Sat 13 Dec, 7pm 3rd floor, Galaxy building 10D Ly Nam De, Ba Dinh, Hanoi Dong Son Today Foundation invites to lecture on Biennale as Structure by Mr John Clark, FAHA, CIHA, professor in Art History at the University of Sydney and founding director of the Australian Centre for Asian Art & Archaeology.

Concert: Tues 16 Dec, 8pm L’Espace Auditorium An unusual trio from Romania with a fresh approach to classical music. In collaboration with Romanian Embassy in Vietnam.

10am Sat Dec 13 until Tet Le Chi Hieu was married late last year and his wife has just given birth to their first child. To show his delight Hieu has painted 10 celebrations of love and marriage on Diep paper.

Fri 12 Dec, 6pm This week’s HI-DeFF screening is of independent experimental documentary film “Mysterious Object at Noon” (2000) by Thai director Apichatpong Weerasethakul.

KVT on 10+ at NhaSan, the Danes, and Hip Hop Hanoi had a lot to offer this week. Highlights were the ’10+’ exhibition at Nha San (on till Sun 14 Dec) and the hip hop piece ‘Faces’ at the Youth Theater. KVT was impressed by both, and offers praise for the sponsors (the Danish Embassy [...]

Oanh Phi Phi is hosting an Open Studio. Drop in on Sunday to meet Phi Phi, see some recent work and some work in progress, and maybe even talk ‘art’ a bit.

Sat 20 Dec 2008, 8pm Loop, Club and Lounge Bar 6 Hang Bai, Hanoi

The British Council in co-operation with the The thao Van hoa Newspaper is launching an exciting competition called ‘Awakened Spaces’. They are asking Hanoi residents to identify buildings, streets, and other public spaces that they would like to see transformed or improved.

14-19 Dec 2008 Goethe-Institut Once again, the Goethe-Institut Vietnam offers the opportunity to encounter current German films and thus gain an insight via the screen into contemporary Germany. German cinema is in an exciting phase. At film festivals in Berlin, in Cannes and even at the Oscars, German films are gaining attention and are suddenly [...]

Wed 10 Dec, 8 pm with the “Crescendo” group