Vietnamese scientists say that a dugout boat, which is nearly intact after 2,000 years, may be one of the biggest of its kind in the world.

Selected prints from novels by award winning German graphic artist and author Reinhard Kleist are on display at an exhibition at the Goethe Instiute in Hanoi which runs until the end of the month.

(VOV) -During the Cannes film festival, Vietnamese actress and former Tourism Ambassador, Ly Nha Ky, participated in a fashion show.

The traditional boat race festival, which has been observed for more than 300 years in the Ly Son island district of central Quang Ngai province, is seeking recognition as part of the national intangible cultural heritage.

Two Vietnamese films, Big Father, Small Father and Other Stories and Yellow Flowers on the Green Grass, will be shown at the 68th Cannes Film Festival.

A wedding fashion show for lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) people will be held for the first time in Vietnam in Hanoi on May 16, Tuoi Tre newspaper reports.

Two new works (a symphony and a ballet) completed in 2015 will have their premiere at 8pm on May 19 at the Ho Chi Minh City Opera House, 7 Lam Son Square in HBSO’s Gala “An Ode to the Motherland”.

The Vietnam National Museum of History will launch a special exhibition themed “Lotus and antiquities” on May 14 in Hanoi with the aim of introducing local and international visitors to the beauty and meaning of the lotus flower in the Vietnamese culture.

(VOV) -Inra Jaya is a Cham ethnic minority who has travelled extensively to many countries around the globe and strongly believes that tourism is the catalyst that will preserve the group’s way of life.

(VOV) -In the late 19th century and early 20th century, Vietnam was seen as an ideal destination for art inspiration by some French artists.

Philippines-based Vietnamese poet Nguyen Phan Que Mai has submitted her noted collection, The Secret of Hoa Sen, to an auction on ebay, along with another 175 items by authors from around the world, to raise money for victims of the recent earthquake in Nepal.

Publishing houses and firms catering to children will hold a book fair at the Vietnam youth academy occasioned by International Children’s Day, June 1.

South African athlete James Cunnama won the IRONMAN 70.3 Vietnam, an international triathlon held in the central coastal city of Danang on May 10.

The fourth Flamboyant Flower Festival 2015 opened on May 9 to mark the 60th anniversary of Liberation Day of the northern port city of Hai Phong (May 13, 1955).

(VOV) - On May 9, Vietnam attended Asia’s cultural heritage festival in the US taking place at Stony Brook University in New York.

(VOV) -An outdoor laser light show and music foundation at the Hanoi Opera House on May 8 from 7:30 to 8:30 p.m. presented a three dimensional teat to spectators  and was the highlight of the Europe Days in Vietnam festivities.

British author Jasper Fforde uses classic works as his inspiration to create detective novels, he said at a seminar yesterday in Hanoi.

Several renditions of traditional musical pieces will regale tourists at the Hanoi Old Quarter on May 9.

The annual Ha Long Carnival 2015 kicked off in the northern province of Quang Ninh on May 8, featuring over 2,700 professional and amateur artists.

(VOV) - Ta Van Giay, a hamlet of the Giay in Sapa township, Lao Cai province, is nestled in Muong Hoa valley. 

(VOV) - A new film “Hoa vàng trên cỏ xanh” (Yellow Flowers on The Green Grass), directed by Vietnamese American film director and screenwriter Victor Vu, will be screened at the 68th annual Cannes Film Festival in May.

(VOV) - Young Italian stage director and photographer Oliver Astrologo has published a three-minute film clip themed “Reverie of Vietnam” telling about his 1,650km journey from north to south to capture the best natural wonders of the Southeast Asian nation.

(VOV) - It has recently been unveiled that six Vietnamese pop stars will compete in a Korean spinoff of the hit British game show ‘Popstar to Operastar’ against 24 other contestants from – Singapore, Indonesia, Malaysia and Cambodia.

(VOV) - The French-Portuguese circus troupe O Ultimo Momento will perform at the Vietnam Youth Theatre in Hanoi on May 14, according to the French Cultural Centre L’Espace.  

(VOV) - Lecturers and students at Hanoi Tourism College (HTC) on May 5 had a chance to enjoy a special dessert prepared by MasterChef New Zealand 2011 winner, Nadia Lim.

Nick Ut, Tim Page and Peter Arnett recently met at a reunion during an exhibition of American photographer Catherine Karnow in HCM City.

A newly published book, entitled Ba Muon Nuoi Con Bang Sua Me (Dad Wants to Raise Baby with Breast Milk), has been winning people's hearts with its moving story.

“Lang House-Dream of Rebirth” is the theme of a fund-raising campaign for rebuilding an ancient Lang house launched by the Muong’s Cultural Space Museum and Betado.com, a public fundraising website. 

(VOV) - Vietnamese origin Jennifer Chung (or Miss Asian America 2014), has showcased new designs of Le Thanh Hoa and Thuy Nguyen in a fashion show to raise money for charity.

The first round of the Miss Vietnam 2015 contest will take place in Ho Chi Minh City and Hanoi while the semi-final and final rounds will run in Nha Trang city in central Khanh Hoa province, unveiled the Hoan Vu Joint Stock Company on May 5.