Vietnamese supermodel Minh Tu has confirmed on her Facebook page that she will be one of the five judges of Miss Supranational Vietnam 2018.

 Nicole Scherzinger, a US pop star with Filipino roots, will visit Danang City on July 6-7 to perform at the 2018 Cocofest music festival.

 The Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism of Hanoi is set to develop a strategy to heighten Hanoi’s creative industries till 2020. 

Tuyen Quang has been recognised as one of the role models in preserving Then singing – a distinctive musical genre of Tay, Nung and Thai ethnic groups in northern mountainous provinces of Vietnam.  

A fusion concert featuring traditional music and beatboxing entitled Nam Nhi (Macho) by singer Ngo Hong Quang, beatboxer Trung Bao and a string quintet will be held at L’Espace on June 30, at 8pm.

The administrative system of Viet Nam in the 19th and early 20th centuries is featured in a book by Emmanuel Poisson (1880 - 1955).

 Thirty candidates in the southern region will compete in the semi-final round of the Miss Vietnam 2018 pageant in Binh Dinh Province’s Quy Nhon City.

 A seminar on lacquer painting will be held by the Vietnam Fine Arts Museum and the Hanoi Goethe Institute on June 13.

The HCMC Ballet Symphony Orchestra and Opera and the US’s CREDO choir will stage “Verleih uns Frieden” and “Let there be peace on earth” on June 14 at Ben Thanh Theatre in HCM City.

 VietNamNet Bridge - This month, the original lead guitarist for the chart-topping British rock band, The Police, is set to command the stage for five nights at Sofitel Legend Metropole Hanoi. 

 The acrobatic Giang brothers announced on Monday that they would cancel their live show due to health problems.

 Seventy-five jockeys from ethnic groups gathered at the annual horse race festival in Bac Plateau in the northern mountainous province of Lao Cai during last weekends. 

 The 2018 national traditional rowing contest took place in Phan Thiet city of the central province of Binh Thuan. 

 Authorities in the central province of Thanh Hoa have allocated more money to further excavate Trieu Tuong Mausoleum site.

 Mask dancing is a long-standing traditional practice which has been performed throughout many generations of the Tay and Nung ethnic groups in the northern province of Lang Son.

 A good news for Vietnamese movie-lovers that the online movie website, Keeng Movies, has already had the copyright to distribute movies from global studios, such as 20th Century Fox, NBC Universal, Warner Bros, TVB, MBC and KBS.

 Hanoi will reopen six sealed vaults in Gam Cau Street in September to create walkways and an art space for locals.

 Two young artists from Da Nang and Dak Lak province are heralding summer with their art exhibitions in HCM City. 

 Luis Fonsi, best known for his worldwide hit “Despacito”, will perform at Cocofest 2018 in Danang next month.

Vietnamese model Vo Canh will fly to Italy on June 14 to attend a fashion show for the Spring/Summer 2019 collection of Dsquared2 as part of Milan Fashion Week.