(VOV) - BOND band will come to Vietnam for the first time to perform at the Monsoon Music Festival 2015 (MMF 2015) in Hanoi on October 11.

The central province of Quang Nam on August 25 publicised an antiquity recently recognised as a national treasure and some pieces of the national intangible cultural heritage.

(VOV) -Numerous professional and amateur hip-hop dancers in Vietnam and abroad have competed at the 5th National Entertainment Dancing Championships (Floor Killer) which was recently held at Savico Megamall Shopping Center in Hanoi.

(VOV) - The “Vietnam Day in Austria” will be held at Ottakringer Brauerei and Ottakringer Platz squares in Vienna on September 4-5 to mark Vietnam’s National Day by Viet EU Association.

Deputy Prime Minister Hoang Trung Hai on August 24 gave the green light to a proposal on building the National Exhibition and Fair Centre covering 300 ha in Co Loa commune, Hanoi’s Dong Anh district.

(VOV) -Singer Son Tung, having received the most votes from fans, will represent Vietnam at the upcoming 2015 MTV Europe Music Awards  (EMA) set for October 25 in Milan, Italy.

Seeing votive paper products for the dead like AK rifles, funeral trumpets, cameras, excavators, jeeps ... produced at the village of Dong Ho in Thuan Thanh district, Bac Ninh Province, many people have burst into laughter.

(VOV) -As many as 35 contestants 18-35 years of age selected from hundreds of competitors in the northern region will enter the semi-final round of the Miss Universe Vietnam 2015.

A pop song written by composer Nguyen Van Chung of HCM City has been included on two CDs by the Casa Musica, a music company in Germany.

Estonian designer Xenia Joots and Yaly Couture brand owner Trinh Diem Quynh will display their Autumn-Winter 2015-16 Fashion collection in Hoi An city.

Robinson Department Store (Robins) has cooperated with Vietnamese fashion designer Adrian Anh Tuan to kick off a social programmme titled Designs from the Village. 

A French edition of the first book on the history of the Vietnamese martial art made its debut on August 22.

(VOV) - The Pu Peo is one of Vietnam’s 54 ethnic groups living in the northern mountain province of Ha Giang. 

(VOV) - Cookbook author Helen Le grew up in Vietnam and learned to cook from her mother.

(VOV) - On August 22, Deputy Prime Minister Vu Duc Dam attended a ceremony marking the 70th anniversary of the cultural sector and the 2nd Patriotic Emulation Congress of the Ministry of Culture, Sports, and Tourism.

There are more than 100 paintings by 15 Republic of Korea's artists for photo fanatics.

A book on 20 of his contemporaries by late scholar Vu Dinh Hoe (1912-2011), the first Minister of Education in the Democratic Republic of Vietnam, has just been released.

A series of traditional opera performances will be organised in Hanoi this September.

(VOV) -A special concert will take place at Hanoi’s My Dinh stadium on the evening of August 26 to mark the 70th anniversary of the August Revolution and National Day (September 2).

A photo exhibition in downtown Hanoi features the lives of visually impaired people in Hanoi, offering insight into their unique worldview.

(VOV) - A cultural exhibition at the Malaysian Embassy in Hanoi will celebrate the 58th and 70th anniversary of Malaysian National Day (August 31, 1957) and Vietnam's National Day (September 2, 1945).

(VOV) - The Goethe-Institut Hanoi has announced that its sixth edition German Film Festival will open in Hanoi September 4th with the suspense filled cybercrime thriller Who am I directed by German helmer Baron bo Odar.

A four-day festival of Vietnamese culinary delights is taking place in Beijing, China through August 24.

(VOV) - Thang Long Water Puppet Theatre will take part in “The Hanoi Days” in Fukuoka Prefecture, Japan late this August.

Archaeologists have discovered prehistoric sites dating back 20,000 years in Bao Thang district of the northern mountainous province of Lao Cai, said Associate Professor Dr. Trinh Nang Chung from the Vietnam Institute of Archaeology on August 20.

Film screenings began in Hanoi on August 19 to celebrate the 70th anniversary of the August Revolution and National Day, featuring images of the country’s patriotism and sacrifice.

Young local artist Do Hai Anh will launch a “Dance to exchange” project aimed at connecting dancers in Southeast Asian countries, including Thailand, Singapore, Malaysia and the Philippines.

(VOV) - The 2015 Miss Universe Vietnam pageant recently selected the 35 top beauties from the southern region that will compete this September in the finals at Nha Trang in Khanh Hoa province.

(VOV) - Vu Ha My, 20 years old, was born and grew up in Taiwan (China). She now works for a Taiwanese business which has branches in Vietnam and other Southeast Asian countries.

(VOV) -As many as 1,700 priceless war artifacts are being displayed at Hanoi Police Museum to mark the 70th Traditional Day of Vietnam People's Police Force.