Oil on canvas painting Ha Long, 55cm by 69cm, created by Vietnamese artist Nguyễn Mai Thu in 1951, has fetched US$35,000 at the 4th session of the Chọn Auction House in the capital city.

 VietNamNet Bridge – The Vietnam International Finger-Style Guitar Festival 2017 will take place in Hanoi and HCM City on July 18-19.

 VietNamNet Bridge – The Japan Foundation Center for Cultural Exchange in Vietnam will organize a classroom on Furoshiki, Japanese wrapping technique, at 27 Quang Trung Street, Hoan Kiem District, Hanoi on July 9.

VietNamNet Bridge – Two French movies “Les Vacances du Petit Nicolas” (Holidays of Kid Nicolas) and “Vandal” will come to Hanoi on June 30 and July 2.

The film The girl from yesterday by director Phan Gia Nhat Linh will participate in the 21st Bucheon International Fantastic Film Festival – BIFAN which will take place in South Korea from July 13-23.

 Vietnamese contestant Le Quang Tien, 15, won a special auxiliary prize at the tenth International Tchaikovsky Competition for Young Musicians which took place in Kazakhstan’s capital of Astana from June 15-25.

 The New Rice celebration is the most important ritual of the year for the Xo Dang.

Vietnamese pop singer Tim won first prize at the 27th Asia Model Awards, held in Seoul, South Korea late last week.

 “Dao cua dan ngu cu” (The Way Station) by director Hong Anh has been selected to compete at the Eurasia International Film Festival, which will take place in Kazakhstan from July 22-28.

 An ancient stone stele featuring the name of a Nguyen Dynasty emperor's wife was found underground in an ongoing car park project near the Tomb of Emperor Dong Khanh and Tomb of Emperor Tu Duc in Hue.

 The Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism issued Decision No.2458/QD-BVHTTDL to announce more national intangible cultural heritages on June 22. 

 Seven contemporary Vietnamese artists will take part in one of the largest and most important exhibitions on contemporary art in Southeast Asia next month in Tokyo, Japan.

French director Oliver Lorelle’s ‘Ciel Rouge’ (Red Sky), which is set in Vietnam in the early years of the Indochina War and shot entirely in Vietnam’s northern mountainous areas, will be shown in mid-July in France and in October in Vietnam.

 One month after opening, Hanoi Book Street has become a popular destination with not only book lovers but also locals and visitors to the capital. The street has turned to a tourist attraction with a modern, youthful and civilised atmosphere.

Family Day or Vietnamese Family Day June 28th, is an important cultural event to celebrate the traditional cultural values of the family - the cell of society. Some photos of the daily life of Vietnamese families by the members of the CFA club.

 In the latest photo shoot, Miss ASEAN Friendship contestants wear an elaborate range of outfits linked to their home countries. Here’s are the ASEAN beauties in national costumes.

 Global Beauties, the leading online resource for international beauty pageants, has selected Vietnamese supermodel Kha Trang as ‘Sexiest Woman Alive’ in Asia in 2016 & 2017.

Hua Thanh Binh is the deputy director of the HCM City Museum of Fine Arts. His paintings are on display in various museums in Vietnam. He talks his passion for art, how he runs the museum and his plans for the future of the museum.

 Italy’s Martarello won the 2017 Da Nang International Fireworks Festival after a spectacular Saturday night performance on the Han River.

 Located just 20km from the central Nam Dinh City, the village of Co Chat in Phuong Dinh Commune has been one of the country’s best-known sericulture and silk villages for hundreds of years.