More than 2,000 book titles will be featured at the Japanese Books Exhibition 2016 at Nguyen Hue and Tan Dinh bookstores in HCM City from May 12 to 19.

 HCM City has petitioned the Ministry of Culture, Sport and Tourism to list its People’s Committee office as a national heritage site along with some other French-era buildings in the city.

 Lang Sen Festival 2016, which will celebrate late President Ho Chi Minh’s 126th birthday, will officially kick off on May 17 in Vinh City and Kim Lien Commune with a variety of activities.

 Dozens of traditional long dresses, part of the private collection of a Vietnamese living in Germany, will be exhibited at the Hue Culture Museum this month.

Two foreign artists of Vietnamese descent and three other people who have had time performing with symphony orchestras in the world will participate in a “Musique Sans Frontières” concert in HCMC next Wednesday.

 The Vietnam Festival 2016 is scheduled to take place in Yoyogi Park in Tokyo on June 11-12, the organisers announced on May 11.

After the success of the Ao Dai Festival at Festival Hue 2016, designer Duc Hung has left a deep impression to the audience at home and abroad. On May 14, he will go to the US to participate in the 4th Ao Dai Festival in California.

 Esther Maasdam, Global Latte Artist for Le Méridien brand, on Tuesday had a meeting with local media to share her knowledge and inspiration for coffee at Latitude 10 Bar and Lounge of the Le Méridien Saigon Hotel in District 1.

An exhibition of photos, reportage and documentary films on peoples in the ASEAN Community is scheduled to be held from May 14-17 in Tuan Chau Island in Ha Long, Quang Ninh province.

 A total of 42 paintings honouring the beauty of the lotus flower are on display at an exhibition which opened in Hanoi on May 12.

The latest collection by designer Li Lam is inspired by Indian fashion. The colourful dresses were featured on Nguyen Hue walking street.

 A Summer Party held last night in downtown HCM City for fashion industry insiders and guests kicked off activities for Vietnam Designers’ Fashion Week.

The HCM City-based War Remnants Museum has just received the original English version of a diary written by war martyr Dr Dang Thuy Tram, who worked on the battlefield as surgeon in a central province of Vietnam during the American war.

The first collaborative stage work by Japanese Edo Marionette Theatre Youkiza and the Vietnam Youth Theatre will debut in Hanoi tonight.

 Hundreds of circus performers from eight countries will participate in the International Circus Festival 2016 in Hue City from May 28 to June 4.

VietNamNet Bridge – A number of Vietnamese photographers have won grand prizes at international photography competitions in India and Turkey.

 The War Remnants’ Museum in Ho Chi Minh City received several valuable historic documents from writer Colonel Dang Vuong Hung during a ceremony on May 11.

 Tran Ngoc Lan Khue, former Miss Ao Dai Vietnam 2014 titleholder, who was supposed to compete at the Miss Grand International 2016 pageant, has bowed out due to scheduling conflicts.

 Popular designer Adrian Anh Tuan will debut his latest collection titled The Superstar in HCM City, Hanoi and California, the United States, soon.

 A movie by director Dang Nhat Minh entitled Thương Nhớ Đồng Quê (Nostalgia for the Countryside) was screened last night, kicking off the Vietnam Film Festival in New Delhi.