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.

Vietnam’s scenic spots, architectural icons, and the beauty of Vietnamese people have been highlighted in a unique stamp collection dating back to French colonial period.

The Prime Minister has recently approved a project to restore a part of the Kinh Thien Palace – Doan Mon (The Southern Gate) site in the middle of the Thang Long Imperial Citadel in Hanoi.

 Nine Vietnamese feature films are being screened in New Delhi, India during a Vietnamese Film Festival that kicked off on May 9.

 Visitors to the Museum of Royal Fine Arts in Hue are to get a chance to look at books transcribed on rectangle gold pieces, made for the adoration of the Nguyen Dynasty (1802-1945).

 Noted HCM City-based architect Vo Trong Nghia recently won six prizes at the Green Good Design Awards 2016 held in the United States.

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.