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Three Vietnamese were among 72 young people from 40 countries that performed in the cultural show “Indonesia Channel 2019” in Bangyuwangi city, Indonesia, on August 13.

An exhibition of 109 paintings and sculptures by veteran and young artists of the south has opened at the Ho Chi Minh City Fine Arts Museum to celebrate the 74th anniversary of National Day (September 2).

A coloured pencil painting featuring sea at night by a 17-year-old Hanoian student has been selected for the 20th International Fine Arts Exhibition of High Schools Students in Tokyo, Japan.

Vu Nguyen Huong Nhi, a student at the Viet Duc high school in Hanoi, won a prize at the 20th International High School Arts Festival in Japan, along with 18 other foreign students.

The second Vietnam international traditional martial arts festival was opened in the south-central province of Binh Dinh on August 7.

An international fine arts exchange workshop & exhibition, the first of its kind, opened at the Museum of Fine Arts of the central city of Da Nang on August 1.

New art showcasing the lives and worlds of children with autism are unveiled at an exhibition entitled Khong Thoi Gian (No Time) that is being held at the Exhibition House at 29 Hang Bai street in Hanoi.

The seventh International Traditional Martial Arts Festival – Binh Dinh is set to take place from August 7 to 11, heard a media briefing on the tournament held in the south central province of Binh Dinh on July 29.

At first glance, fine arts and high tech may not be perfect bedfellows.

An arts programme took place in Dong Hoi city on July 20, marking the start of the Quang Binh cave festival.

Vietnamese multimedia artist Tran Nguyen Uu Dam will embark on a performance trip by cargo boat from Vietnam to the US at the end of this month. The 30-day journey and performance along the coast of California will complete one small segment of the artist’s long-term, multi-phase work entitled Time Boomerang.

Vietnamese and Singaporean experts gathered at a seminar held by the Vietnam National Fine Arts Museum (VNFAM) in collaboration with the National Gallery Singapore (NGS) on July 22 to share experience in museum activities.

Details on the biographies and creative careers of painters and photographers should be compiled and published in order to ease the task of checking copyright and authenticity of their works.

Brocade and silk products made by Vietnam’s northern craft villages are being displayed at an exhibition that opened in Seoul, the Republic of Korea (RoK), on July 18.

The Embassy of Vietnam in Algeria on July 3 held a gathering to honour a team of Algerian athletes for their outstanding performance at the world tournament of the Vietnamese traditional martial arts Son Long Quyen Thuat held recently in France.

The Factory Contemporary Arts Centre will organise a workshop exploring “Vietnamese Lacquer Painting’s Experimental History” on July 13 in Ho Chi Minh City’s district 2.

The Tourism Department of central Quang Binh province announced on June 25 that it is working with Google to launch a campaign popularising regional travel destinations on YouTube and Google Arts & Culture platform.

Diverse activities will be organised at the Vietnamese Culture and Arts Exhibition Centre from June 28-30 to honour the traditional values of Vietnamese family, and share experience in building the family towards its sustainable development amid the integration process, the Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism said on June 24.

Traditional Vietnamese martial arts have a variety of schools. Nowadays, they are becoming more and more popular to foreign learners.

Professional mixed martial arts (MMA) fighting may finally be coming to Vietnam.