Dozens of traditional long dresses designed by well-known tailors and paintings by famous artists from Saigon (now called HCM City) from the 1930-1940 period are being auctioned online.

 Model and former Miss Universe France 2015 titleholder, Flora Coquerel, will attend a fashion event in Ho Chi Minh City on May 25, according an announcement by the event organizer, designer Hoang Hai.

An artwork by famous Vietnamese painter Vu Cao Dam (1908-2000) was advertised on the website of Auction.fr for an auction entitled “Impression, modernism and contemporariness” scheduled in Paris on May 12. Many experts said that it is a fake.

 Vietnamese cultural researcher and author Huu Ngoc’s latest book entitled Vietnam: Tradition and Change will be launched in Hanoi soon.

For the first time, Buddhism was added to the Hue Festival to pray for peace and prosperity for the country. It is Quang Chieu Festival, which was held on May 1 by the Buddhist Sangha Executive Board of Thua Thien Hue.

 The leading Vietnamese singer of the late 20th century, Ai Van, returned to HCM City from the US on Friday to announce the release of her 300-page autobiography.     

 VietNamNet Bridge – The festival took place at Ecopark, a new urban residential area in the northern province of Hung Yen, some 13km from Hanoi’s center on April 30-May 3.

 With clay flowers becoming a popular trend in recent years in Vietnam, artisan Huong Thuy is displaying her unique artwork at an exhibition that opened in Hanoi yesterday.

 Nine countries including Britain, the Netherlands, India, Japan, South Korea, Thailand, Malaysia, the Philippines and Vietnam participated in the international hot-air balloon festival in Hue City.

 Settling in high mountains for hundreds of year, the Ha Nhi depend on agricultural production on terraced fields.

 Anti-war songs on the album Ca Khúc Da Vàng (Yellow-skinned People’s Songs) written by late songwriter Trinh Cong Son have been released for the first time in Vietnam by young singer Nguyen Hong An.

L'Homme Debout Arts Troupe (France) on April 30 controlled the giant puppet named Liedo, with a height of 7.5 meters, on Tran Hung Dao Street, Hue City, in the cheer of thousands of people.

VietNamNet Bridge - A street parade comprising art troupes from several countries, including Japan, Korea, Mongolia and Cuba, took place on the main streets of Hue City on May 1.

 VietNamNet Bridge – The “Royal Place Night” program took place in Hue Royal Citadel on May 1 evening to show visitors life in the forbidden palace of the Nguyen Dynasty at night.

The exhibition "Cultural imprints of Hue ancient capital and the Red River Delta through traditional craft products" at Hue Festival 2016 introduced over 300 unique artifacts and craft products.

  Nguyen The Vinh, the 15-year-old winner of the national round of the Steinway International Youth Piano Competition 2016, will represent Vietnam in the Asia-Pacific regional round.

 The 10th European Food Festival, a day of authentic European cooking demonstrations by chefs from leading hotels and restaurants in Hanoi, will take place on May 14 in the gardens of the National Library in the capital.

 Water puppetry is a typical artistic genre in the Red River Delta. It is closely associated with Vietnam’s wet rice civilization.

The Department of Culture and Sports of HCM City has banned model Ngo Quynh Mai from performances and imposed $1,000 fine for her participation in the Asia's Next Top Model competition without a license.

 An ancient Champa well was recently discovered in Huong An commune, Que Son district in the central province of Quang Nam.