Top Vietnamese and foreign singers will spark the central city of Da Nang during Cocofest on August 26-27.

VietNamNet Bridge – The following finalists of the Miss Vietnam 2016 pageant were the winners of local beauty contests. They are considered the most outstanding candidates for Vietnam’s beauty queen crown this year.

 Victoria’s Secret supermodel Josephine Skriver has surprised millions of viewers as revealing on her facebook photos of spectacular beauty of Quang Binh province during her trip to Vietnam.

 The first Tai Tu Music Festival for Children, to be held at HCM City’s Labour Cultural House next week, will include participants under 15 years old performing songs and instrumental pieces.

 Archaeological evidence of an old trading port have been found at a recent excavation conducted in the central Binh Dinh Province.

 VietNamNet Bridge – The new park on the bank of the Saigon River is close to the city center. Covering 14 hectares, the $24 million park is in the same style with the Central Park in New York, USA. 

VietNamNet Bridge - Buzzfeed has released a video clip about stunning wedding gowns from across Asia, including Vietnamese ao dai.

 Vietnam’s Ha Long Bay and Quang Binh Province are showcased in the trailer for the Hollywood blockbuster Kong: Skull Island.

The Fire Dance Festival is a cultural morale activity in the end of the year and early spring of the red Dao ethnic minority.

 Most Vietnamese singers still ignore being paid copyright fees from music downloading websites.

  HCMC-based firm Unicorp has launched a contest from now until October 30 to search for the best national costumes of Vietnam at this year’s Miss Universe beauty pageant.

 Wings of the Wild, a photo exhibition by two Vietnamese photographers, Andy Nguyen and Dang My Hanh, of their journeys into the world of wildlife will be held from August 4 to 7.

 Dozens of TV music shows are attracting millions of viewers who like watching music at home for free instead of going out for live shows.

 Whether the paintings at the Paintings Returned from Europe in HCM City are original or not remain unclear as the exhibition came to an end while investigation is on-going.

 Vietnamese and RoK contemporary painters and sculptors are converging in their first ever exhibition in Ho Chi Minh City to deliver their unique styles exploring the diversity of lively life in their respective countries.

 Talented Vietnamese piano soloist Vu Ngoc Linh will join the Vietnam National Symphony Orchestra to perform at the 19th Toyota concert scheduled to be held in Hanoi on August 5-6 and in Ho Chi Minh City on August 10-11.

After producing several music videos with the participation of hundreds of Vietnamese artists, singer Minh Quan has kicked off a community music project entitled “Vietnam My Homeland" to express the love of Vietnamese people for their country.

A dramatically choreographed ‘artistic’ wedding between famous MC Thanh Bach and the owner of Thuy Nga Productions has been criticised as a crass PR opportunity.

 The Prime Minister has recently signed a decision to recognise four more ancient items under the Nguyen Dynasty (1802-1945), the last feudal dynasty in Vietnam, as national treasures.

 VietNamNet Bridge – The first Miss Vietnam Bui Bich Phuong holds the record as the shortest beauty queen of Vietnam. She was crowned in 1988, at the age of 18, with the height of 1.57 meters.