Vietnam’s first art auction was recently held in Hanoi, satisfying the curiosity of a number of those working in the arts, as well as the public. However, there are concerns about the long road to professional for Vietnam’s art auctions.

Famous musicians and string artists from the HCMC Ballet Symphony Orchestra and Opera and HCMC Conservatory of Music will contribute world’s popular pieces to the Swinging Melodies concert on June 18.

 K-pop music sensation Rain from the Republic of Korea will make an appearance alongside the dazzling contestants at this year’s Miss Vietnam pageant this August in Ho Chi Minh City.

 The Prime Minister has issued a decision regulating the shipment of national treasures abroad for exhibition, research or conservation purposes on a temporary basis.

 Around 100 competitors will compete in a ramen (a Japanese noodle soup dish) speed eating competition – the first ever of its kind – at Koi Sushi restaurant in the central city’s Ngu Hanh Son district on Saturday.

 Truong Thi Dieu Ngoc from the central coastal city of Da Nang won the Miss Ao dai Vietnam contest – The Way to Miss World Crown beauty contest which ended in Ho Chi Minh City on June 7.

 Wax figures of King Bao Dai and Queen Nam Phuong, the last royal family of Vietnam, will go on display on September 19 at the Summer Palace Museum where they lived from 1949-1955 in the resort city of Da Lat.

 A documentary featuring a young victim of Agent Orange, by director Courtney Marsh, will be screened shortly at the United Nations headquarters in New York.

 University and high school students staged plays based on English-language novels Atonement and Vanity Fair, as well as the fairytale The Nightingale and the Rose, last weekend at the Drama Theatre in HCM City’s District 1.

 Hanoi’s People’s Committee has approved a plan of building an amusement park, which is inspired by Disneyland, on the area of 198 hectares in Dong Anh District.

VietNamNet Bridge – Well-known fashion designer Adrian Anh Tuan released his 2016 Spring Summer Collection "The Superstar" last week in HCM City.

VietNamNet Bridge – Ao Dai has long been recognized as a symbol of Vietnamese women’s charm. It is creatively portrayed through the following photos by famous French photographer Rehahn.

 Korean choreographer Chun Yoo Oh will present a historical dance performance titled “Promise to 800” at the Hanoi Opera House on June 7.

 Le Thu Huong, one of Vietnam’s most talented flautists, will perform a recital at a show at the French Cultural Centre on June 18.

The seventh season of Vietnam Next Top Model debuted on May 31 with the first casting day in Ho Chi Minh City as models competed to impress the judges Thanh Hang, Samuel Hoang, Ly Quy Khanh, and Ha Do.

 Doan Tran Anh Tuan’s animated film The Adventure of Egg, Lime and Chilly has won the first-place prize for the professions category at a cartoon contest held by the South Korean Cultural Centre.

 The Embassy of Italy in Vietnam in collaboration with the Italy-Vietnam Fashion Council sponsored a fashion show on June 2 in Hanoi to mark the 70th anniversary of Italian National Day.

 VietNamNet Bridge - The blockbusters "Warcraft: The Beginning", “Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Out Of The Shadows, "Finding Dory," and "Now You See Me 2" will be screened at local cinemas this month.

 The Prime Minister has approved a project on preserving and promoting the cultural value of the Nguyen Dynasty’s royal administrative documents as documentary heritage of the UNESCO’s Memory of the World Committee for Asia and the Pacific.

VietNamNet Bridge - Taiwanese MC, singer and actress Dee Hsu (more commonly known as Little S) is the cover star of Vogue Magazine for May, in a shot taken in the Hanoi Old Quarter in early May.