HANOI, July 7 (Xinhua) -- An international tattoo exhibition kicked off here on Saturday, with participation of tattoo artists from Britain, France, Italy, Portugal, Spain and Vietnam.

All stalls in the two-day exhibition were crowded with tattoo models and customers, mostly youths of both Vietnamese people and foreign tourists.

Contests among tattoo artists, talks about tattoo history, introduction of tattoo tools and music shows are to be held during the event.