 205,000 Euros.

A series of art events as part of Hanoi March Connecting 2018 will take place from March 25 to April 4, gathering 120 artists from Vietnam and 18 other countries and territories.

A series of art events as part of Hanoi March Connecting 2018 will take place from March 25 to April 4, gathering 120 artists from Vietnam and 18 other countries and territories.

Eight art spaces and art initiatives in Hanoi and Hue will receive grants from the Danish Culture Development and Exchange Fund (CDEF) to carry out and develop their activities during 2018.

Four Vietnamese women artists are showcasing their paintings at the Spring Song Art Exhibition in Nanjing, capital of China’s Jiangsu province.

The 7th Fleet Band of the US Navy and Vietnamese artists offered people and visitors in the central city of Da Nang with singing and dancing performances at Bien Dong Park on March 7 evening.

Art researcher and critic Iola Lenzi arrived in Vietnam for the first time 20 years ago and was charmed by the refined culture.