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.

Laterite, a highly compacted and cemented type of soil and rock, has long been used for construction and sculpture in Thach That district, just 30 km away from Hanoi.

 A new exhibition of  200 paintings and sculptures by 81 Vietnamese artists has opened at the HCM City Fine Arts Association. 

 The musical “K-Cultural Show – Two loving stars”, a combination between K-pop and opera, will be performed in the central city of Da Nang on June 22-24.

 Vietnamese film Father and Son, directed by Luong Dinh Dung, will compete and be screened at the 21st Tallinn Black Nights Film Festival (PÖFF).

 Supermodel and Miss Universe Vietnam 2009 Vo Hoang Yen has collaborated with renowned Indonesian DJ artist Dona Amelia to launch a new single, So Young.

 VietNamNet Bridge - The Vietnam-Korea Friendship Piano Concert will be organized this weekend at the Vietnam National Academy of Music, with the participation of famous Vietnamese and Korean pianists.

 VietNamNet Bridge  - A two-day performance workshop by Vietnamese and Japanese artists will take place in Hanoi on June 23-24.