Hoang Thuy, the first runner-up of Miss Universe Vietnam 2017, has been officially chosen to represent Vietnam at the upcoming Miss Universe 2019 beauty pageant.

The Goethe Institut in Hanoi will hold a theater performance of “Woyzeck”, an excerpt from a play by German doctor and poet Georg Buchner.

The organising board of Miss Vietnam Global Business 2019 has announced that Tieu Vy, Miss Vietnam 2018, will be a member of the judging panel for the upcoming beauty pageant.

Typical features of Saigon during the 1990’s such as old buildings, vehicles transporting bread and noodles, and barbers working on street corners have been reproduced in the form of miniature models. 

A special exhibition featuring the heritage, development and achievements of Italy opened in Hanoi on May 6.

Despite the importance of the cartoon genre in the seventh art and its attractive financial value, Vietnamese cartoons have not won the admiration of the public yet, even though the potential domestic human resources are quite huge.

“Die Welt im Rücken” (The World in the Back), an autobiographical work with tragic and bizarre stories by German writer Thomas Melle, will be introduced to Vietnamese readers through two book presentations.

Music group Saigon Soul Revival will introduce some tracks from their debut album in the work at Nguoi Sai Gon (Saigonese) Café in District 1, HCMC on May 10.

Paintings by artists Nguyen Gia Tri, Tran Van Can, and Nguyen Sang have been officially recognised as national treasures. 

Vietnam’s painter Dang Viet today starts an exhibition inspired by the historic Long Bien Bridge at the VICAS Center for Assistance and Development of Contemporary Arts (VICAS Art Studio) in Hanoi.

A multi-art show will commence on May 9 to mark the Europe Day, the European Union in Vietnam has announced.

Tran Quyet Chien has set a new milestone for Vietnamese billiards as he jumped three spots to take third place in the latest world rankings, as announced by the Union Mondiale de Billard (UMB) on May 4.

The Dofrance meditation music wind chimes have become popular in many cities nationwide and have also been loved by many foreign markets.

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A string quartet of the Saigon Philharmonic Youth Orchestra (SPYO) will host a concert of Vietnam’s familiar classics at the Soul Live Project Complex in District 3, HCMC on May 11.

Nguyen Ngoc Bao Anh, the Vietnamese representative at the Little Miss Universe 2019 pageant, flew to Tbilisi, Georgia, on May 3 to prepare for the competition which will take place between May 5 and May 10.

The Factory Contemporary Arts Center in District 2, Ho Chi Minh City will host an exhibition on marriage life by artist Vo Thuy Tien from May 10 to July 21.

For people in the northern central highlands, new Rong house rite is seen as the most important ceremony of Bahnar ethnic people. This house witnesses important events of the community.

An event was held in Hanoi on May 3 to launch a new book on the Dien Bien Phu Campaign authored by a French writer.

Museums in Vietnam are set to be open to visitors free of charge on the International Museum Day (May 18).