(VOV) -First runner-up of the 2014 Miss Vietnam pageant, Nguyen Tran Huyen My posed in a photoshoot on the streets of  some big cities in  the US during an exchange programme marking 20 years of Vietnam – US diplomatic ties (1995 -2015).

In 2015, France and Vietnam continue to tighten their relationship, based on friendship, mutual trust and understanding.

The former imperial capital of Hue is commemorating victims of a war between French troops and the feudal Vietnamese army in 1885, in a custom that showcases a high sense of humanitarianism among the city's residents.

Central Danang city has found a new way to make “tuong” (classical dramas) more accessible to the public: performing it on streets. 

(VOV) - On July 11, twenty-one contestants representing overseas Vietnamese (OVs) in the Czech Republic, Romania, Russia, Ukraine, Germany and Italy participated in the final round of Sao Mai singing contest in Prague.

Pop star My Tam has won the Best Selling Artist of Asia award on the official Facebook page of the Big Apple Music Awards (BAMA).

The 2015 Southern Don Ca Tai Tu (traditional musical art form of the south) Festival, competing for Golden Lotus Awards, opened at a ceremony in Ho Chi Minh City on July 11.

(VOV) - The Raglai people have several ceremonies relating to the life cycle of a man or a tree. The new rice ceremony is the biggest event of all. 

A seminar on Vietnamese culture and tourism was held at Uruguay republic university (UdelaR) on July 10, drawing the participation of about 500 lecturers and students.

(VOV) - The hammer came down at VND2.2 billion for a painting by Nguyen Gia Tri at Larasati’s in Singapore recently, to cheers and applause in the saleroom. 

The Thanh Long Cup, Vietnam’s first international traditional martial arts championship, will take place from August 6-13 at the My Dinh Indoor Athletics Gymnasium in Hanoi City, the Chairman of the Vietnam Traditional Martial Art Federation announced at a press conference on July 9.

(VOV) - The Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism (MCST) awarded the Medal “For a Cause of Culture, Sports and Tourism” for Christian Bourgoignie, Head of the Wallonie Bruxelles delegation in Vietnam at a ceremony in Hanoi on July 9.

The Globe Theatre from London will bring William Shakespeare's tragedy Hamlet to HCM City's audiences on July 13 as part of its two-year world tour to the 450th anniversary of the birth of the playwright. 

Vietnam's acclaimed jazz saxophonist Tran Manh Tuan will perform at the coming ASEAN One music festival in Thailand.

Oktoberfest, the largest cultural event of German-speaking communities across Southeast Asia, is due to take place in Hanoi and Ho Chi Minh City in October. 

A seasoned Vietnamese translator has shared his experience while joining dozens of his colleagues in an unprecedented process to translate the Britannica Concise Encyclopedia into Vietnamese in observance of the stringent international benchmarks.

Two collections of Ao Dai (Vietnamese traditional long dress) by designer Si Hoang will be showcased in the “Mot Thoang Vietnam” programme in New York this month. 

(VOV) -Leading fashion designer, Minh Hanh, has become the second Vietnamese winner of the Fukuoka Prize known as arts and culture award.

(VOV) -Vietnamese celebrity designer, Hoang Hai and model Jessica Minh Anh are set to organize a Summer 2015 fashion show at a solar power plant at Gemasolar in Seville, Spain on July 17.

Vietnamese water puppetry found favour with Norwegian audiences while being featured at a traditional music festival in Forde city, 400 kilometres from the capital city of Oslo. 

Nominations for the Golden Lotus Bud Awards 2015 have been announced for two categories, short films and documentaries. 

(VOV) - David Joiner, a four-time former resident of Hanoi whose recently published novel Lotusland, one of the only works by a US writer set in contemporary Vietnam, held a book chat on July 6 at the US Embassy in Hanoi.

(VOV) -Using techniques of superimposition and photo montage, German photographer Matthias Meyer has blurred the lines between authenticity and imitation in a unique exhibition you won’t want to miss.

(VOV) -Nguyen Sieu Quynh Chi  from Denmark won the coveted 2015 Miss Coastal Vietnam Global crown on July 4 at the Circus Maximus Theater, Caesars Atlantic City, New Jersey (USA).

(VOV) - A European festival themed “The Colour of Summer” is taking place in Ba Na Hills tourist area in central Da Nang City.

Vietnam plans to build the country's first Centre for Underwater Archaeological Research in Hoi An this year, Nguyen Giang Hai, the head of Vietnam's Archaeology Institute, said on July 5.

A delegation of the Public Relations Department (PRD) of Thailand has made TV reports on Vietnam’s culture and tourism during their working visit to Nha Trang seaside city, central Khanh Hoa province.

Composer An Thuyen, who is well-known for his songs inspired by national folk music, died at 65 of a heart attack on July 3 in Hanoi.

(VOV) - The Raglai prefer to build their stilt houses on high land areas near a water resource. Each hamlet has several stilt houses and the villagers are of the same clan. 

Authorities in the ancient town of Hoi An have yet to find a solution for the preservation of an iconic 400-year-old bridge though its state of repair has been worsening for at least 16 years.