In the summer of 2018, comprehensive improvement of the Central Alley was completed, with the restored complex of 14 octagonal bowl fountains faced with red granite functioning again. All work was in line with the project of 1954. After a 30-year break, the Golden Spike, the most fascinating fountain of VDNKh, was restored and launched. Kamensky Pond the fountain rises above was upgraded for the first time, with the feeding fish bridge cleaned and renovated.

In autumn 2018, a comprehensive restoration of the Friendship of Peoples and Stone Flower fountains, first in 60 years, started. By the opening of the fountain season in 2019, experts have restored the gold smalt cladding of their details, and repaired engineering equipment.

In the summer of 2018, the northern and southern rose gardens were presented at their best. The composition of the northern rose garden, stretching from the Central Pavilion to Pavilion No. 71, includes 21 flower beds. It features roses from seven countries: the United Kingdom, Germany, Canada, the Netherlands, Russia, the USA and France.

The southern rose garden covers about 1,500 sq m. The historical layout has been restored. Today, the rose garden boasts about 12,000 plants, 500 rose bushes, with openwork screens entwined with grapevine.

The Landscape Park covers more than 87 ha. It consists of five natural areas, symbolising the transition from the wild to man-made nature: Botanical Nature, Nature of Entertainment, Wild Nature, Cultivated Nature and Sciences and Arts Nature. More than a thousand new trees and shrubs and 160,000 perennial flowers have been planted here.

Since 2016, the 'Knowledge. VDNKh' project has been running. It offers free summer and winter series of captivating lectures, concerts, performances, film screenings and workshops for adults and children. Various events tell the audience about history, culture, theatre, music, psychology, modern media, sports and much more. Since the program’s launch, there have been more than a thousand events visited by 50,000 people.

Handicrafts Park is the most creative space at VDNKh. Craftsmen, artists and industrial designers work in its workshops. You can rent a workshop and equipment, get expert advice, attend master classes and communicate with like-minded people. There are 19 workshops opened in the Handicrafts Park, with new ones underway.

Technograd presents the best international and Russian educational programs in more than 40 disciplines. The programs are based on real requirements of employers. The complex allows to master any of the selected specialties, undergo professional retraining and improve your skills. It offers best conditions for training SME personnel. There are six themed pavilions in the multifunctional buildings: Prom. Technograd, Business. Technograd, Art. Technograd, Figure. Technograd, Urban. Technograd and Service.Technograd.

On the eve of summer 2019, a museum and educational complex, unique in Russia, Slovo Slavic Writing Centre, opened in the renovated Agriculture Pavilion No. 58. The exhibition space covering more than 1,000 sq m tells about the origin and development of writing from antiquity to the present day, about a text’s connection with the life of society, about the history and future of letters, and about oral speech.

During summer, there was an educational program for children and adults, which included 50 free lectures, tours, master classes, meetings with scientists and training sessions.

Traditionally, VDNKh is one of the main venues for celebrating Moscow’s birthday. It hosts various festivals, concerts, educational and entertainment events. Since 2014, as part of the City Day celebration, VDNKh turns into a real 'City of Children' with interactive, gaming, music, sports, edutainment venues.

Since 2015, VDNKh has been hosting the brass band festival, with well-known Russian and foreign bands taking part. Thousands of people come to VDNKh to listen to live classical, jazz, ethnic, military and popular music.

In 2018, another peculiar venue opened at VDNKh — the roof of the Worker and Collective Farm Woman Pavilion. In summer, it brings together fans of different musical styles and trends; they meet here twice a week to listen to jazz and rock, electronic music and hip-hop.

In the early 2019, the Magic Fairy Tale Theatre welcomed its first spectators in the updated Young Technicians Pavilion No.9 to offer immersive performances based on unique multimedia technology.

After the overhaul, the Pavilion built in 1951 has retained its historical appearance. However, a lot of bright decorations have been used in its design. At the entrance, guests are welcomed by giant books art objects. In the lobby decorated as a forest edge, you keep on immersing into a fairy tale. Share your secret dream with a magic oak, talk a bit with magic mushrooms. There are no boring ushers or a sleeping cloakroom attendant here, because all employees are characters from books and fairy tales.

Since 2016, VDNKh has been running Vzlyot exhibition project aiming to discover talents and support young professionals in modern culture. Young artists compete in Fashion, Photography, Art and Video Art. Contest winners have the opportunity to implement their artistic ideas and introduce them to all VDNKh visitors.

In the spring of 2018, VDNKh launched its own exhibition project, 'Resident', a program of Russian and international intermuseum exchange, for the museums of Moscow, Moscow region, and the former Soviet republics to present the best exhibits from their holdings at the chief exhibition of Russia.

In different parts of VDNKh, you can find a variety of open-air sports grounds.

In the winter season 2018/2019, Winter City opened for the first time at the exhibition. This is a great place for active family holidays. The area is over 34,000 sq m. Winter City was open from late autumn to early spring. Here you could skate on the Raketa and Tsvetnik skating rinks, have a nice ride along the tubing slide, play curling and Yukigassen snowballs. Fairs offering treats and colourful light installations cheered up Winter City inhabitants even more.