VOV.VN - The Vietnam Cinema Department has announced that online registration is now open for media, industry and students wishing to participate in the fourth edition of the Hanoi International Film Festival (Haniff).

VOV.VN - A Vietnam-Egypt cultural week opened at El Gouna resort in Red Sea Province, Egypt on July 21 with the participation of Vietnam, Egypt officials, ASEAN ambassadors to Egypt and hundreds of international friends and local people.

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. 

Hanoi wants to receive Italy’s assistance in culture, heritage preservation and tourism development, stated Ngo Thi Thanh Hang, Permanent Vice Secretary of the Hanoi Party Committee, at her reception for Italian Ambassador to Vietnam Cecilia Piccioni on July 21. 

Explosive festival Cocofest 2016 right at the heart of Cocobay in Da Nang will bring visitors to the beach city this summer from August 27-28.

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. 

A rock fortification system dating back to the 4th century in Ky Anh district, the central province of Ha Tinh has just been recognised as a National Historical Relic Site.

Dutch music producer Lodewijk Fluttert, whose stage name is Bakermat, will make his debut in Ho Chi Minh City on July 28. 

VOV.VN - This August 8th marks the 49th birthday of the formation of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN), an important milestone for the rapidly expanding relationship among the member states.

Museum officials, artists and experts announced after attending a private meeting on July 19 that 17 paintings of  collector Vu Xuan Chung displayed at the HCM City Fine Arts Museum appeared to be inauthentic and signed by artists who had not painted the works. 

VOV.VN - The first runner-up of Vietnam’s Next Top Model 2012 Kha My Van has participated in two fashion shows at Miami Swim Week 2017 in the US.

The shooting of a film, jointly produced by Vietnam and India, has begun in Vietnam after a year’s preparation.

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.

VOV.VN - The semi-final round of Miss Vietnam 2016 successfully ended on July 20 in the northern province of Quang Ninh, selecting 18 finalists who will vie on the final night slated for mid-August in Ho Chi Minh City. 

One of the most anticipated EDM (Electronic Dance Music) festivals of the summer will be held on July 23 at Hanoi Creative City.

Pho Bo (beef rice noodle soup) and iced Vietnamese coffee with milk, Vietnamese special gourmet cuisine and beverage will be introduced by Anna Olson, Canada chef in “Inspired with Anna Olson” food show.

A boat-shaped tomb made from a tree trunk dating back to the 13th century has just been discovered at a construction site in a mountainous area in the central province of Ha Tinh.

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.

VOV.VN - The Hanoi Collective Orchestra recently performed for the second time at the Japan Foundation Center for Cultural Exchange in Vietnam in Hanoi.

The Hanoi People’s Committee recently issued a plan to celebrate the Ao Dai Festival at the Thang Long-Hanoi Preservation Centre from October 14 to 16.

VOV.VN - A group of patriotic artists have gotten together on a project to make a music video to express their full support for the sovereign rights of Vietnam over its East Sea and islands.

The Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism has assigned the authority of the northwestern province of Yen Bai to submit a dossier of the Xoe dance of the Thai ethnic people to UNESCO to seek the title of Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity.

The second Mong Ethnic Cultural Festival will be held in the northern mountainous province of Ha Giang in mid-November.

VOV.VN - The HCM City Fine Arts Museum claims it has been tricked into purchasing and displaying 15 abstract paintings in the style of Nguyen Thanh Chuong and displaying them as authentic both in the City and at exhibitions in Europe.

VOV.VN - Wow! Here’s a look at all 36 finalists of the Miss Vietnam 2016 pageant parading in the tiniest of bikinis on July 18 in the city of Ha Long on Tuan Chau Island.

VOV.VN - Top 10 finalists of The Face reality show have recently competed on Ho Chi Minh City catwalk. 

VOV.VN - Judges of Vietnam’s Next Top Model 2016 recently announced top 18 finalists who are set to compete in the final round beginning from July 24 and broadcasting on VTV3 channel. Here they are (in no particular order):  

VOV.VN - Top 18 Miss Vietnam northern region finalists show off their beauty and charming in the traditional costume Ao Dai.

VOV.VN - A regional art festival is being held in Quang Tri central province on July 18 – 25.

The Mekong Delta province of Ben Tre on July 18 received a certificate recognising its Nghinh Ong or whale worshipping festival as national intangible cultural heritage, the first of its kind in the locality.