Vietnam’s nature and daily life coupled with tangible and intangible culture will be featured at the fourth Vietnam Heritage Photo Awards through the lens of photography aficionados, as heard at a ceremony to launch the event held in Ho Chi Minh City on August 12.

(VOV) -A music festival that will include dozens of concerts and host several world-renowned performers playing ‘well-known and little-known classics of Vietnamese and American music’ is set to kick off in Hanoi.

Although the catastrophic famine in 1945 took place 70 years ago, it remains a major national pain as it claimed over two million lives.

(VOV) -Young Vietnamese American actress Lana Condor has been taped for the role of Jubilation Lee, aka Jubilee in “X-Men: Apocalypse” film.

(VOV) - Many famous Vietnamese architectural projects and world wonders are lively featured at Thanh Ha Terracotta Park in Hoi An ancient town in Quang Nam province.

Obsession, a painting by Vo Thanh Than has won the first prize at the fourth Dogma Portrait Painting Prize contest.

Film screenings will begin nationwide to celebrate the 70th anniversary of August Revolution (August 19) and National Day (September 2).

A two-minute video titled "The Mekong River Goes Through ASEAN Community" made by Can Tho University's Delta Youth Initiative about the importance of conserving the rich bio-diversity of the river won the first prize in the 2015 ASEAN Youth Video Contest.

(VOV) - Within the first 45 minutes of the second episode of Vietnam’s Next Top Model 2015 contest, supermodel Thanh Hang, who is also a jury member, changed outfits four different times. 

(VOV) -Renowned Vietnamese fashion designer, Minh Hanh, displayed her new collection at the Millennium stage in Washington D.C on August 10 as part of the Vietnamese Cultural Days program.

(VOV) - Minister of Culture, Sports and Tourism Hoang Tuan Anh on August 10 discussed with Under Secretary of State Richard Stengel measures to boost cooperation in culture and tourism under the framework of the Vietnam Cultural Days in the US.

The 20th Mekong Delta Region Fine Art Exhibition opened in Bac Lieu province on August 10, showcasing 233 works by 209 artists from regional localities.

An international conference gathering more than 100 Vietnamese and foreign scholars confirmed once again the glorious life and literary work of great poet Nguyen Du (18th century), who richly deserved to be considered as a cultural symbol of the country.

The winners of the 2015 Dream Car Art contest, Toyota’s flagship creativity contest for children, will be announced and awarded on August 26 in Japan.

(VOV) - Vietnam has carried off two awards (one for organisations and the other for individual) at the Higashikawa International Photo Festival taking place in Japan from August 4-10.

Located 30-km east of Hanoi, Nom pagoda belongs to the historic relic in Nom village, Dai Dong Commune, Van Lam District, Hung Yen Province and is a famous pagoda for its old architectural features and its terra-cotta statues.

The Vietnamese Cultural Days in the US kicked off in Washington DC on August 8 to mark the 20th founding anniversary of Vietnam-US diplomatic ties (1995-2015).

Titled “The Saigonese Tale,” the exhibit that has recently opened in Ho Chi Minh City showcases photos and recounts the stories behind them from a project launched by Humans of Saigon, a non-profit group of young people whose works are inspired by the famous photo blog Humans of New York.

(VOV) - Bananas and food made from bananas are popular among the Thai ethnic people of Yen Chau district, Son La province. They are an indispensable part of their major ceremonies and special occasions.

(VOV) - Raglai epics are a narrative genre passed down orally from generation to generation. Epics are retold during community events. To Tuan talks about epics and their position in the cultural life of Raglai people. 

In the framework of the Berlin International Beer Festival, a ceremony to mark 15 years of Vietnam’s participation in the festival was organised in Berlin on August 7.

Nearly 100 maps along with many documents, objects and publications proving Vietnam ’s sovereignty over Truong Sa (Spratly) and Hoang Sa (Paracel) archipelagos are on display at an exhibition that opened on August 7 in Phan Rang-Thap Cham city, the central province of Ninh Thuan.

An international workshop is to be held in Hanoi on August 8 to herald the 250 th birthday anniversary of great poet Nguyen Du (1765-2015).

(VOV) -A creative writing contest entitled Vietnam Aux 5 Saisons (Vietnam-the 5th Season) has launched in France with the aim of promoting mutual understanding and friendship between the two nations.

(VOV) - A fascinating photographic exhibition with 150 images capturing the essence of daily life for generations of Saigon residents entitled People of Saigon has opened at 61 Xuan Thuy Street in Ho Chi Minh City.

Forty outstanding fashion designs featuring Vietnam and New Zealand’s common identity were unveiled in Ho Chi Minh City on August 6, part of the first fashion collaboration project between the two countries. 

More than 50 village patriarchs and artisans of the 16 smallest ethnic groups in Vietnam gathered in Hanoi on August 6 to speak on ways to uphold their traditional cultural identities.

The programme “For an ASEAN Community of Solidarity and Development” took place in Hanoi on August 6, attracting diplomats and representatives from Vietnam’s friendship associations with ASEAN member states. 

(VOV) -Violist Hoang Rob has impressed many viewers in Vietnam with his video clip performing “Say You Do” song by violin.

(VOV) -The Vietnam bamboo convention centre in southern Long An province has been recognised by the Vietnam Book of Records (Vietkings) as the biggest bamboo house in Vietnam.