The northern province of Hung Yen on May 11 received a certificate recognising its local Trong quan singing (a response folk singing between male and female groups) as national intangible cultural heritage. 

 KillASon, a French rapper, and Vietnam’s emerging music band 95Generetion (95G) will produce a French-Vietnamese song from May 8-12 which will then be released in France and some other countries for commercialization.

 The play “Duoi cat la nuoc” (Under the Sand is Water) by the Military Drama Theatre of Vietnam has recently been staged in Moscow, Russia.

VietNamNet Bridge - British International School (BIS) Hanoi will present an evening of classical music named Benefit Concert, featuring performances by talented BIS students with some very special guests.

 Miss Mekong Delta beauty contest 2017 will be held on May 9-July 23rd, announced the organization board at a press conference of the event in Ho Chi Minh City on May 9.

 Local  fashion designers , Ngo Hoang Kha and Tran Thi Tu will participate in the AirAsia Runway Ready Designer Search 2017 in Malaysia.

 Visitors to Nguyen Hue pedestrian mall in downtown Ho Chi Minh City will have the chance to enjoy different street and traditional Vietnamese art every weekend, starting this Saturday.

Jordan Vogt-Roberts, director of the movie Kong: Skull Island, returned to Ha Long Bay on May 10 by seaplane to film a tourism promotion.

 VietNamNet Bridge - The Hunt – an internationally acclaimed movie from Denmark - will be the first to be screened during the 18th European Film Festival in Vietnam. 

A press conference was held in HCM City on May 9 to announce the promotional campaign for Vietnamese movies and the city’s tourism at the 70th Cannes Film Festival. The campaign is funded by actress and businesswoman Ly Nha Ky.

 Vietnamese cinema and Ho Chi Minh City as a tourist destination will be promoted at the 2017 Cannes Film Festival. The event is scheduled to take place from May 17-28 in France.

A short time after its inauguration in HCM City, the 4,000sq.m Snow Town Saigon currently welcomes up to 6,000-7,000 customers a day. This proves the huge attraction of this amusement park.

 Tourism Ambassador of Vietnam Jordan Vogt-Roberts, director of the Hollywood movie “Kong: Skull Island”, revisited the filming location at Trang An landscape complex in the northern province of Ninh Binh on May 10.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Vietnamese and foreign artists will gather at a fundraising concert for the “Art of Love” project at the Grand Ballroom, Melia Hanoi Hotel, 44B Ly Thuong Kiet, Hanoi on May 14.

In May, three films adapted from books by British writers in the 19th century: Pride & Prejudice, Jane Eyre and Far From the Madding Crowd will be introduced in Hanoi. 

Four famous French movies “MUNE: Guardian of the Moon”, “Ma maman est en Amérique,” “Human” and “Mon âme par toi guérie” will be introduced at L’Espace, 24 Trang Tien Street, Hanoi this May.

 VietNamNet Bridge - The European Film Festival 2017 (EFF2017), to be held in Hanoi, Hue and HCM City, will screen 15 contemporary films from 15 European countries.

Lauded Canadian comedian, singer-songwriter and actor Phil Nichol will be performing in Hanoi, at Standing Bar, 170 Tran Vu, Hanoi on May 12 and HCM City on May 13, at Game On Saigon, 115 Ho Tung Mau Street.

The “Europe Days 2017” is showcasing a range intellectual and cultural activities, offering a fascinating journey through the richness of European cultures and multi-faceted cooperation between the European Union and Vietnam.

 VietNamNet Bridge - From May 5 to 29, German cinematographer and photographer Jamie Maxtone-Graham will present his observations of everyday life in Berlin at the Goethe-Institute Hanoi, 56-58 Nguyen Thai Hoc Street, Hanoi.