Modern life and technology have brought many comforts to human kind. However, for many people, simple and ordinary toys like bamboo dragonflies still hold some luster. 

 The 3rd Vietnam Connection Music Festival (VNCMF) 2017, Vietnam’s largest classical music event, will be held from August 12-26 in Hanoi, Hue, HCM City, with the participation of many international talents.

 Director Phan Gia Nhat Linh’s film ‘The Girl From Yesterday’ has earned VND50 billion after just ten days since its release.

A photograph taken by John S Lander depicting tourists in boats cruising amid colourful floating lanterns on the Hoai River in Hoi An has been named one of the world’s best travel photos by CNN’s edition.cnn.com.

 An outdoor photo exhibition showcasing the beauty of the landscape, culture, people and exchanges among ASEAN countries will be inaugurated at Ly Thai To Statue Square on Hanoi's walking street at 4.30pm today.

Kaja Caroline Kojan, the newly crowned Miss Universe Norway, has a Norwegian mother and a Vietnamese father. The 20-year-old is preparing for the International Miss Universe.

 The annual Culture and Sports Week for ethnic groups, a platform for connecting different ethnic communities in the region, kicked off on Thursday in Tien Yen District, Quang Ninh Province.

 Connection Music Festival returns this summer with free chamber performances by local and international artists at the National Academy of Music in the capital city of Hanoi on August 17-18.

 K-Pop music girl band Twice will arrive in Vietnam late August to film portions of a reality television show titled ‘Carefree Travellers,’ reports Osen, a Korean entertainment newspaper.

 Nguyen Le Khanh Linh, 6, took first place on July 30 at the children’s Prince and Princess 2017 in Thailand, according to the Tienphong online newspaper.

 An exhibition on pottery products of Vietnam’s southern region kicked off in Ho Chi Minh City on August 3.

 Three Vietnamese prodigies named Le Phuong, Pham Thanh Thao and Tran Bao Tran have won high prizes at the 7th Mozart International Piano Competition in Thailand.

 The second runner-up of Miss Vietnam 2016, Thuy Dung, will represent Vietnam at the Miss International pageant scheduled to open on October 25th in Tokyo, Japan.

 More than 200 domestic and international artists will perform at the 11th Arts Festival Autumn Melodies slated for August 19-27 in Ho Chi Minh City. 

 Microwave, one of Viet Nam’s biggest rock bands, will perform live at Polygon Musik tomorrow night.

At a photo contest on Vietnamese beauty, the land and people from the central region are lively and vividly featured through the lenses of photographers.

This is the second year Vo Quynh Lan has participated in the “Book Reading Day”, under “the Human Library” project. With her knowledge and experience in woman empowerment, Lan shares her point of view on woman’s rights and gender equality.

 Vietnamese movie “I see yellow flowers on the green grass” by director Victor Vu will be screened in Japan on August 19 with a view to bringing Vietnamese culture closer to Japanese people, heard a press conference in Tokyo on July 31.

The world around us contains many extraordinary things. The “Ohé Science” collection not only gives us the multifaceted images of nature, but also answers to children’s questions about nature. 

VietNamNet Bridge - Réhahn’s exhibition “Precious Heritage” will be held at the Vietnam Museum of Ethnology, Hanoi from August 1 through October 1.