VietNamNet Bridge – The Performing Arts Department has imposed a fine of VND30 million ($1,400) on Pham Huynh Tien, a model in HCM City, for participating in the Miss Asia pageant without permission.

 The Korean Film Council (KOFIC) and the Vietnam Cinema Department signed a minutes to develop cinema in the respective countries during a forum in Ho Chi Minh City on June 23.

 Sixteen concerts of the second International Finger-Style Guitar Festival 2016 will be held in seven countries including Vietnam from June 29 to July 23.

 A film about Vietnamese expatriates in Eastern Europe in the 1980s was screened at the EU Parliament headquarters in Brussels, Belgium, on June 22.

 Fifty-seven grottos have been discovered in the central province of Quang Binh, home of Son Doong Cave, the world’s largest cave.

 An Irish has captured the life of the Vietnamese people 40 years after the war on photos that are on display in the central province of Quang Tri.

Vietnamese singers Thanh Bui and the band The Lyricist appeared in the music video for "Don’t You Need Somebody" by American music producer - musician RedOne, a Grammy award winner.

VietNamNet Bridge - An exhibition showcasing archaeological discoveries under the new National Assembly (NA) House recently opened in the house's two basement levels.

 VietNamNet Bridge - Nguyen Quynh Anh, a freelance photographer from Hanoi, has won “Hoi An, an untold story” photo contest in Hoi An City, Quang Nam Province.

VietNamNet Bridge - Well-known fashion designer Adrian Anh Tuan introduced his 2016 Spring Summer Collection "The Superstar" in California, the USA last week. 

 The central province of Binh Dinh has approved a plan to organize a major summer tourism festival which is slated to kick off at the central square of Quy Nhon City on June 22.

Literature on Hue Royal Architecture was recently honoured as a documentary heritage at the Memory of the World Committee for Asia and the Pacific (MOWCAP)’s 7th General meeting in May.

 VietNamNet Bridge - Vietnamese cuisine is so famous that many well-known chefs in the world have  cookedits famous dishes.

VietNamNet Bridge - At the age of 82, instead of having fun with hobbies at home like planting ornamental trees or breeding pets, this man pedalled from his apartment on Nguyen Cong Tru Road to the Hoang Kiem Lek to take photos every day.

 Indian actress Avika Gor, well known in Vietnam for her role in the Indian film named Balika Vadhu (Child Bride) will return Vietnam on June 23.

 A Vietnamese photographer who is practicing contemporary photography is putting on an exhibition featuring images of those suffering during the Japanese occupation of Vietnam.

VietNamNet Bridge - Nguyen Tu Nghiem, the last of the famous artist quartet of ‘Nghiem-Lien-Sang-Phai’ who had a great influence on the country’s art scene in the 20th century, passed away on June 15 at 94.

 The Yale Alumi Chorus (YAC) will give performances at Hanoi Opera House on June 21 to promote cultural exchange between Vietnam and the US.

A free concert celebrating World Music Day will be held at the Institute for Cultural Exchange with France (IDECAF) on June 21.

 “Chau, Beyond the Lines”, the documentary about a young Vietnamese victim of Agent Orange, was screened at the 9th session for the Convention on the Rights of Person with Disabilities (CRPD) in New York on June 15.